bracelet

See also: brâcelet

English

a bracelet from Persia.

Etymology

From Old French bracelet, diminutive form of bras (“arm”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹeɪslət/, /ˈbɹeɪslɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪslɪt

Noun

bracelet (plural bracelets)

1. A band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry/jewellery or an ornament.

   Synonym: wristband

   Coordinate term: wristband

   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 49:

     Pliny the Elder states that, to increase sexual potency, the right testis of an ass should be worn in a bracelet.

2. The strap of a wristwatch, used to secure it around the wrist.

   Synonyms: watchband, watchstrap, wristband

3. (historical) A piece of defensive armour for the arm.

   Coordinate term: brassard

   • 1903, Campbell Cowan Edgar, Greek Sculpture, page 57:

     […] and fastened on his breast by a buckle consisting of a Gorgoneion (with wings on temples and serpent-knot below chin), a sword-belt over right shoulder, bracelets, greaves (with lions' heads at the knees) and sandals.

Derived terms

• ankle bracelet
• awareness bracelet
• bracelet cortinar
• bracelets of fortune
• charm bracelet
• friendship bracelet
• gel bracelet
• jelly bracelet
• Kabbalah bracelet
• line bracelet
• sex bracelet
• slap bracelet
• slave bracelet
• snap bracelet
• tennis bracelet

Translations

band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament

• Afrikaans: armband
• Albanian: lilë (sq), rrethi dorës m
• Altai:

  Northern Altai: пулбар (pulbar)

  Southern Altai: билерик (bilerik)

• Apache:

  Western Apache: gan basitáné

• Arabic: سِوَار m (siwār)

  Egyptian Arabic: غويش m (ḡuwēš), اسويرة f (iswīra)

  Hijazi Arabic: إسورة f (iswara)

• Armenian: ապարանջան (hy) (aparanǰan)
• Asturian: brazalete m, pulsera f
• Azerbaijani: bilərzik, bazubənd, qolbaq
• Bashkir: беләҙек (beləźek)
• Basque: eskumuturreko
• Belarusian: бранзале́т m (branzaljét), брасле́т m (brasljét), бранзале́тка f (branzaljétka)
• Bulgarian: гри́вна (bg) f (grívna)
• Burmese: လက်ကောက် (my) (lakkauk)
• Catalan: braçalet m
• Cherokee: ᎧᏃᎨᏂ ᎢᎬᎾᏙᏗ (kanogeni igvnadodi)
• Cheyenne: hoho
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 手鐲 / 手镯 (zh) (shǒuzhuó), 鐲子 / 镯子 (zh) (zhuózi)

• Comorian:

  Ngazidja Comorian: ɓangili class 9/10

• Crimean Tatar: bilezlik
• Czech: náramek (cs) m
• Danish: armbånd (da) n
• Dutch: armband (nl) m
• Esperanto: brakringo, braceleto
• Estonian: käevõru (et)
• Faroese: armband n
• Finnish: rannekoru (fi), rannerengas (fi), käsirengas
• French: bracelet (fr) m
• Galician: brazalete (gl) m, braceleira f, carcán m, pulseira (gl) f
• Georgian: სამაჯური (ka) (samaǯuri)
• German: Armband (de) n
• Greek: βραχιόλι (el) n (vrachióli)

  Ancient Greek: ψέλλιον n (pséllion), χλίδων m (khlídōn)

• Hebrew: צָמִיד (he) m (tsamíd)
• Hindi: अंगद (hi) m (aṅgad), वलय (hi) m (valay)
• Hungarian: karkötő (hu), karlánc (hu)
• Icelandic: armband (is) n
• Ido: braceleto (io)
• Indonesian: gelang (id)
• Irish: bráisléad m
• Italian: braccialetto (it) m
• Japanese: 腕輪 (ja) (うでわ, udewa), ブレスレット (ja) (buresuretto)
• Karakalpak: bilezik
• Kazakh: білезік (bılezık)
• Khmer: ខ្សែដៃ (khsae day)
• Korean: 팔찌 (ko) (paljji)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: بازن (bazn), بازیبەند (bazîbend)

  Northern Kurdish: bazin (ku), bazûbend (ku), bazîbend (ku)

• Kyrgyz: билерик (ky) (bilerik)
• Lao: ສາຍແຂນ (lo) (sāi khǣn)
• Latin: armilla f, viria f
• Latvian: aproce f, rokassprādze f
• Lithuanian: apyrankė (lt) f
• Macedonian: нараквица f (narakvica)
• Malay: gelang (ms)
• Malayalam: വള (ml) (vaḷa)
• Maltese: ċappetta tal-id f, brazzuletta f
• Māori: poroporo, kōmore
• Marathi: बांगडी f (bāṅgḍī)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: бугуйвч (mn) (bugujvč)

