rivet

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• /ˈɹɪvət/
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Borrowed from French Rivet.

From Old French rivet (13th century), from the verb Old French river (“to fetter [a person]”) (12th century), from Old French rive (“rim, edge”) (ca. 1100), which is ultimately from Latin ripa (“riverbank”). Compare river, rival, riparian. The sense "kind of footman's armour" is apparently a back-formation from almain rivet, which is apparently derived from the English noun; see that entry for more.

94 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Amharic: ሪቬት (rivet) — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Arabic: بِرْشَام (biršām) — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Azerbaijani: pərçim — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Azerbaijani: qadaq — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Bulgarian: нит (nit) — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Catalan: rebló — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Chinese Mandarin: 鉚釘 /铆钉 (mǎodīng) — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Czech: nýt — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Dutch: klinknagel — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Esperanto: nito — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Estonian: neet — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Finnish: niitti — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• French: rivet — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Georgian: მოქლონი (mokloni) — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• German: Niet — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Greek: πριτσίνι (pritsíni) — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Ancient Greek: βλῆτρον (blêtron) — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Hungarian: szegecs — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Irish: seam — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Italian: rivetto — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Italian: ribattino — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Japanese: リベット (ribetto) — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Kazakh: тойтарма (toitarma) — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Khmer: ដែកគោលមីន (daek koul miin) — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Khmer: មីនភ្ជាប់ (miin pcoap) — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Korean: 리벳 (ribet) — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Macedonian: нитна (nitna) — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Māori: riweti — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Māori: rīwiti — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Norwegian: nagle — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Norwegian: klinke — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Norwegian: nite — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Persian: پرچ (parč) — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Polish: nit — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Portuguese: rebite — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Romanian: nit — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Russian: заклёпка (zakljópka) — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Scottish Gaelic: calpa — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Spanish: remache — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Spanish: roblón — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Spanish: rebite — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Swedish: nit — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Tagalog: rematse — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Tagalog: rimatse — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Thai: หมุดย้ํา (mùt yáam) — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Turkish: perçin — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Ottoman Turkish: پرچین (perçin) — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Ukrainian: заклепка (zaklepka) — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Vietnamese: ri vê — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Welsh: rhybed — cylindrical mechanical fastener
• Bulgarian: зани́твам (zanítvam) — to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
• Catalan: reblar — to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
• Dutch: popnagelen — to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
• Finnish: niitata — to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
• French: riveter — to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
• German: vernieten — to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
• Hungarian: összeszegecsel — to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
• Italian: chiodare — to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
• Māori: riweti — to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
• Polish: nitować — to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
• Romanian: nitui — to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
• Russian: клепа́ть (klepátʹ) — to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
• Spanish: remachar — to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
• Spanish: rebitar — to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
• Spanish: roblonar — to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
• Spanish: entibar — to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
• Spanish: sufrir — to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
• Swedish: nita — to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
• Swedish: nita ihop — to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
• Swedish: nagla — to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
• Turkish: perçinlemek — to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
• Ottoman Turkish: پرچینلمك (perçinlemek) — to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
• Bulgarian: зани́твам (zanítvam) — to install rivets
• Catalan: reblar — to install rivets
• Czech: nýtovat — to install rivets
• Finnish: niitata — to install rivets
• Finnish: niitittää — to install rivets
• German: nieten — to install rivets
• Māori: riweti — to install rivets
• Māori: rīwiti — to install rivets
• Polish: nitować — to install rivets
• Spanish: remachar — to install rivets
• Spanish: rebitar — to install rivets
• Spanish: roblonar — to install rivets
• Spanish: entibar — to install rivets
• Spanish: sufrir — to install rivets
• Swedish: nita — to install rivets
• Ottoman Turkish: پرچینلمك (perçinlemek) — to install rivets
• Bulgarian: приковавам (prikovavam) — to command the attention of spectators
• Finnish: naulita — to command the attention of spectators
• German: fesseln — to command the attention of spectators
• German: auf sich ziehen — to command the attention of spectators
• Polish: przykuwać — to command the attention of spectators
• Polish: przykuć — to command the attention of spectators