anklet

English

An anklet attached to a toe ring

Etymology

ankle +‎ -et, based on bracelet

Noun

anklet (plural anklets)

1. A piece of jewelry/jewellery, resembling a bracelet but worn around the ankle.
2. An ankle sock.
   • 1959, Chain Store Age for Supermarket-Grocery Executives, page 237:

     Stretch socks are made in infant sizes, girls' and ladies' anklets […]

Coordinate terms

• armlet
• kneelet
• leglet
• necklet
• wristlet

 

Translations

a bracelet at the ankle

• Arabic: خَلْخَال m (ḵalḵāl)
• Catalan: turmellera f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腳鐲／脚镯 (jiǎozhuó), 腳鏈／脚链 (jiǎoliàn)

• Danish: ankelkæde c
• Dutch: enkelband (nl) m
• Finnish: nilkkakoru (fi)
• French: jambelet (fr) m, bracelet de cheville (fr) m, chaîne de cheville f
• German: Fußkette f, Fußband n
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: περισφύριον n (perisphúrion)

• Hindi: पायल (hi) m or m pl (pāyal)
• Hungarian: bokalánc (hu)
• Irish: bráisléad murnáin m
• Italian: cavigliera (it) f
• Japanese: アンクレット (ankuretto)
• Kannada: ತಂಡೆ (kn) (taṇḍe)
• Lü: ᦶᦛᧃᦎᦲᧃ (v̇aenṫiin), ᦷᦂᧂᧈᦃᦱ (k̇ong¹ẋaa)
• Malay: gelang kaki
• Malayalam: പാദസരം (ml) (pādasaraṁ), കൊലുസ് (kolusŭ)
• Maori: kōmore
• Ottoman Turkish: خلخال (halhal)
• Persian: پای‌ابرنجن (pây-abranjan)
• Portuguese: tornozeleira (pt) f
• Russian: ножно́й брасле́т m (nožnój braslét), цепо́чка на ноге́ f (cepóčka na nogé)
• Spanish: ajorca de tobillo f, tobillera (es) f
• Swedish: vristlänk c
• Tamil: கொலுசு (ta) (kolucu)
• Telugu: అందె (te) (ande)
• Turkish: ayak bilekliği, ayak bileziği, ayak zinciri, halhal (tr)