bevel

See also: Bevel

English

Etymology

From Middle English *bevel, from Anglo-Norman *baivel (whence obsolete French beauveau) a diminutive of Old French baïf (“open-mouthed”), perhaps from baer (“to gape”), from Medieval Latin *batāre (“to gape, yawn, be open”), probably of imitative origin. If so, then related to Italian badare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛv.əl/
• Rhymes: -ɛvəl

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

bevel (plural bevels)

1. An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90-degree angle; a chamfer.

   to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab

2. An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; a bevel square.
   • 1832, Edward Shaw, Civil Architecture:

     finding the length with a bevel

3. (gambling) A die used for cheating, having some sides slightly rounded instead of flat.
   • 1974, The New York Times Book Review, volume 2, page 35:

     The different types of dice made for cheating (flat passers, bevels, cut edges, loaded dice, […]

   • 1978, John Scarne, Scarne's Guide to Casino Gambling, page 176:

     Bevels are shapes having one or more sides sandpapered so that they are slightly rounded rather than flat.

Derived terms

• bevel gear
• bevelless
• bevelment
• bevel wheel

Translations

An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90 degree angle

• Bulgarian: скосяване n (skosjavane), фаска f (faska)
• Catalan: bisell (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 斜角 (zh) (xiéjiǎo)

• Esperanto: bevelo
• Finnish: särmä (fi), viiste (fi)
• French: biseau (fr) m
• German: Schräge f, Fase (de) f, Abschrägung f, Abfasung (de) f, Schrägung (de) f, Schrägfläche f, Gehrung (de) f
• Irish: faobhar beibhealta m
• Italian: bisello (it) m, bisellatura f, smussatura f
• Polish: skos m, ukos (pl) m, faseta (pl) f
• Portuguese: bisel (pt) m
• Romanian: bizou n
• Russian: скос (ru) m (skos), фа́ска (ru) f (fáska)
• Spanish: bisel (es) m
• Swedish: avfasning c, avrundning (sv) c
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: ییو (yiv)

• Welsh: ymyl pefel m, ymyl befel m or f

Verb

bevel (third-person singular simple present bevels, present participle (US) beveling or (UK) bevelling, simple past and past participle (US) beveled or (UK) bevelled)

1. (transitive) To give a canted edge to a surface; to chamfer.

Derived terms

• beveller
• rebevel

Translations

give a canted edge to a surface

• Bulgarian: скосявам (skosjavam)
• Catalan: bisellar (ca)
• Esperanto: beveli
• Finnish: viistota, viistää (fi)
• French: aiguiser (fr), biseauter (fr), chanfreiner (fr)
• German: anschrägen, abschrägen (de), anfasen (de), fasen (de), schrägen (de)
• Ido: bizelizar (io)
• Māori: heretua, whakatipihori
• Polish: fazować impf, fasetować (pl) impf
• Portuguese: biselar
• Romanian: bizota (ro)
• Russian: ска́шивать (ru) impf (skášivatʹ), скоси́ть (ru) pf (skosítʹ)
• Spanish: biselar (es)

Adjective

bevel (comparative more bevel, superlative most bevel)

1. Having the slant of a bevel; slanting.

   a bevel angle

2. (obsolete, figurative) Morally distorted; not upright.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 121”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:

     I may be straight, though they themselves be bevel.

Translations

Having the slant of a bevel; slanting

• Polish: fazowany
• Portuguese: biselado m, biselada f

Anagrams

• BLEVE, bleve

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bevel. By surface analysis, deverbal from bevelen.

Compare German Befehl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈvɛl/, [-vɛɫ], [-fɛɫ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: be‧vel
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

bevel n (plural bevelen, diminutive bevelletje n)

1. order, command

Derived terms

• bevelhebber
• bevelhebster
• bevelvoerder
• opperbevel

Related terms

• Befehl ist Befehl
• bevelen

Descendants

• Negerhollands: befeel

Anagrams

• bleve