collet

See also: Collet

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑlɪt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒlɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɒlɪt
• Hyphenation: col‧let

An example of a collet with a cutting bit designed to fit it

Etymology 1

The silver ring with nubs, which holds the sapphire, is the collet.

From Middle French collet.

Noun

collet (plural collets)

1. 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.

2. In jewelry, the rim (of a ring) within which a jewel is set. Compare bezel.

   There is an almost invisible collet that secures the stone to the ring.

3. (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.

Rhizophora development structures and stages, from embryo on parent plant, to rooted seedling, showing collet

Translations

A band, flange, ferrule, or collar, usually of a hard material, especially a metal

• Bulgarian: цанга f (canga)
• German: Spannzange f
• Macedonian: приклештувач m (prikleštuvač)

• Russian: цанга (ru) f (canga)
• Spanish: collete m

ring's rim holding a jewel

• Bulgarian: гнездо (bg) n (gnezdo)
• Greek:

  Ancient: σφενδόνη f (sphendónē)

• Russian: опра́ва (ru) f (opráva), коро́нка (ru) f (korónka)

Etymology 2

Noun

collet (plural collets)

1. Alternative form of colet.

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French

Etymology

From Middle French collet; equivalent to col +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.lɛ/

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Noun

collet m (plural collets)

1. (obsolete) collar
2. snare, noose
3. (short) cape
4. (dentistry) neck (of tooth)
5. (botany) neck

Derived terms

• colletin

Further reading

• “collet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Norman

Etymology

From Latin collum (“neck”) (modern co) +‎ -et.

Noun

collet m (plural collets)

1. (Jersey) collar
2. (Jersey) oarweed (Laminaria digitata, Laminaria saccharina)