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==English==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|fr|-}}.

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# [[collet|Collet]], [[bezel]] (around a jewel, on a [[ring]]).
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2012|author=George Frederick Kunz|title=Rings for the Finger|page=257
|passage=Another ring, from the same locality, with a cross of simpler form engraved on the '''chaton''' was found attached to a chain.}}
# {{lb|en|watches}} chaton (movement component: a circular piece of metal inserted in a round hole, in which a ruby is inserted. The ruby is used as bearing for the pin (or pivot) of a shaft of a wheel)

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=achnot|cantho-|Cần Thơ|chonta|Can Tho|Cantho}}

==French==
[[Image:Six weeks old cat (aka).jpg|thumb|right|'''''chaton''': kitten'']]

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-chaton.ogg}}

===Etymology 1===
First attested in {{uder|fr|fro|-}}, from {{af|fr|chat|-on}}
[[Image:Chatons noyer - 1138.JPG|thumb|right|'''''chaton''': catkin'']]

====Noun====
{{fr-noun|m|f=+}}

# [[kitten]], [[kitty]] (baby cat)
#: {{syn|fr|minet|minou}}
# [[catkin]]

===Etymology 2===
{{inh+|fr|frm|chaton}}, {{m|frm|chaston}}, from {{inh|fr|fro|chastun|t=the projecting part of a ring embedded with a stone}}, from {{der|fr|frk|*kastō|t=box, case}}, from {{der|fr|gem-pro|*kastô}}, {{m|gem-pro|*kasô}}, {{m|gem-pro|*kasą}}, {{m|gem-pro|*kazą|t=vessel, container, pitcher, barrel}}.

Cognate with {{cog|goh|kasto|t=box, case}} (Modern {{cog|de|Kasten}}), {{cog|nl|kast|t=cupboard, case}}, {{cog|ang|castenere|t=cabinet, chest}}, {{cog|non|kass}}, {{m|non|kassi|t=basket}}, {{cog|got|𐌺𐌰𐍃|t=vessel, container}}, {{cog|goh|char|t=vessel, bowl, tray, trough}}, {{cog|gml|kar|t=vessel, basket}}, {{cog|non|ker|t=vessel, container}}.

[[Image:Sapphire ring.jpg|right|thumb|''<!-- -->'''chaton''': collet (silver)'', and '''''chaton''': jewel (blue)'']]

====Noun====
{{fr-noun|m}}

# [[collet]], [[beazle|bezel]] (around a jewel, on a [[ring]])
# {{lb|fr|by extension}} the [[jewel]] itself (around which the collet is, on a ring)

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|ca|xató|bor=1}}
* {{desc|en|chaton|bor=1}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

{{C|fr|Baby animals|Cats}}