different between net vs collar

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: n?t, IPA^(key): /n?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Etymology 1

From Middle English nett, from Old English net, nett, from Proto-Germanic *natj?, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”). Cognate with West Frisian net, Low German Nett, Dutch net, German Netz, Danish net, Swedish nät.

Noun

net (plural nets)

1. A mesh of string, cord or rope.

2. A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
3. A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
4. Anything that has the appearance of such a device.

5. (by extension) A trap.
   • 1611, Bible (King James Version), Proverbs xxix. 5

     A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.

6. (geometry) Of a polyhedron, any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges between adjoining polygons so that the outer edges touch, form the polyhedron.
7. A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them.

   a computer network; a road network; an electricity distribution network

   1. (electronics) A conductor that interconnects two or more component terminals.
8. (sports) A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.

9. (sports, tennis) A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
10. (tennis, by extension) The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court).

Synonyms

• (mesh): mesh, network
• (used for catching or trapping):
• (figurative: a trap): snare, trap
• (anything that has the appearance of a net): reticulation
• (in geometry): development
• (in computing): network

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

net (third-person singular simple present nets, present participle netting, simple past and past participle netted)

1. (transitive) To catch by means of a net.
2. (transitive, figuratively) To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
3. To enclose or cover with a net.

   to net a tree

4. (transitive, soccer) To score (a goal).

   Evans netted the winner in the 80th minute.

   • 2012, Chelsea 6-0 Wolves [1]

     Romeu then scored a penalty, Torres netted a header and Moses added the sixth from substitute Oscar's cross.

5. (tennis) To hit the ball into the net.
6. To form network or netting; to knit.

Synonyms

• (catch by means of a net): catch
• (to trap): catch, ensnare, entrap, snare, trap

Derived terms

• benet

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English net, nette, from Old French net, from Latin nitidus. Compare nitid, neat.

Alternative forms

• nett

Adjective

net (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.xii:

     Her brest all naked, as net iuory, / Without adorne of gold or siluer bright […]

2. Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat.

   net wine

3. Remaining after expenses or deductions.

   net profit; net weight

4. Final; end.

   net result; net conclusion

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

net (not comparable)

1. After expenses or deductions.

Translations

Noun

net (plural nets)

1. The amount remaining after expenses are deducted; profit.

Translations

Verb

net (third-person singular simple present nets, present participle netting, simple past and past participle netted)

1. (transitive) To receive as profit.

   The company nets $30 on every sale.

2. (transitive) To yield as profit for.

   The scam netted the criminals $30,000.

3. To fully hedge a position.

   Every party is netting their position with a counter-party

Translations

Anagrams

• -ent, ENT, TEN, ent, ent-, ten

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch net.

Adverb

net

1. only, just

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Old Catalan, from Old Occitan, from Latin nitidus, contracted to a Vulgar Latin *nittus. Doublet of nèdol, which came through a different Old Catalan form nèdeu. Compare also French net, Italian netto.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?n?t/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?n?t/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?net/

Adjective

net (feminine neta, masculine plural nets, feminine plural netes)

1. clean

   Antonyms: brut, sutze

2. net
3. (castells) (of a castell) built without a pinya, or without a folre or manilles when it would normally have these

Derived terms

• netament

Related terms

• netejar

Adverb

net

1. cleanly

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?net/

Noun

net m (plural nets, feminine neta)

1. (2016 spelling reform) Alternative spelling of nét (“grandson”)

Further reading

• “net” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “net” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “net” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “net” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• nit (Kölsch)

Etymology

From Old High German niowiht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /net/, /n?t/

Adverb

net

1. (most dialects) not

   Dat es jar net wohr!

   That’s not true at all!

Derived terms

• nemmieh (contraction with mieh)

Related terms

• nüüs, neist, nix

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?t/, [?n?d?]

Etymology 1

From German nett, from Old French net (“neat”), from Latin nitidus (“shining”).

Adjective

net (plural and definite singular attributive nette)

1. visually pleasing and proper; well-groomed

Inflection

Etymology 2

Older ned, from Old Norse net, from Proto-Germanic *natj?, cognate with Swedish nät, English net, German Netz. The modern Danish form, with -t instead of regular -d, is influenced by Low German Nett.

Noun

net n (singular definite nettet, plural indefinite net)

1. net
2. web
3. reusable bag of cloth

Declension

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?t/
• Hyphenation: net
• Rhymes: -?t

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch net, nette, from Old Dutch *net, *netti, from Proto-Germanic *natj?, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).

Noun

net n (plural netten, diminutive netje n)

1. net (mesh)
2. net (device for catching and trapping)
3. television channel

   Synonyms: kanaal, zender

4. omentum, caul

Derived terms

• grote net
• netvlies

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: net

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch net, which is borrowed from Old French net, from Latin nitidus.

Adjective

net (comparative netter, superlative netst)

1. clean, tidy
2. decent, proper

Inflection

Derived terms

• netheid
• netjes

Adverb

net

1. tidily, neatly
2. decently, properly
3. just, nearly, barely
4. just recently

Derived terms

• net als

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: necis (“neatly”)

Anagrams

• ent, ten

References

Elfdalian

Noun

net n

1. net

Inflection

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse net, from Proto-Germanic *natj?, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).

