braces

See also: Braces

English

a girl in braces

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹeɪsɪz/

Noun

braces

1. plural of brace
2. (orthodontics) A device worn on the teeth to straighten them.

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

3. (dated) Handcuffs.

   We put that villain in braces.

4. (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 (US: suspenders).

Synonyms

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

Translations

device for straightening teeth

• Arabic: مُقَوَّم أَسْنَان m (muqawwam ʔasnān)
• Bulgarian: скоба (bg) (skoba)
• 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, 牙齿矫正器 (yáchǐ jiǎozhèngqì)

• Czech: rovnátka n pl
• Danish: bøjle (da) c, tandbøjle
• Dutch: beugel (nl)
• Finnish: hammasraudat (fi), raudat
• 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
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• Inuktitut: ᐋᖅᑭᑦᑎᕈᑏᑦ (aaqkittirotiit)
• Italian: apparecchio (it) m, apparecchio per i denti (it) 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: протеза f (proteza)
• Mongolian: шүдний аппарат (šüdnii apparat)
• Norwegian: regulering c
• Polish: aparat ortodontyczny, aparat na zęby m
• Portuguese: aparelho de dente
• Russian: бре́кеты m pl (brɛ́kety)
• Serbo-Croatian: протеза f (proteza)
• Spanish: frenillo (es) m, frenos (es) m pl, aparato (es) m
• Swedish: tandställning (sv) c
• Thai: เหล็กดัด (lèk-dàt)

handcuffs — see handcuffs

• Finnish: henkselit (fi), housunkannattimet
• French: bretelles (fr) f pl
• Georgian: აჭიმი (ač̣imi)
• German: Hosenträger (de) m
• Ido: breteli, bretel-paro
• Italian: bretelle (it) f
• Maori: perehi
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: buksesele (no) m

  Nynorsk: buksesele m

• Russian: подтя́жки (ru) f pl (podtjážki)
• Serbo-Croatian: трегери m pl (tregeri)
• Swedish: hängslen (sv)
• Walloon: aburtale (wa) f, burtale (wa) f

Verb

braces

1. Template:en-third person singular of

Anagrams

• cabers, cabres

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Occitan

Noun

braces

1. plural of braç