🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

marteAU à ardoise

Native Script:marteau à ardoise

Pronunciation / Transliteration: marto a ardswaz

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Zax/zæks/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Le couvreur utilise un marteau à ardoise pour tailler la pierre."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A small axe or hatchet used by slaters for trimming and punching holes in roofing slates.

    "The roofer carefully shaped the slate tile using a traditional zax."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word zax dates back to the early 18th century of English dialect origin, possibly related to dialectal words for a small axe or cutting tool. It specifically refers to a specialized tool utilized in the roofing trade for trimming slate.

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