chaton

English

Etymology

Borrowed fromFrench.

Noun

chaton(pluralchatons)

1. Collet,bezel(around a jewel, on aring).
   • 2012,George Frederick Kunz,Rings for the Finger,page257:

     Another ring, from the same locality, with a cross of simpler form engraved on thechatonwas found attached to a chain.

2. (watches)chaton (movement component: a circular piece of metal inserted in a round hole, in which a ruby is inserted. The ruby is used as bearing for the pin (or pivot) of a shaft of a wheel)

Anagrams

• cantho-,Cần Thơ,chonta,Can Tho,Cantho

French

chaton:kitten

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ʃa.tɔ̃/

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Etymology 1

First attested inOld French,fromchat+‎-on

chaton:catkin

Noun

chatonm(pluralchatons,femininechatonne)

1. kitten,kitty(baby cat)

   Synonyms:minet,minou

2. catkin

Etymology 2

InheritedfromMiddle Frenchchaton,chaston,fromOld Frenchchastun(“the projecting part of a ring embedded with a stone”),fromFrankish*kastō(“box, case”),fromProto-Germanic*kastô,*kasô,*kasą,*kazą(“vessel, container, pitcher, barrel”).

Cognate withOld High Germankasto(“box, case”)(ModernGermanKasten),Dutchkast(“cupboard, case”),Old Englishcastenere(“cabinet, chest”),Old Norsekass,kassi(“basket”),Gothic𐌺𐌰𐍃(kas,“vessel, container”),Old High Germanchar(“vessel, bowl, tray, trough”),Middle Low Germankar(“vessel, basket”),Old Norseker(“vessel, container”).

chaton:collet (silver),andchaton:jewel (blue)

Noun

chatonm(pluralchatons)

1. collet,bezel(around a jewel, on aring)
2. (by extension)thejewelitself (around which the collet is, on a ring)

Descendants

• →Catalan:xató
• →English:chaton

Further reading

• “chaton”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.