different between rivest vs rivet
rivest
English
Etymology
rive +? -est
Verb
rivest
- (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of rive
Anagrams
- Rivets, Stiver, rivets, stiver, strive, tivers, verist
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
rive +? -st
Verb
rivest
- supine of rivast
- (non-standard since 2012) present tense of rivast
Anagrams
- Sivert, svirte, trives, verist
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rivet
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)
- A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.
- (figuratively) Any fixed point or certain basis.
- (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)
- (transitive) To attach or fasten parts by using rivets. [from early 15th c.]
- (transitive) To install rivets.
- (transitive, figuratively) To command the attention of. [from c. 1600]
- 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 6
- 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 6
- (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)
- rivet (mechanical fastener)
Further reading
- “rivet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
r?vet
- third-person singular present active subjunctive of r?v?
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