braces

See also: Braces

English

a girl in braces

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹeɪsɪz/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -eɪsɪz

Noun

braces

1. plural of brace

Noun

braces pl (plural only)

1. (orthodontics) A device worn on the teeth to straighten them.

   Susy has to go to the dentist to see if she needs braces.

2. (dated) Handcuffs.

   We put that villain in braces.

3. (British) A pair of straps crossing one's shoulders and extending down to one's trousers, where a clip or button arrangement allows them to affix to the trousers, ensuring that they will not fall off.

   Synonym: (US) suspenders

Synonyms

• (orthodontics): dental braces
• (handcuffs): manacles
• (pair of straps holding trousers): suspenders

Derived terms

• belt and braces
• train track braces

Translations

device for straightening teeth

• Arabic: مُقَوَّم أَسْنَان m (muqawwam ʔasnān)
• Bulgarian: ско́ба (bg) f (skóba)
• Catalan: ferros (ca) m pl, aparell dental m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 牙箍 (ngaa⁴ ku¹)

  Mandarin: 牙套 (zh) (yátào), 牙齒矯正器／牙齿矫正器 (yáchǐ jiǎozhèngqì)

• Czech: rovnátka n pl
• Danish: bøjle (da) c, tandbøjle
• Dutch: beugel (nl)
• Finnish: hammasraudat (fi), raudat (fi)
• French: appareil dentaire (fr) m, appareil (fr) m, appareil orthodontique m, faux-palais (fr)
• German: Zahnspange (de) f
• Hungarian: fogszabályzó (hu)
• Indonesian: kawat gigi, behel (id)
• Inuktitut: ᐋᖅᑭᑦᑎᕈᑏᑦ (aaqkittirotiit)
• Irish: teanntáin fiacla m pl
• Italian: apparecchio (per i denti) m, apparecchio ortodontico m
• Japanese: 歯列矯正器 (しれつきょうせいき, shiretsu kyōseiki), ブレース (burēsu)
• Lithuanian: breketai m pl
• Macedonian: проте́за f (protéza)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: шүдний аппарат (šüdnii apparat)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: regulering m or f

• Polish: aparat ortodontyczny, aparat na zęby m
• Portuguese: aparelho (pt) m, aparelho de dente (Brazil)
• Romanian: aparat (ro) m, aparat dentar m
• Russian: бре́кеты m pl (brɛ́kety)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: проте́за f

  Roman: protéza (sh) f

• Spanish: frenillo (es) m, frenos (es) m pl, aparatos (es) m pl, ortodoncia (es) f, brackets m pl, aparatos dentales m pl
• Swedish: tandställning (sv) c
• Thai: เหล็กดัด (lèk-dàt)
• Welsh: weiren ddanedd f, ffrâm ddannedd f

handcuffs — see handcuffs

pair of straps holding trousers — see suspender

Verb

braces

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of brace

Anagrams

• cabers, cabres

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɾa.səs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈbɾa.ses]

Noun

braces

1. plural of braça

Occitan

Noun

braces

1. plural of braç