English
A bride putting on a garter .
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360 : Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "ONF." is not valid. See WT:LOL , WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF . , from Old French garet (compare Old French jartier , from jaret ), from Gaulish *garrā , from Proto-Celtic *garros ( “ calf, shank ” ) (compare Cornish gar , Cornish gar ,Middle Welsh garr , Old Irish gairr ). Cognate with French jarretière .
Pronunciation
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Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
Noun
garter (plural garters )
A band worn around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking .
( heraldry ) A bendlet .
Derived terms
Translations
band around leg
Basque: galtzari (eu)
Bulgarian: жартие́ра (bg) f ( žartiéra )
Catalan: lligacama (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 襪帶 / 袜带 ( mat6 daai3-2 ) , 袜带 ( mat6 daai3-2 )
Mandarin: 襪帶 / 袜带 (zh) ( wàdài ) , 袜带 (zh) ( wàdài )
Dutch: jarretel (nl) m or f , jarretelle (nl) m or f , kouseband m
Finnish: sukkanauha (fi)
French: jarretière (fr) f , jarretelle (fr) f
Georgian: ლეკვერთხი ( leḳvertxi ) , წვივსაკრავი ( c̣vivsaḳravi )
German: Strumpfband (de) n
Greek: καλτσοδέτα (el) f ( kaltsodéta )
Hungarian: zoknitartó , harisnyatartó (hu)
Irish: glúin-chrios m
Italian: giarrettiera (it) f , giarrettella f
Japanese: 靴下留め ( くつしたどめ, kutsushitadome ) , ガーター ( gātā )
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Korean: 가터 ( gateo )
Latin: genuālia n pl
Norman: dgèrtchiéthe f
Norwegian: hosebånd c ( archaic ) , strømpebånd c
Polish: podwiązka (pl) f
Portuguese: liga (pt) f , jarreteira (pt) f
Romanian: jartieră (ro) f , jartea (ro) f
Russian: подвя́зка (ru) f ( podvjázka ) , рези́нка (ru) f ( rezínka ) ( для чуло́к )
Slovene: podveza f
Spanish: liga (es) f
Swedish: strumpeband (sv) n
Tagalog: ligas
Taos: mę̀diaxų̀ci’ína
Turkish: jartiyer (tr)
Ukrainian: лестики pl ( lestyky )
Welsh: gardas m or f ( North ) , gardys m or f ( South )
Verb
garter (third-person singular simple present garters , present participle gartering , simple past and past participle gartered )
to fasten with a garter
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