Bracelet from Persia.
From Old French bracelet , diminutive form of bras ( “ arm ” ) .
bracelet (plural bracelets )
A band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry /jewellery or an ornament .
Synonym: wristband
Coordinate term: wristband
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.
band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Afrikaans: armband
Albanian: lilë (sq) , rrethi dorës m
Apache:
Western Apache: gan basitáné
Arabic: سِوَار m ( siwār )
Egyptian Arabic: غويش m ( ḡuwēš ) , اسويرة f ( iswīra )
Hijazi Arabic: إسورة f ( iswara )
Armenian: ապարանջան (hy) ( aparanǰan )
Asturian: brazalete m , pulsera f
Azerbaijani: bilərzik , bazubənd , qolbaq
Bashkir: беләҙек ( beləźek )
Basque: eskumuturreko
Belarusian: бранзале́т m ( branzaljét ) , брасле́т m ( brasljét ) , бранзале́тка f ( branzaljétka )
Bulgarian: гри́вна (bg) f ( grívna )
Burmese: လက်ကောက် (my) ( lakkauk )
Catalan: braçalet m
Cherokee: ᎧᏃᎨᏂ ᎢᎬᎾᏙᏗ ( kanogeni igvnadodi )
Cheyenne: hoho
Chinese:
Mandarin: 手鐲 / 手镯 (zh) ( shǒuzhuó ) , 鐲子 / 镯子 (zh) ( zhuózi )
Crimean Tatar: bilezlik
Czech: náramek (cs) m
Danish: armbånd (da) n
Dutch: armband (nl) m
Esperanto: brakringo , braceleto
Estonian: käevõru (et)
Faroese: armband n
Finnish: rannekoru (fi) , rannerengas , käsirengas
French: bracelet (fr) m
Galician: brazalete (gl) m , braceleira f , carcán m , pulseira (gl) f
Georgian: სამაჯური (ka) ( samaǯuri )
German: Armband (de) n
Greek: βραχιόλι (el) n ( vrachióli )
Ancient: ψέλλιον n ( pséllion ) , χλίδων m ( khlídōn )
Hebrew: צָמִיד (he) m ( tsamíd )
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 (ja) ( うでわ, udewa ) , ブレスレット (ja) ( buresuretto )
Karakalpak: bilezik
Kazakh: білезік ( bılezık )
Khmer: ខ្សែដៃ ( khsae day )
Korean: 팔찌 (ko) ( paljji )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بازن ( bazn ) , بازیبەند ( bazîbend )
Northern Kurdish: bazin (ku) , bazûbend (ku) , bazîbend (ku)
Kyrgyz: билерик (ky) ( bilerik )
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 (ms)
Malayalam: വള (ml) ( vaḷa )
Maltese: ċappetta tal-id f , brazzuletta f
Maori: poroporo , kōmore
Marathi: बांगडी f ( bāṅgḍī )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: бугуйвч (mn) ( bugujvč )
Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠭᠤᠪᠴᠢ ( baɣubči )
Navajo: látsíní
Ngazidja Comorian: ɓangili class 9 /10
Norman: brâcelet m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: armbånd n
Occitan: braçalet (oc) m
Ojibwe: jiiskinikebizon
Pashto: بازوبند m ( bāzūband )
Persian: بازوبند (fa) ( bâzu-band ) , ابرنجن (fa) ( abranjan ) , دستبند (fa) ( dast-band )
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: на̀руквица f
Roman: nàrukvica (sh) f
Sinhalese: වළලු ( waḷalu )
Slovak: náramok m
Slovene: zapestnica (sl) f
Southern Altai: билерик ( bilerik )
Spanish: brazalete (es) m , pulsera (es) f , ajorca (es) f
Swedish: armband (sv) n
Tagalog: galang , pulseras (tl) , kalambigi , baladang
Tajik: бозубанд (tg) ( bozuband ) , дастпона (tg) ( dastpona ) , абранҷан (tg) ( abranjan ) ( dated ) , дастбанд ( dastband )
Taos: kwę̀xòciʼína
Tatar: беләзек (tt) ( beläzek )
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 ) , бранзоле́та (uk) f ( branzoléta ) ( dialectal ) , бранзоле́тка (uk) f ( branzolétka ) ( dialectal )
Urdu: بازوبند m ( bāzūband )
Uyghur: بىلەزۈك ( bilezük )
Uzbek: bilaguzuk (uz)
Vietnamese: vòng tay
Welsh: breichled (cy) f , brasled f , brasledau f pl
Yakan: gallang
Yiddish: בראַסלעט m ( braslet ) , אָרעמבאַנד m ( oremband )
Zazaki: bêlezuk
Zulu: isigqizo (zu) class 7 /8
strap of a wristwatch
Bulgarian: каи́шка (bg) f ( kaíška )
Esperanto: rimeno
Finnish: ranneke (fi) , ( colloquial ) kellonremmi
French: bracelet (fr) m
Galician: amalloa (gl) f , correa (gl) f , agolleta f
German: Armband (de) n
Greek: λουράκι (el) n ( louráki )
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 )
Swedish: armband (sv) n
bracelet (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 .
^ Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature: Volume 4, January 1, 1816 by John Brown page 287
From Middle French bracelet , from Old French bracelet , diminutive form of bras ( “ arm ” ) .
bracelet m (plural bracelets )
bracelet
From Old French bracelet , diminutive form of bras ( “ arm ” ) .
bracelet m (plural bracelés or braceletz )
bracelet (jewelry)
bracelet (armor)
bracelet on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
bracelet oblique singular , m (oblique plural bracelez or braceletz , nominative singular bracelez or braceletz , nominative plural bracelet )
diminutive of bras ( “ arm ” )
bracelet (jewelry)