different between civet vs rivet

English

Alternative forms

• civet cat

Etymology

From French civette, from Italian zibetto, from Medieval Latin zibethum, from Arabic ??????? (zab?d).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?.v?t/

Noun

civet (countable and uncountable, plural civets)

1. (countable) A carnivorous catlike animal, Civettictis civetta, that produces a musky secretion. It is two to three feet long, with black bands and spots on the body and tail.
2. (uncountable) The musky perfume produced by the animal.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 3 Scene 2

     LEONATO. Indeed he looks younger than he did, by the loss of a beard.

     DON PEDRO. Nay, a' rubs himself with civet: can you smell him out by that?

     CLAUDIO. That's as much as to say the sweet youth's in love.
3. Any animal in the family Viverridae or the similar family Nandiniidae
4. (countable, US) Any of several species of spotted skunk, in the genus Spilogale.

Derived terms

• palm civet

Translations

Anagrams

• evict

Dalmatian

Etymology

Compare Italian civetta, Romansch tschuetta, French chouette.

Noun

civet m

1. owl
2. burrowing owl

French

Etymology

cive +? -et

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.v?/

Noun

civet m (plural civets)

1. (cuisine) ragout of hare, rabbit or wild mammal, with red wine and onions, bound with the animal’s blood.

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Old French rivet (13th century), from the verb Old French river (“to fetter [a person]”) (12th century), from Old French rive (“rim, edge”) (ca. 1100), which is ultimately from Latin ripa (“riverbank”). Compare river, rival, riparian.

The sense "kind of footman's armour" is a back-formation from almain-rivet which in turn is derived from the English noun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???v?t/
• Rhymes: -?v?t

Noun

rivet (plural rivets)

1. A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.
2. (figuratively) Any fixed point or certain basis.
3. (obsolete) A light kind of footman's armour.

Derived terms

• rivet counter
• pop rivet

Translations

Verb

rivet (third-person singular simple present rivets, present participle riveting or rivetting, simple past and past participle riveted or rivetted)

1. (transitive) To attach or fasten parts by using rivets. [from early 15th c.]
2. (transitive) To install rivets.
3. (transitive, figuratively) To command the attention of. [from c. 1600]
   • 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 6

4. (transitive, figuratively) To make firm or immovable.

   Terror riveted him to the spot.

Translations

See also

• riveters
• riveting
• riveter
• rivets
• riveted

Further reading

• rivet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Vitré, tiver

French

Etymology

From Latin ripa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i.v?/

Noun

rivet m (plural rivets)

1. rivet (mechanical fastener)

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

r?vet

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of r?v?