Noun

net n (genitive singular nets, plural net)

1. (fowling, sports) mesh, the material to make a "nót" (fishing net)
2. A network (computing)
3. A net for carrying hay

Declension

Derived terms

• eiturkoppanet

Related terms

• tráður
• silkitráður
• lokkanet

Finnish

Etymology

ne with the regular nominative plural suffix (-t)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?net/, [?ne?t?]
• Rhymes: -et
• Syllabification: net

Pronoun

net

1. (now dialectal, demonstrative) Alternative form of ne
2. (dialectal, personal) they

Declension

Same as ne except for the nominative plural form.

Synonyms

• (personal pronoun): het (dialectal)

Anagrams

• -ten, ent.

French

Etymology

From Old French net, inherited from Latin nitidus (“shiny”) through a contracted Vulgar Latin form *nittus. Doublet of nitide, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?t/
• Rhymes: -?t
• Homophones: nets, nette, nettes

Adjective

net (feminine singular nette, masculine plural nets, feminine plural nettes)

1. clean, tidy
2. clear
3. neat
4. net (as opposed to gross).

Derived terms

Related terms

• nettoyer

Descendants

• ? Romanian: net
• ? Spanish: neto

Further reading

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

Friulian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *nittus, from Latin nitidus.

Adjective

net

1. clean, neat

Derived terms

• netâ

Gallo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

net

1. completely, entirely

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?t/, /n?t/

Adverb

net

1. (colloquial, regional, Austria, southern Germany, parts of central Germany) Alternative form of nicht (“not”)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?n?t]
• Hyphenation: net
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

net (plural netek)

1. (informal, computing, Internet) Internet

   Synonym: internet

Declension

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /net/

Adverb

net

1. not
   • 2018 João Cabral de Melo Neto, Cléo V. Altenhofen, Der Moint om Stricke:

     En Hoohn alleen strickt noch net en Moint

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse net, from Proto-Germanic *natj?, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n??t/
• Rhymes: -??t

Noun

net n (genitive singular nets, nominative plural net)

1. net
2. (computing) network
3. (computing, usually definite) the Internet

Declension

Synonyms

• (Internet): Internet

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch net, from Middle Dutch net, nette, from Old Dutch *net, *netti, from Proto-Germanic *natj?, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?n?t?]
• Hyphenation: nèt

Noun

net (first-person possessive netku, second-person possessive netmu, third-person possessive netnya)

1. (sports) net, a mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.

   Hyponym: jaring

Further reading

• “net” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Kven

Etymology

From Finnish ne, from Proto-Finnic *nek. Cognates include Meänkieli net.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?net/

Determiner

net

1. these, those

Pronoun

net

1. these, those
2. they

Declension

Synonyms

• (they): het

See also

References

• Eira Söderholm (2017) Kvensk grammatikk, Tromsø: Cappelen Damm Akademisk, ?ISBN, page 278

Latin

Verb

net

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of n?

References

• net in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German niowiht, from nio (“never”) + wiht (“thing, being”), from Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”) + *aiw- (“ever”) + *wiht- (“thing”). Compare English not, German nicht, Dutch niet, West Frisian net.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /net/, [n?t]
  • Rhymes: -?t

Adverb

net

1. not

Meänkieli

Pronoun

net

1. they

Middle English

Alternative forms

• nette

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman neit, a variant of Old French net, nette, from Latin nitidus (“gleaming”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n??t/, /n?t/

Adjective

net

1. worthy, good, pure, fine, elegant
2. net

Descendants

• English: neat, net
• Yola: naate, nate, neatt

References

• “n??t, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norman

Alternative forms

• naette (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French net, from Vulgar Latin *nittus, from Latin nitidus (“shiny”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

net m

1. (Jersey) clean

   Synonym: propre

Derived terms

• netti (“to clean”)

Related terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

net n (definite singular netet, indefinite plural net, definite plural neta or neti)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by nett

Old English

Alternative forms

• nett

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *natj?, whence also Old Frisian nette, nitte, Old Saxon net, nett, netti, Old High German nezzi, Old Norse net, Gothic ???????????????? (nati). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”). Perhaps related to Albanian neth (“sprout, bud”) and Russian ???? (nit?, “thread”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /net/

Noun

net n

1. net

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: nett
  • English: net
  • Scots: net

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *nisdos, from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós.

Noun

net m (genitive nit, nominative plural nit)

1. nest

Inflection

Descendants

• Irish: nead
• Scottish Gaelic: nead

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “net”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *natj?, whence also Old English net, nett, Old Frisian nette, nitte, Old Saxon net, nett, netti, Old High German nezzi, Gothic ???????????????? (nati). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).

Noun

net n

1. net

Descendants

References

• net in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German nicht, Dutch niet, English not.

Adverb

net

1. not

Portuguese

Etymology

Clipping of internet.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: net
• Rhymes: -?t(?)i, -?t?

