suspender

English

Etymology

From suspend +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈspɛndɚ/
• IPA^(key): /səˈspɛndə/
• Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)
• Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)

Noun

suspender (plural suspenders)

1. Something or someone who suspends.
2. (US) An item of apparel consisting of a strap worn over the shoulder and used to hold up trousers. Called braces in other parts of the world.
3. (British) An item of apparel used to hold up a sock or (now especially) a stocking, such as a garter, or each of the fastening-straps attached to a corset or suspender belt.

Translations

something or someone who suspends

• Italian: spallina (it) f
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• Russian: подве́ска (ru) f (podvéska) (pendant, suspension), подвя́зка (ru) f (podvjázka) (garter), по́мочи (ru) pl (pómoči) (leading strings)

an item used hold up trousers

• Bulgarian: тиранти (bg) pl (tiranti)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吊褲帶／吊裤带, 吊裤带 (diàokùdài), 背帶／背带 (zh) (bēidài), 背带 (zh) (bēidài)

• Czech: šle (cs) f pl, kšandy f pl
• Dutch: bretel (nl) f
• Emilian: tiràcli f pl
• Esperanto: ŝelko (eo)
• Finnish: housunkannattimet pl, olkaimet pl, henkselit (fi) pl
• French: bretelles (fr) f pl
• Galician: tirantes m pl
• Georgian: აჭიმი (ač̣imi)
• German: Hosenträger (de) m
• Hungarian: nadrágtartó (hu), hózentróger (hu)
• Icelandic: axlabönd (is) n pl
• Italian: bretelle (it) f pl
• Macedonian: тре́гери f pl (trégeri)
• Maltese: ċingi pl
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• Maori: perehi
• Mongolian: мөрөвч (mn) (mörövč)
• Norman: guélesses f pl (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: buksesele (no) m

  Nynorsk: buksesele m

• Polish: szelki pl
• Portuguese: suspensórios m
• Russian: подтя́жки (ru) f pl (podtjážki), по́мочи (ru) pl (pómoči)
• Slovene: naramnica f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: slě pl

• Spanish: suspensores m pl, tirantes (es) m pl
• Swedish: hängslen (sv) pl
• Yiddish: שלייקעס ? (shleykes)

item used to hold up stocking

• Czech: podvazek m
• Finnish: sukkanauha (fi)
• French: jarretelle (fr) f
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: strømpeholder m

• Russian: по́яс (ru) m (pójas)

Further reading

• suspender on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• prudeness, resuspend, speedruns, unpressed

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Verb

suspender

1. imperative of suspendere

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suspendere, present active infinitive of suspendō.

Verb

1. (transitive) to suspend; to hang

   Synonym: pendurar

2. (transitive) to suspend (to halt something temporarily)
3. Template:pt-verb-form-of

Related terms

• suspensão
• suspenso

 

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suspendere, present active infinitive of suspendō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suspenˈder/, [suspe̞n̪ˈd̪e̞r]

Verb

1. to suspend
2. to flunk, to fail to pass an exam or class

Related terms

• suspensión
• suspensor

See also

• colgar