collet
See also: Collet
English
editAn example of a collet (1) with a bit designed to fit it.
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑlɪt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒlɪt/
- Rhymes: -ɒlɪt
- Hyphenation: col‧let
Etymology 1
editFrom Middle French collet.
Noun
editcollet (plural collets)
- A band, flange, ferrule, or collar, designed to grip and hold a tool or a workpiece under proper control, and usually to release it under control thereafter; such a collet usually is made of a hard, springy material, especially a metal.
- That collet can handle up to 3/8-inch bits.
- (jewelry) The rim (of a ring) within which a jewel is set.
- Synonym: bezel
- There is an almost invisible collet that secures the stone to the ring.
- (horticulture) In an embryonic plant, the transition zone between the root and the hypocotyl (not clearly distinguishable in most plants.)
- Collar rot forms in the collet between the stem and the root.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editA band, flange, ferrule, or collar, usually of a hard material, especially a metal
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ring's rim holding a jewel
Etymology 2
editNoun
editcollet (plural collets)
- Alternative form of colet (“lower servant in a church”).
Further reading
editCatalan
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editcollet m (plural collets)
Etymology 2
editNoun
editcollet m (plural collets)
- diminutive of coll (“neck”)
- the collar of a garment (especially a detachable one)
Further reading
edit- “collet” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “collet”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French collet. By surface analysis, col + -et.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcollet m (plural collets)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Portuguese: colete
Further reading
edit- “collet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
editEtymology
editFrom Latin collum (“neck”) (modern co) + -et.
Noun
editcollet m (plural collets)
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