bevel

See also: Bevel

English

Etymology

From an (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French diminutive of baïf (“open-mouthed”), from baer (“to gape”), from Medieval Latin *batāre (“to gape”), probably of imitative origin. Related to Italian badare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛvəl/
• Rhymes: -ɛvəl

Noun

bevel (plural bevels)

1. An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90-degree angle; a chamfer.

   to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab

2. An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; a bevel square.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Gwilt to this entry?)

Derived terms

• bevelment
• bevel gear

Translations

An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90 degree angle

• Bulgarian: скосяване n (skosjavane), фаска f (faska)
• Catalan: bisell (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 斜角 (zh) (xiéjiǎo)

• Dutch: kartelen (nl)
• Finnish: särmä (fi), viiste (fi)
• German: Schräge f, Fase (de) f, Abschrägung f, Abfasung (de) f, Schrägung f, Schrägfläche f, Gehrung (de) f
• Interlingue:
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: faobhar beibhealta m
• Italian: bisello (it) m, bisellatura f, smussatura f
• Portuguese: esquadria (pt) f
• Russian: скос (ru) m (skos), фа́ска (ru) f (fáska)
• Swedish: avfasning c, avrundning (sv) c
• Welsh: ymyl pefel m, ymyl befel m or f

Verb

bevel (third-person singular simple present bevels, present participle (UK) bevelling or (US) beveling, simple past and past participle (UK) bevelled or (US) beveled)

1. (transitive) To give a canted edge to a surface; to chamfer.

Derived terms

• beveller

Translations

give a canted edge to a surface

• Bulgarian: скосявам (skosjavam)
• Finnish: viistota, viistää (fi)
• French: aiguiser (fr), biseauter (fr), chanfreiner (fr)
• German: anschrägen, abschrägen, anfasen (de), fasen (de), schrägen (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ido: bizelizar (io)
• Interlingue:
• Maori: heretua, whakatipihori
• Portuguese: biselar
• Russian: ска́шивать (ru) impf (skášivatʹ), скоси́ть (ru) pf (skosítʹ)

Adjective

bevel (comparative more bevel, superlative most bevel)

1. Having the slant of a bevel; slanting.

   a bevel angle

2. Morally distorted; not upright.
   • (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     I may be straight, though they themselves be bevel.

Translations

Having the slant of a bevel; slanting

• Portuguese: biselado m, biselada f
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Anagrams

• BLEVE, bleve

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch beveel. Equivalent to a deverbal from bevelen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈvɛl/, [-vɛɫ], [-fɛɫ]

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• Hyphenation: be‧vel
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

bevel n (plural bevelen, diminutive bevelletje n)

1. order, command

Derived terms

• bevelhebber
• bevelhebster
• bevelvoerder
• opperbevel

Anagrams

• bleve