bracelet
See also: brâcelet
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old French bracelet, diminutive form of bras (“arm”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbracelet (plural bracelets)
- A band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry/jewellery or an ornament.
- The strap of a wristwatch, used to secure it around the wrist.
- Synonyms: watchband, watchstrap, wristband
- (historical) A piece of defensive armour for the arm.[1]
- 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
editTranslations
editband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
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strap of a wristwatch
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Verb
editbracelet (third-person singular simple present bracelets, present participle braceleting or braceletting, simple past and past participle braceleted or braceletted)
- (transitive) To surround with, or as if with, a bracelet; to ring or encompass.
See also
editReferences
editFrench
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle French bracelet, from Old French bracelet, diminutive form of bras (“arm”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbracelet m (plural bracelets)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Portuguese: bracelete
Further reading
edit- “bracelet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “bracelet” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
Anagrams
editMiddle French
editEtymology
editFrom Old French bracelet, diminutive form of bras (“arm”).
Noun
editbracelet m (plural bracelés or braceletz)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- bracelet on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Old French
editNoun
editbracelet oblique singular, m (oblique plural bracelez or braceletz, nominative singular bracelez or braceletz, nominative plural bracelet)
- diminutive of bras (“arm”)
- bracelet (jewelry)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (bracelet)
- bracelet on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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