  Mongolian script: ᠪᠠᠭᠤᠪᠴᠢ (baɣubči)

• Navajo: látsíní
• Norman: brâcelet m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: armbånd n

• Occitan: braçalet (oc) m
• Ojibwe: jiiskinikebizon
• Paraujano: aapüñaa
• Pashto: بازوبند m (bāzūband)
• Persian: بازوبند (fa) (bâzu-band), ابرنجن (fa) (abranjan), دست‌بند (fa) (dast-band)
• Polish: bransoletka (pl) f
• Portuguese: bracelete m, pulseira (pt) f
• Romanian: brățară (ro) f
• Romansch: bratschlet m (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran), bratschelet m (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan), bratschalet m (Surmiran), braslet m (Puter), braschlet m (Vallader), manizin m (Puter, Vallader)
• Russian: брасле́т (ru) m (braslét)
• Scottish Gaelic: bann-làimhe m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: на̀руквица f

  Latin: nàrukvica (sh) f

• Sinhalese: වළලු (waḷalu)
• Slovak: náramok m
• Slovene: zapestnica (sl) f
• Spanish: brazalete (es) m, pulsera (es) f, ajorca (es) f, carcax (es) m (karkash)
• Swedish: armband (sv) n
• Tagalog: galang, pulseras (tl), kalambigi, baladang
• Tajik: бозубанд (tg) (bozuband), дастпона (tg) (dastpona), абранҷан (tg) (abranjan) (dated), дастбанд (dastband)
• Taos: kwę̀xòciʼína
• Tatar: беләзек (tt) (beläzek)
• Telugu: కంకణము (te) (kaṅkaṇamu)
• Thai: วลัย (th) (wá-lai), กำไล (th) (gam-lai)
• Tibetan: སྒྲོག་གདུང (sgrog gdung), ལག་གདུབ (lag gdub)
• Turkish: bilezik (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: بلازك (bilâzik)

• Turkmen: bilezik (tk)
• Ukrainian: брасле́т (uk) m (braslét), бранзоле́та (uk) f (branzoléta) (dialectal), бранзоле́тка (uk) f (branzolétka) (dialectal)
• Unami: tëpinxkèpi
• Urdu: بازوبند m (bāzūband)
• Uyghur: بىلەزۈك (bilezük)
• Uzbek: bilaguzuk (uz)
• Vietnamese: vòng tay
• Welsh: breichled (cy) f, brasled f, brasledau f pl
• Yakan: gallang
• Yiddish: בראַסלעט m (braslet), אָרעמבאַנד m (oremband)
• Zazaki: bêlezuk
• Zulu: isigqizo (zu) class 7/8

strap of a wristwatch

• Bulgarian: каи́шка (bg) f (kaíška)
• Esperanto: rimeno
• Finnish: ranneke (fi), (colloquial) kellonremmi
• French: bracelet (fr) m
• Galician: amalloa (gl) f, correa (gl) f, agolleta f
• German: Armband (de) n
• Greek: λουράκι (el) n (louráki)
• Hungarian: karszalag (hu)
• Romanian: curea (ro) f
• Romansch: bratschlet m (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran), bratschelet m (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan), bratschalet m (Surmiran), braslet m (Puter), braschlet m (Vallader), manizin m (Puter, Vallader)
• Russian: брасле́т (ru) m (braslét)
• Swedish: armband (sv) n
• Turkish: kordon (tr), kayış (tr)

Verb

bracelet (third-person singular simple present bracelets, present participle braceleting or (rare) braceletting, simple past and past participle braceleted or (rare) braceletted)

1. (transitive) To surround with, or as if with, a bracelet; to ring or encompass.

See also

• armband
• bangle
• -let

French

Alternative forms

• brasselet (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French bracelet, from Old French bracelet, diminutive form of bras (“arm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁa.slɛ/

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Noun

bracelet m (plural bracelets)

1. bracelet

Derived terms

• bracelet électronique
• bracelet-montre
• montre-bracelet

Descendants

• → Portuguese: bracelete

Further reading

• “bracelet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
• Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “bracelet”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette

Anagrams

• célébrât

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French bracelet, diminutive form of bras (“arm”).

Noun

bracelet m (plural bracelés or braceletz)

1. bracelet (jewelry)
2. bracelet (armor)

Descendants

• French: bracelet, brasselet (obsolete)
  • → Portuguese: bracelete

References

• bracelet on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Old French

Noun

bracelet oblique singular, m (oblique plural bracelez or braceletz, nominative singular bracelez or braceletz, nominative plural bracelet)

1. diminutive of bras (“arm”)
2. bracelet (jewelry)

Descendants

• Middle French: bracelet
  • French: bracelet, brasselet (obsolete)
    • → Portuguese: bracelete
• Norman: brâcelet
• → English: bracelet
• → Irish: bráisléad

References

• Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “bracelet”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.
• bracelet on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub