robinet

See also: Robinet

English

Etymology 1

From robin.

Noun

robinet (plural robinets)

1. The chaffinch, or roberd.
2. The European robin.

Etymology 2

Noun

robinet (plural robinets)

1. (historical) A military engine formerly used for throwing darts and stones.

Etymology 3

From French robinet.

Noun

robinet (plural robinets)

1. A tap; a faucet.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “robinet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Bertino, bornite

French

Etymology

Diminutive form of robin (“sheep”), because early taps were often in the shape of a sheep's head.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.bi.nɛ/

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Noun

robinet m (plural robinets)

1. tap (UK), faucet (US)

Derived terms

• eau du robinet
• robinet d’arrêt

Descendants

• → Italian: rubinetto
  • → Serbo-Croatian: rubìnet
• → Romanian: robinet

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• broient, obtenir

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French robinet.

Pronunciation

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Noun

robinet n (plural robinete)

1. faucet