handcuffs

English

Wikipedia

A pair of handcuffs.

Etymology

1775, from hand +‎ cuff (“end of shirtsleeve”).

Possibly influenced by Old English handcops, from hand + cops (“fetter, chains”), but due to lack of continuity (centuries between Old English and modern term), generally analyzed as a re-invention.

Noun

handcuffs

1. (plural only) A fastening consisting of two metal rings, designed to go around a person's wrists, and connected by a chain or hinge.
2. Plural form of handcuff

Synonyms

• manacles
• shackles

Related terms

• handcuff

Translations

metal rings for fastening wrists

• Alabama: ilbistalsiha
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: esku lota (eu)
• Catalan: manilles (ca) f pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 手銬 (cmn), 手铐 (cmn) (shǒukào)

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Danish: håndjern (da) n pl
• Dutch: handboeien (nl)
• Esperanto: mankateno (eo)
• Finnish: käsiraudat (fi) pl
• French: menottes (fr) f pl
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Handschellen (de) f pl
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: bilincs (hu)
• Interlingua: manica (ia)
• Italian: manette (it) f
• Japanese: 手錠 (ja) (てじょう, tejō)
• Korean: 수갑 (ko) (sugap) (手匣)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: که‌له‌پچه‌ (ku)

• Macedonian: лисици (mk) (lísici) f pl
• Norwegian: håndjern (no) n
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: kajdanki (pl) pl
• Portuguese: algema (pt) m
• Romanian: cătușe (ro)
• Russian: наручники (ru) (narúčniki) m pl
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: лисице (sh) f pl

  Ronma: lisice (sh) f pl

• Slovene: lisice (sl) f pl
• Spanish: esposas (es) f pl
• Swedish: handbojor (sv) c pl, handklovar (sv) c pl
• Telugu: సంకెళ్ళు (te) (sankeLLu)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: kelepçe (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Verb

handcuffs

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handcuff.