chamfer

English

A chamfer with a lark's tongue upper end

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French chanfrein (which see).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃæm.fɚ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃæm.fə/

Noun

chamfer (plural chamfers)

1. (woodworking, engineering, drafting, CAD) an obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges

Synonyms

• (angled relief or cut): round, bevel

Antonyms

• (angled relief or cut): fillet

Translations

an angled relief or cut at an edge

• Bulgarian: скосен ръб (skosen rǎb), фаска (faska), жлеб (bg) (žleb)
• Dutch: afschuining f
• French: chanfrein (fr) m, champfrain (fr)
• German: Fase (de) f, Abfasung (de) f, Abschrägung f, Auskehlung f, Hohlrinne f, Schrägkante f, Schräge f, abgefaste Kante f, abgeschrägte Kante f, gebrochene Kante f, Schrägung f
• Italian: bisello (it) m
• Japanese: 面取り (めんとり, mentori)
• Portuguese: chanfradura (pt) f, chanfra f, chanfro (pt) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: фа́ска (ru) f (fáska)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: skošena ivica

• Spanish: chaflán (es) m
• Swedish: fas (sv) c, avfasning c, bruten kant c
• Turkish: kanal (tr), şev (tr), oluk (tr)

Verb

chamfer (third-person singular simple present chamfers, present participle chamfering, simple past and past participle chamfered)

1. (transitive) to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel
2. (transitive) to cut a groove in something; to flute

Translations

to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel

• Bulgarian: рендосвам (bg) (rendosvam), правя фаска (pravja faska)
• Dutch: afschuinen (nl)
• French: chanfreiner (fr)
• German: fasen (de), abfasen (de), anfasen (de), anschrägen, abschrägen
• Ido: bizelizar (io)
• Maori: heretua, whakatipihori
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: chanfrar (pt)
• Russian: снима́ть фа́ску (snimátʹ fásku)
• Serbo-Croatian: skositi
• Spanish: achaflanar (es)
• Swedish: fasa (sv), bryta (sv)

to cut a groove in something

• Bulgarian: издялвам (bg) (izdjalvam)
• Dutch: groeven (nl)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: auskehlen, einkerben, furchen (de), rillen, nuten (de), einfurchen