different between stencil vs templet

English

Etymology

Likely a nominalization of Middle English stencellen (“to garnish with bright hues”), borrowed from Middle French estinceller (“to glisten”), from Old French estenceler (“to spark”), from Old French estencele (“spark”), from Vulgar Latin *stincilla, from metathesis of Latin scintilla (“spark”).

The verb is from the noun.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?st?ns?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?st?ns?l/
• Rhymes: -?ns?l

Noun

stencil (plural stencils)

1. A thin sheet, either perforated or using some other technique, with which a pattern may be produced upon a surface.
2. A utensil that contains a perforated sheet through which ink can be forced to create a printed pattern on a surface.
3. A two-ply master sheet for use with a mimeograph.

Derived terms

• stencil art
• stencil buffer
• stencil duplicator

Translations

See also

• pochoir

Verb

stencil (third-person singular simple present stencils, present participle (UK) stencilling or (US) stenciling, simple past and past participle (UK) stencilled or (US) stenciled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To print with a stencil.

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “stencil”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Further reading

• stencil on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• clients, lectins, scilent

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French templet (“a stretcher”), variant of tempe (“temple”), from Latin tempora (“temple”).

Noun

templet (plural templets)

1. Archaic form of template.

Further reading

• templet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• templet in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• tempelet

Noun

templet n

1. definite singular of tempel

Swedish

Noun

templet

1. definite singular of tempel