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chaton

chaton noun: collet, bezel (around a jewel, on a ring).

Noun

chaton (plural chatons)

  1. Collet, bezel (around a jewel, on a ring).
    • Another ring, from the same locality, with a cross of simpler form engraved on the chaton was found attached to a chain.2012, George Frederick Kunz, Rings for the Finger, page 257
  2. (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)

chaton meaning in Tamil

chaton in Tamil

மோதிர முகப்பு

Forms of chaton

pluralchatons

Origin of chaton

Borrowed from French.

Questions about chaton

What does chaton mean?
Chaton means collet, bezel (around a jewel, on a ring).
What is chaton in Tamil?
Chaton in Tamil is மோதிர முகப்பு. See Chaton meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chaton?
Chaton is a noun.
What is the plural of chaton?
The plural of chaton is chatons.

Words near chaton in the dictionary

  1. Chatmon
  2. Chatmons
  3. chatna
  4. Chatney
  5. Chatom
  6. chaton
  7. chatons
  8. Chatot
  9. Chatots
  10. chatoyance
  11. chatoyances

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: chaton (page history and authors); chaton (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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