dovetail

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdʌvteɪl/
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• General-American: /ˈdʌvˌteɪl/
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• CMU ARPABET: D AH1 V T EY2 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The noun is derived from dove + tail. The verb is derived from the noun.

114 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: kyyhkyn pyrstö — tail of a dove; something having the shape of a dove’s tail
• Finnish: kyyhkysen pyrstö — tail of a dove; something having the shape of a dove’s tail
• Macedonian: о́пашка од ласто́вица (ópaška od lastóvica) — tail of a dove; something having the shape of a dove’s tail
• Welsh: cynffon colomen — tail of a dove; something having the shape of a dove’s tail
• Arabic: تَعْشِيقَة (taʕšīqa) — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Catalan: cua d'oreneta — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Catalan: cudornella — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Chinese Mandarin: 燕尾榫 (yànwěisǔn) — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Czech: čepování — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Czech: rybina — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Dutch: zwaluwstaart — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Estonian: kalasabatapp — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Finnish: lohenpyrstö — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Finnish: lohenpyrstöliitos — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Finnish: sinkkaus — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• French: queue-d'aronde — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Georgian: მაკრატელა (maḳraṭela) — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• German: Schwalbenschwanz — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• German: Schwalbenschwanzverbindung — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• German: Verzahnung — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Ancient Greek: πελεκῖνος (pelekînos) — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Hebrew: זְנַבְיוֹן (zanvion) — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Irish: déad — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Irish: déadalt — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Italian: caletta — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Japanese: 蟻継ぎ (aritsugi) — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Korean: 사개 (sagae) — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Latvian: bezdelīgas astes savienojums — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Lithuanian: letenėlė — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Macedonian: ласто́вечка о́пашка (lastóvečka ópaška) — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Norwegian Bokmål: svalehale — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Norwegian Bokmål: svalehalesink — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Norwegian Bokmål: svalehaleskjøt — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Occitan: coa d'aronda — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Persian: اتصال دمچلچلهای — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Polish: jaskółczy ogon — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Polish: rybi ogon — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Polish: złącze płetwowe — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Portuguese: cauda de andorinha — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Portuguese: ensambladura em cauda de andorinha — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Portuguese: união em cauda de andorinha — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Russian: ла́сточкин хво́ст (lástočkin xvóst) — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Scottish Gaelic: amaladh — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Spanish: cola de milano — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Spanish: cola de pato — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Spanish: juntura serrátil — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Swedish: laxstjärt — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Swedish: laxknut — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Tagalog: bakám — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Turkish: kurtağzı — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Turkish: kırlangıç kuyruğu — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Ottoman Turkish: قورت آغزی (kurt ağızı) — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Ukrainian: пастівчин хвіст (pastivčyn xvist) — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Welsh: uniad cynffonnog — type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes
• Finnish: lohenpyrstövaarna — tenon cut into a wedge shape resembling a dove's tail so that it interlocks with a mortise having a corresponding shape in a dovetail joint
• Czech: klínová stínka — (heraldry) line resembling a dovetail joint
• Finnish: lohenpyrstö — (heraldry) line resembling a dovetail joint
• Swedish: laxstjärtskura — (heraldry) line resembling a dovetail joint
• Arabic: عَشَّقَ (ʕaššaqa) — to unite (components) with a dovetail or similar joint
• Finnish: sinkata — to unite (components) with a dovetail or similar joint
• Finnish: tehdä lohenpyrstöliitos — to unite (components) with a dovetail or similar joint
• French: assembler — to unite (components) with a dovetail or similar joint
• French: imbriquer — to unite (components) with a dovetail or similar joint
• Galician: acantilar — to unite (components) with a dovetail or similar joint
• German: durch einen Schwalbenschwanz verbinden — to unite (components) with a dovetail or similar joint
• Japanese: 蟻継ぎする (aritsugi suru) — to unite (components) with a dovetail or similar joint
• Occitan: ajustar — to unite (components) with a dovetail or similar joint
• Occitan: apariar — to unite (components) with a dovetail or similar joint
• Occitan: embessonar — to unite (components) with a dovetail or similar joint
• Occitan: encastrar — to unite (components) with a dovetail or similar joint
• Occitan: imbricar — to unite (components) with a dovetail or similar joint
• Occitan: jonchar — to unite (components) with a dovetail or similar joint
• Occitan: juntar — to unite (components) with a dovetail or similar joint
• Spanish: machihembrar — to unite (components) with a dovetail or similar joint
• Arabic: اِنْسَجَمَ مَعَ (insajama maʕa) — to combine or fit (things) together well
• Arabic: رَكَّبَ (rakkaba) — to combine or fit (things) together well
• Arabic: تَرَابَطَ بَيْنَ (tarābaṭa bayna) — to combine or fit (things) together well
• Arabic: تَوَافَقَ مَعَ (tawāfaqa maʕa) — to combine or fit (things) together well
• Arabic: تَوَاصَلَ مَعَ (tawāṣala maʕa) — to combine or fit (things) together well
• Finnish: sovittaa (hyvin yhteen) — to combine or fit (things) together well
• French: coïncider — to combine or fit (things) together well
• French: concorder — to combine or fit (things) together well
• French: s'imbriquer — to combine or fit (things) together well
• German: aufeinander abgestimmt sein — to combine or fit (things) together well
• German: aufeinander verzahnt sein — to combine or fit (things) together well
• German: einpassen — to combine or fit (things) together well
• German: haargenau zu passen (etwas) — to combine or fit (things) together well
• German: sich nahtlos zusammenfügen — to combine or fit (things) together well
• German: verschränken — to combine or fit (things) together well
• Latvian: saskaņot — to combine or fit (things) together well
• Macedonian: усо́гласи (usóglasi) — to combine or fit (things) together well
• Macedonian: спо́и (spói) — to combine or fit (things) together well
• Macedonian: се со́впаѓа (se sóvpaǵa) — to combine or fit (things) together well
• Occitan: coïncidir — to combine or fit (things) together well
• Occitan: concordar — to combine or fit (things) together well
• Occitan: s'acordar — to combine or fit (things) together well
• Occitan: s'apariar — to combine or fit (things) together well
• Russian: согласо́вываться (soglasóvyvatʹsja) — to combine or fit (things) together well
• Russian: соотве́тствовать (sootvétstvovatʹ) — to combine or fit (things) together well
• Russian: пригоня́ть (prigonjátʹ) — to combine or fit (things) together well
• Russian: пригна́ть (prignátʹ) — to combine or fit (things) together well
• Spanish: encajar — to combine or fit (things) together well
• Spanish: machihembrar — to combine or fit (things) together well
• Welsh: cydblethu — to combine or fit (things) together well
• Welsh: plethu — to combine or fit (things) together well
• Welsh: asio — to combine or fit (things) together well
• Finnish: lomittaa ajoa — to interweave (a number of algorithms or subprograms) so that they can be run more or less simultaneously
• Finnish: limittää ajoa — to interweave (a number of algorithms or subprograms) so that they can be run more or less simultaneously
• Welsh: cydblethu — to interweave (a number of algorithms or subprograms) so that they can be run more or less simultaneously
• Chinese Mandarin: 嚴絲合縫 /严丝合缝 (yánsīhéfèng) — of several things: to combine or fit together well
• Finnish: sopia yhteen (hyvin) — of several things: to combine or fit together well
• Welsh: cydblethu — of several things: to combine or fit together well
• Welsh: ymblethu — of several things: to combine or fit together well
• Welsh: ymdoddi — of several things: to combine or fit together well