chaton

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French. === Noun === chaton (plural chatons) Collet, bezel (around a jewel, on a ring). (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 == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃa.tɔ̃/ === Etymology 1 === First attested in the 1530s in Middle French; by surface analysis, chat (“cat”) +‎ -on (forming diminutives). Compare English catkin. ==== Noun ==== chaton m (plural chatons, feminine chatonne) kitten, kitty (baby cat) Synonyms: minet, minou catkin === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Middle French chaton, chaston, from Old French chastun (“the projecting part of a ring embedded with a stone”), from Frankish *kastō (“box, case”), from Proto-Germanic *kastô, *kasô, *kasą, *kazą (“vessel, container, pitcher, barrel”). Cognate with Old High German kasto (“box, case”) (Modern German Kasten), Dutch kast (“cupboard, case”), Old English castenere (“cabinet, chest”), Old Norse kass, kassi (“basket”), Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍃 (kas, “vessel, container”), Old High German char (“vessel, bowl, tray, trough”), Middle Low German kar (“vessel, basket”), Old Norse ker (“vessel, container”). ==== Noun ==== chaton m (plural chatons) collet, bezel (around a jewel, on a ring) (by extension) the jewel itself (around which the collet is, on a ring) ===== Descendants ===== → Catalan: xató → English: chaton === Further reading === “chaton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012