different between patronymic vs collet

English

Alternative forms

• patronymick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (pat?r, “father”) + ????? (ónuma, “name”) (a variant form of ????? (ónoma, “name”)). Also patronym +? -ic, from patri- +? -onym

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pæt???n?m?k/

Adjective

patronymic (not comparable)

1. Derived from one's father.
2. (by extension) Derived from one's ancestors.

   a patronymic denomination

Translations

Noun

patronymic (plural patronymics)

1. A name acquired from one's father.
2. (by extension) A name acquired from one's father's, grandfather's or earlier (male) ancestor's first name. Some cultures use a patronymic where other cultures use a surname or family name; other cultures (like Russia) use both a patronymic and a surname.

Usage notes

A patronymic is often formed by adding a prefix or suffix to a name.

Synonyms

• patronym

Coordinate terms

Translations

See also

References

• patronymic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• aptronymic, importancy, pyromantic

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)