different between sculptor vs chisel
sculptor
English
Etymology
From Latin sc?lptor.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?sk?lpt?/
Noun
sculptor (plural sculptors)
- A person who sculpts; an artist who produces sculpture.
- Hyponym: sculptress
Translations
Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?skulp.tor/, [?s?k???pt??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?skulp.tor/, [?skulpt??r]
Noun
sculptor m (genitive sculpt?ris); third declension
- stone-cutter, sculptor
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Related terms
- sculp?
- sculptilis
Descendants
References
- sculptor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sculptor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- sculptor in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin sc?lptor, French sculpteur.
Noun
sculptor m (plural sculptori, feminine equivalent sculptori??)
- sculptor
Declension
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chisel
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??z?l/
- Rhymes: -?z?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English chisel, chesel, borrowed from Old Northern French chisel, from Vulgar Latin *cisellum, from *caesellum, from Latin caesus, past participle of caedere (“to cut”).
Noun
chisel (plural chisels)
- A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end.
Translations
See also
- burin
- gouge
- graver
Verb
chisel (third-person singular simple present chisels, present participle chiseling or chiselling, simple past and past participle chiseled or chiselled)
- (intransitive) To use a chisel.
- (transitive) To work something with a chisel.
- (intransitive, informal) To cheat, to get something by cheating.
Usage notes
chiselling and chiselled are more common in the UK while chiseling and chiseled are more common in the US.
Derived terms
- chiseler, chiseller
- chisel in on
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English chisel, chesil, from Old English ?eosol, ?eosel, ?ysel, ?isel, ?isil (“gravel, sand”), from Proto-West Germanic *kisil (“small stone, pebble”). See also chessom.
Alternative forms
- chesil
- chissel, chessil (dialectal)
Noun
chisel (usually uncountable, plural chisels)
- Gravel.
- (usually in the plural) Coarse flour; bran; the coarser part of bran or flour.
Related terms
- chessom
Further reading
- chisel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- chisel in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- chisel at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Schlei, chiels, chiles, elchis, lechis, liches, sichel
Middle English
Alternative forms
- chesel
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman chisel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??i?s??l/, /?t??is?l/, /?t??e?s?l/
Noun
chisel (plural chisels)
- Any of several cutting tools used by stone masons.
Descendants
- English: chisel
- Yola: chisool
References
- “chis??l, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French
Noun
chisel m (oblique plural chiseaus or chiseax or chisiaus or chisiax or chisels, nominative singular chiseaus or chiseax or chisiaus or chisiax or chisels, nominative plural chisel)
- Alternative form of cisel
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