collet

See also: Collet

English

An example of a collet (1) with a bit designed to fit it.

An animation showing a collet being pulled into its taper.

The silver ring with nubs, which holds the sapphire, is the collet (2).

Rhizophora development structures and stages, from embryo on parent plant, to rooted seedling, showing collet (3).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑlɪt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒlɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɒlɪt
• Hyphenation: col‧let

Etymology 1

From Middle French collet. Doublet of collar.

Noun

collet (plural collets)

2. A band, flange, ferrule, or collar, designed to grip and hold a tool or a workpiece under proper control, and usually to release it under control thereafter; such a collet usually is made of a hard, springy material, especially a metal.

   That collet can handle up to 3/8-inch bits.

3. (jewelry) The rim (of a ring) within which a jewel is set.

   Synonym: bezel

   There is an almost invisible collet that secures the stone to the ring.

4. (horticulture) In an embryonic plant, the transition zone between the root and the hypocotyl (not clearly distinguishable in most plants.)

   Collar rot forms in the collet between the stem and the root.

Derived terms

• colleted

Related terms

• garde-collet

Translations

A band, flange, ferrule, or collar, usually of a hard material, especially a metal

Bulgarian: цанга f (canga) German: Spannzange f Macedonian: приклештувач m (prikleštuvač) Polish: tulejka zaciskowa f Russian: цанга (ru) f (canga) Spanish: collete m

ring's rim holding a jewel

Bulgarian: гнездо (bg) n (gnezdo) Greek: Ancient: σφενδόνη f (sphendónē) Ottoman Turkish: قاش (kaş) Polish: oprawka f Russian: опра́ва (ru) f (opráva), коро́нка (ru) f (korónka)

Etymology 2

Noun

collet (plural collets)

1. Alternative form of colet (“lower servant in a church”).

Further reading

• collet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuˈʎɛt]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koˈʎət]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koˈʎet]

Etymology 1

From coll (“hill”) +‎ -et.

Noun

collet m (plural collets)

1. (chiefly in toponyms) small hill

   Synonym: pujol

Etymology 2

From coll (“neck”) +‎ -et.

Noun

collet m (plural collets)

1. diminutive of coll (“neck”)
2. the collar of a garment (especially a detachable one)

Further reading

• “collet” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “collet”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French collet. By surface analysis, col +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.lɛ/

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Noun

collet m (plural collets)

1. (obsolete) collar
2. snare, noose
3. (short) cape
4. (dentistry) neck (of tooth)
5. (botany) neck

Derived terms

• colletin
• collet monté

Descendants

• → Portuguese: colete

Further reading

• “collet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Etymology

From Latin collum (“neck”) (modern co) +‎ -et.

Noun

collet m (plural collets)

1. (Jersey) collar
2. (Jersey) oarweed (Laminaria digitata, Laminaria saccharina)