Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishplowgh-schare
- Englishploughshare
From Middle English plowgh-schare, plowh schare, equivalent to plough + share. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Plouchskoar (“ploughshare”), West Frisian ploechskaar (“ploughshare”), Dutch ploegschaar (“ploughshare”), German Low German Ploogschoor (“ploughshare”), German Pflugschar (“ploughshare”), Danish plovskær (“ploughshare”), Norwegian plogskjær (“ploughshare”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English culter (“ploughshare”), from Old English culter (“ploughshare, coulter, dagger”), borrowed from Latin culter (“knife, razor”).
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مِيكَعَة
- مِيكَعَة (mīkaʕa)cutting edge of a plow
Bulgarian лемеж, палешник
- лемеж (lemež)cutting edge of a plow
- палешник (palešnik)cutting edge of a plow
Catalan rella
- rellacutting edge of a plow
Chinese Mandarin 耜
- 耜 (sì)cutting edge of a plow
Czech radlice
- radlicecutting edge of a plow
Danish plovskær
- plovskærcutting edge of a plow
Dutch ploegschaar, ploegijzer
- ploegschaarcutting edge of a plow
- ploegijzercutting edge of a plow
Estonian adratera
- adrateracutting edge of a plow
Finnish vannas, auranvannas
- vannascutting edge of a plow
- auranvannascutting edge of a plow
French soc
- soccutting edge of a plow
German Schar, Pflugeisen
- Scharcutting edge of a plow
- Pflugeisencutting edge of a plow
- Pflugscharcutting edge of a plow
Greek αλετροπόδα
- αλετροπόδα (aletropóda)cutting edge of a plow
Hungarian ekevas
- ekevascutting edge of a plow
Icelandic plógjárn
- plógjárncutting edge of a plow
Irish iarnach
- iarnachcutting edge of a plow
Italian vomere
- vomerecutting edge of a plow
Japanese 刃先
- 刃先 (hasaki)cutting edge of a plow
Korean 가래, 보습
- 가래 (garae)cutting edge of a plow
- 보습 (boseup)cutting edge of a plow
Latin vomer
- vomercutting edge of a plow
Latvian lemesis
- lemesiscutting edge of a plow
Lithuanian žãgrė
- žãgrėcutting edge of a plow
Māori mata parau
- mata paraucutting edge of a plow
Norwegian Bokmål plogskjær
- plogskjærcutting edge of a plow
Polish lemiesz
- lemieszcutting edge of a plow
Portuguese relha
- relhacutting edge of a plow
Romanian brăzdar
- brăzdarcutting edge of a plow
Russian ле́мех, со́шник
- ле́мех (lémex)cutting edge of a plow
- со́шник (sóšnik)cutting edge of a plow
Slovak radlica
- radlicacutting edge of a plow
Spanish reja
- rejacutting edge of a plow
Swedish skär, bill
- skärcutting edge of a plow
- billcutting edge of a plow
- plogbillcutting edge of a plow
Tagalog palinta, lipya
- palintacutting edge of a plow
- lipyacutting edge of a plow
Tamil கலப்பை
- கலப்பை (kalappai)cutting edge of a plow
Turkish saban demiri
- saban demiricutting edge of a plow
Welsh swch
- swchcutting edge of a plow
Yiddish אַקער־אײַזן
- אַקער־אײַזן (aker-ayzn)cutting edge of a plow
Cite this entry
ploughshare. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ploughshare
“ploughshare.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ploughshare. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ploughshare,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ploughshare.
Source: ploughshare on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.