chanfrein

French

noun

Definitions

chamfer, bevel obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge

Etymology

Derived from Latin canthus (ring, wheel, beak of a cup jug, metal rim of a wheel, tire, edge of a wheel, the tire of a wheel) inherited from Old French fraindre.

Origin

Old French

fraindre

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

canthus English
decant English
canthus Latin
frangere Latin
cantina Italian
cant French
chaflán Spanish, Castilian
decantar Spanish, Castilian
κανθός Ancient Greek
fraindre Old French
kant Middle Dutch
*kantos Proto-Celtic
canto Old Spanish
*cantos Gaulish

cant