chamfer

English

A chamfer with a lark's tongue upper end

Etymology

Back-formation of chamfering, from Middle French chanfrain, from Middle French, Old French chanfraindre, possibly a compound of chant (“corner”), from Latin canthus (of either Celtic or Latin origin) + fraindre (“to break”), from frangō (“I break”).^[1]

Pronunciation

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃæm.fɚ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʃæm.fə/

Noun

chamfer (plural chamfers)

1. An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.

   Synonyms: round, bevel

   Antonym: fillet

Derived terms

• chamfered

Translations

an angled relief or cut at an edge

Bulgarian: скосен ръб (skosen rǎb), фаска (faska), жлеб (bg) (žleb) Catalan: xamfrà (ca) f Dutch: afschuining (nl) f Finnish: viiste (fi) 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 (de) f Italian: bisello (it) m Japanese: 面取り (めんとり, mentori) Polish: faza (pl) f Portuguese: chanfradura (pt) f, chanfra (pt) f, chanfro (pt) m Russian: фа́ска (ru) f (fáska) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: skošena ivica Spanish: chaflán (es) m, ochava (es) f Swedish: fas (sv) c, avfasning c, bruten kant c, skråkant c, vankant 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.

   Synonym: bevel

2. (transitive) To cut a groove in something.

   Synonym: flute

Derived terms

• chamferer
• rechamfer

Translations

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

Bulgarian: рендосвам (bg) (rendosvam), правя фаска (pravja faska) Dutch: afschuinen (nl) Finnish: viistää (fi), viistota French: chanfreiner (fr) German: fasen (de), abfasen (de), anfasen (de), anschrägen, abschrägen (de) Ido: bizelizar (io) Maori: heretua, whakatipihori 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) Finnish: uurtaa (fi) German: auskehlen, einkerben (de), furchen (de), rillen (de), nuten (de), einfurchen

References

1. Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “chamfer”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

• chamfer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “chamfer”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.