different between ferrule vs collet

English

Etymology

From Middle English verel, virel, virole (“ferrule; metal pivot on the end of an axle”), altered under the influence of Latin ferrum (“iron”), from Old French virole (“ferrule”), from Latin viriola (“little bracelet”), diminutive of viria (“bracelet worn by men”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *w?ros (“crooked”) (compare Middle Irish fiar (“bent, crooked”), Welsh g?yr, Breton gwar (“curved”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weyh?ros (“threaded, turned, twisted”), from *weyh?- (“to turn, twist, weave”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??(?)l/, /-?u?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f???l/
• Hyphenation: fer?rule

Noun

ferrule (plural ferrules)

1. A band or cap (usually metal) placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting. [from early 17th c.]
   1. (specifically, climbing) The metal spike at the end of the shaft of an ice axe.
2. A band holding parts of an object together.
   1. A bushing for securing a pipe joint.
   2. A metal sleeve placed inside a gutter at the top.
   3. (billiards) The plastic band attaching the tip to the cue.
   4. (painting) The pinched metal band which holds the bristles of a paintbrush to the shaft.

Derived terms

• ferruled (adjective)

Translations

Verb

ferrule (third-person singular simple present ferrules, present participle ferruling, simple past and past participle ferruled)

1. (transitive) To equip with a ferrule.

Translations

Notes

References

Further reading

• ferrule on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?l?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?l?t/
• Rhymes: -?l?t
• Hyphenation: col?let

Etymology 1

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.

2. (jewelry) The rim (of a ring) within which a jewel is set.

   Synonym: bezel

3. (horticulture) In an embryonic plant, the transition zone between the root and the hypocotyl (not clearly distinguishable in most plants.)

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

collet (plural collets)

1. Alternative form of colet.

Further reading

• collet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Etymology

From coll (“hill”) +? -et.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ko???t/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ku???t/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ko??et/

Noun

collet m (plural collets)

1. (chiefly in toponyms) small hill

   Synonym: pujol

Further reading

• “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.

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.l?/

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
• collet monté

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

collet m (plural collets)

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