inset

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. To set in; infix or implant.
2. To insert something.
3. To add an inset to something.

Noun

1. A smaller thing set into a larger thing, such as a small picture inside a larger one.
2. Anything inserted.
3. A small piece of material used to strengthen a garment.
4. A modular microphone that can be removed from a telephone handset without disassembly.

Adj

Having been inset.

Concepts

insérer

introduire

encart

Synonymes

insert

inlay

embed

gusset

supplement

insertion

addendum

deploy

dispose

embedded

emplace

fix

fort

fund

grubstake

include

inflow

influx

inlaid

inrush

instal

install

invest

lay

locate

marshal

panel

parquet

place

plant

🌱

position

pull-out

put

put in

put up

rank

schnitzel

seat

💺

seed

set up

site

situate

station

🚉

studded

phenocryst

porphyritic crystal

base

clipping

cutlet

cutout

cutting

decoration

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɪnsɛt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: insetten

Hérité de ancien anglais: insettan

Appartenant à néerlandais: inzetten

Appartenant à bas-allemand: insetten

Appartenant à allemand: einsetzen

Appartenant à danois: indsætte

Appartenant à suédois: insätta

Appartenant à islandais: innsetja

In summary

From Middle English insetten, from Old English insettan (“to set in, institute, appoint”), equivalent to in- + set. Cognate with Dutch inzetten (“to insert, set in”), Low German insetten (“to set in”), German einsetzen (“to insert, employ”), Danish indsætte (“to insert”), Swedish insätta (“to inset, induct, institute”), Icelandic innsetja (“to install”).