Noun

net f (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) Net; the Internet

   Synonyms: rede, Internet, web

2. (colloquial, by extension) Internet connection

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French net, itself from Latin nitidus. Doublet of the inherited neted.

Adjective

net m or n (feminine singular net?, masculine plural ne?i, feminine and neuter plural nete)

1. net
2. clear, clear-cut, plain

Declension

Synonyms

• (clear): clar

Adverb

net

1. clearly, distinctly
2. plainly, flatly
3. directly, bluntly, point blank, crisply
4. avowedly

Turkish

Adjective

net (comparative daha net, superlative en net)

1. clear
2. manifest

Noun

net (definite accusative neti, plural netler)

1. (sports) The net used in ping-pong or tennis.

Declension

West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?t/

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”) + *aiw- (“ever”) + *wiht? (“thing”).

Adverb

net

1. not

Inflection

• “net (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

From Old Frisian nette, nitte, from Proto-West Germanic *nati, from Proto-Germanic *natj?, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).

Noun

net n (plural netten, diminutive netsje)

1. net

Further reading

• “net (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Etymology

From Middle English coler, borrowed from Old French coler (Modern French collier), from Late Latin coll?re, from Latin coll?ris, from collum (“neck”). Cognate with Gothic ???????????????? (hals, “neck”), Old English heals (“neck”). Compare Spanish cuello (“neck”). More at halse.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?l.?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?.l?/, /?k?l.?/
• Rhymes: -?l?(?)
• Homophone: caller (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Noun

collar (plural collars)

1. Anything that encircles the neck.
   1. The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.

      • It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
   2. A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.
   3. A chain worn around the neck.
   4. A similar detachable item.
   5. A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
   6. A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.

   7. A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.
   8. (archaic) A hangman's knot.
2. A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.

3. (technology) Any encircling device or structure.
   • Popular Mechanics Complete Home How-to (page 356)

     In this case, slide the collar of the flapper over the overflow tube until it seats against the bottom of the flush valve.

   1. (rail transport) A physical lockout device to prevent operation of a mechanical signal lever.
   2. (architecture) A ring or cincture.
   3. (architecture) A collar beam.
   4. (mining) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
4. (in compounds) Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing.
5. (botany) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Gray to this entry?)

6. A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with the esophagus.
7. (nautical) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.
8. (slang) An arrest.
9. (finance) A trading strategy using options such that there is both an upper limit on profit and a lower limit on loss, constructed through taking equal but opposite positions in a put and a call with different strike prices.

Synonyms

• (botany): collum

Derived terms

Related terms

• accolade

Descendants

• ? Hausa: kwala
• ? Burmese: ?????? (kaula)

Translations

Verb

collar (third-person singular simple present collars, present participle collaring, simple past and past participle collared)

1. (transitive) To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
2. (transitive) To place a collar on, to fit with one.

   Collar and leash aggressive dogs.

3. (transitive) To seize, capture or detain.
4. (transitive) To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.
6. (law enforcement, transitive) To arrest.
7. (figuratively, transitive) To bind in conversation.

   I managed to collar Fred in the office for an hour.

8. (transitive) To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.
9. (transitive, BDSM) To bind (a submissive) to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.

Derived terms

• collaring

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Caroll

Asturian

Noun

collar m (plural collares)

1. necklace (jewelry)

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Late Latin coll?re (“an unattached item worn about the neck”), from Latin coll?ris.

Noun

collar m (plural collars)

1. A collar. (a chain or belt placed around the neck of an animal)
2. A collar. (a solid circle of metal placed around the neck of a slave or prisoner)
3. A collar. (any ornament placed at the neck)
4. (historical) A collar. (a gold chain worn about the neck as a badge of belonging to certain chivalric orders)
5. A necklace.
6. (historical, military) An aventail.
7. A collar. (a ring or loop used to support and protect a rotating shaft)
8. A collar. (a ring or loop used to join together two parts of a shaft or pole)
9. (entomology) A collar. (lobed membranous expansion of the prothorax of some insects)
10. (zoology) A collar. (a band of feathers, fur, or scales about the neck of an animal that is of a contrasting color to what is near it)

Synonyms

• (necklace): collaret

Etymology 2

From the action of securing a yoke around the coll (“neck”) of an animal.

Verb

collar (first-person singular present collo, past participle collat)

1. To join together objects through the use of nuts or bolts.
2. To collar a person or animal.
3. To establish control of a person or animal.
4. To twist. (to pressure someone to do something)
5. To screw. (to tighten a screw)
6. (textiles) To adjust a collador (“heddle”).

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to collar an animal): enjovar, junyir
• (to establish control): sotmetre, subjectar

Further reading

• “collar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “collar” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “collar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “collar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin coll?re (“an unattached item worn about the neck”), from Latin coll?ris.

Pronunciation

Noun

collar m (plural collares)

1. necklace
2. an animal's collar, band or chain around its neck

Derived terms

• bandurria de collar

Related terms

• cuello

Further reading

• “collar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.