serpette

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/sɜː(ɹ)ˈpɛt/

noun

A pruning knife with a curved blade.

OriginFrench serpette →
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Meanings

nounserpette (plural serpettes)

plural serpettes

  1. A pruning knife with a curved blade.

    Everywhere the vintagers are busy detaching the grapes with their little hook-shaped serpettes[…]

    2008, Henry Vizetelly, Facts about Champagne and Other Sparkling Wine (Illustrated Edition), page 32

Origin

  1. Frenchserpette
  2. Frenchserpette
  3. Englishserpette

Borrowed from French serpette.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with serpette

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Cite this entry
APA

serpette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serpette

MLA

“serpette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serpette. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “serpette,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serpette.

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