different between chapelet vs chaplet

English

Etymology

French. See chaplet.

Noun

chapelet (plural chapelets)

1. A pair of straps, with stirrups, joined at the top and fastened to the pommel or the frame of the saddle, after they have been adjusted to the convenience of the rider.
2. A kind of chain pump, or dredging machine.

French

Etymology

From Old French chapel (“hat”) + -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.pl?/

Noun

chapelet m (plural chapelets)

1. (obsolete) wreath (of flowers)
2. rosary, beads
3. (figuratively) string, hatful (of objects, ideas etc.)

Derived terms

• chapelet thaï

Further reading

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

Old French

Etymology

chapel +? -et

Noun

chapelet m (oblique plural chapelez or chapeletz, nominative singular chapelez or chapeletz, nominative plural chapelet)

1. small hat

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?t?æpl?t/, /?t?æpl?t/

Etymology 1

From Old French chapelet.

Noun

chaplet (plural chaplets)

1. A garland or circlet for the head.
2. A headdress in the form of a wreath made of leaves, flowers or twigs woven into a ring.
3. (archaic) A string (of beads), especially when making up five decades of the rosary.
4. (Catholicism) A set of repetitive prayers, other than the Rosary, typically prayed with a string of beads.
   1. (specifically) The Chaplet of Divine Mercy, the most well-known chaplet in the Catholic Church.

5. A molding in the form of a string of beads; a bead molding.
6. A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mould.
7. A metal support for a cylindrical pipe.
8. A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head.

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9. Alternative form of chapelet

Derived terms

• chapleted

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

chaplet (plural chaplets)

1. A small chapel or shrine.

Anagrams

• Pelchat, placeth