bracelet

See also: brâcelet

English

Bracelet from Persia.

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French bracelet, diminutive form of bras (“arm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹeɪslət/, /ˈbɹeɪslɪt/

Noun

bracelet (plural bracelets)

1. A band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry/jewellery or an ornament.
2. The strap of a wristwatch, used to secure it around the wrist.
3. (colloquial, chiefly in the plural) A handcuff.
   • c. 1620 anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665):

     Of thirty bare yeares haue I
     twice twenty bin enraged,
     & of forty bin three tymes fifteene
     in durance soundlie caged,
     On yͤ lordlie loftes of Bedlam
     with stubble softe & dainty,
     braue braceletts Strong, sweet whips ding dong
     with wholesome hunger plenty

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

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)

Derived terms

• awareness bracelet
• charm bracelet
• friendship bracelet

Translations

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

• Afrikaans: armband
• Albanian: byzylyk (sq)
• Arabic: سِوَار m (siwār)

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

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

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

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

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

• Hebrew: צָמִיד (he)
• Hindi: बाज़ूबन्द m (bāzūband)
• 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 (うでわ, udewa), ブレスレット (buresuretto)
• Karakalpak: bilezik
• Khmer: ខ្សែដៃ (ksae day)
• Korean: 팔찌 (ko) (paljji)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji:

  Sorani: بازن (bazin), بازیبەند (bazîbend)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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
• Maltese: ċapetta f, brazzuletta f
• Maori: poroporo, kōmore
• Mongolian: бугуйвч (mn) (bugujvč)
• Navajo: látsíní
• Ngazidja Comorian: ɓangili class 9/10
• Norman: brâcelet m
• Norwegian: armbånd n
• Occitan: braçalet m
• Persian: بازوبند (fa) (bâzu-band), ابرنجن (fa) (abranjan)
• 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: наруквица f

  Roman: narukvica (sh) f

• Slovak: náramok m
• Slovene: zapestnica (sl) f
• Spanish: brazalete (es) m, pulsera (es) f
• Swedish: armband (sv)
• Tagalog: galang, pulseras (tl), kalambigi, baladang
• Tajik: please add this translation if you can
• Taos: kwę̀xòci’ína
• 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)
• Turkmen: bilezik (tk)
• Ukrainian: брасле́т (uk) m (braslét)
• Urdu: بازوبند m (bāzūband)
• Uyghur: بىلەزۈك (bilezük)
• Vietnamese: vòng tay
• Welsh: breichled (cy) f, brasled f, brasledau f pl
• Yiddish: please add this translation if you can
• Zazaki: bêlezuk

strap of a wristwatch

• Bulgarian: каишка (bg) f (kaiška)
• French: bracelet (fr) m
• Galician: amalloa (gl) f, correa f, agolleta f
• Greek: λουράκι (el) n (louráki)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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)

See also

• armband
• bangle
• -let

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French

Alternative forms

• brasselet (obsolete)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French bracelet, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French bracelet, diminutive form of bras (“arm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁa.slɛ/

• Audio:

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Noun

bracelet m (plural bracelets)

1. bracelet

Further reading

• “bracelet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• célébrât

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Middle French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French bracelet, diminutive form of bras (“arm”).

Noun

bracelet m (plural bracelés or braceletz)

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

References

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

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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)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (bracelet)
• bracelet on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
• Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature: Volume 4, January 1, 1816 by John Brown page 287
• https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=g_pPAAAAMAAJ&rdid=book-g_pPAAAAMAAJ&rdot=1