baldric

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːldɹɪk/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈbɔːɫdɹɪk]
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• General-American: /ˈbɔldɹɪk/
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• General-American, cot-caught-merger: /ˈbɑl-/
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• CMU ARPABET: B AE1 L D R IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English baudrik, bauderik, baudry (“belt worn over the shoulder or around the waist for carrying a sword, etc., baldric; (by extension) type of leather strap”), from Old French baldré, baldrei, baudré (“crossbelt, sword-belt”) (modern French baudrier); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Frankish *balterād, from earlier *baltiraidī (“belt gear, belt equipment”) (compare Old Occitan baldrei, baudrat), from Frankish *balti (“belt”), from Latin balteus (possibly borrowed from Etruscan 𐌁𐌀𐌋𐌕𐌄𐌀 (baltea, “belt”)) + Frankish *(ga)raidī (“equipment”). However, the Oxford English Dictionary states that a derivation from balteus does not satisfactorily account for the bald- spelling in the various languages. Middle High German balderich, belderich, derived from the Old French word, may have influenced the Middle English form. Sense 2.3 (“zodiac”) is from its resemblance to a belt ornamented with jewels (sense 1).

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Ancient Macedonian: ἀορτής (aortḗs) — broad belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip formerly used to hold a sword, etc.
• Arabic: حَمَّالَة (ḥammāla) — broad belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip formerly used to hold a sword, etc.
• Dutch: bandelier — broad belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip formerly used to hold a sword, etc.
• Esperanto: balteo — broad belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip formerly used to hold a sword, etc.
• Estonian: mõõgavöö — broad belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip formerly used to hold a sword, etc.
• Finnish: miekkavyö — broad belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip formerly used to hold a sword, etc.
• French: baudrier — broad belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip formerly used to hold a sword, etc.
• German: Wehrgehänge — broad belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip formerly used to hold a sword, etc.
• Ancient Greek: βαστάγιον (bastágion) — broad belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip formerly used to hold a sword, etc.
• Ancient Greek: ξιφιστής (xiphistḗs) — broad belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip formerly used to hold a sword, etc.
• Hungarian: kardkötő — broad belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip formerly used to hold a sword, etc.
• Hungarian: kardszíj — broad belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip formerly used to hold a sword, etc.
• Ido: baldrio — broad belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip formerly used to hold a sword, etc.
• Italian: balteo — broad belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip formerly used to hold a sword, etc.
• Italian: tracolla — broad belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip formerly used to hold a sword, etc.
• Lithuanian: perpetė — broad belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip formerly used to hold a sword, etc.
• Lithuanian: portupėja — broad belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip formerly used to hold a sword, etc.
• Persian: حمایل (hamâyel) — broad belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip formerly used to hold a sword, etc.
• Polish: pendent — broad belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip formerly used to hold a sword, etc.
• Portuguese: boldrié — broad belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip formerly used to hold a sword, etc.
• Portuguese: bandoleira — broad belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip formerly used to hold a sword, etc.
• Portuguese: talabarte — broad belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip formerly used to hold a sword, etc.
• Punjabi: ਗਾਤਰਾ (gātrā) — broad belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip formerly used to hold a sword, etc.
• Punjabi: گاترا (gātrā) — broad belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip formerly used to hold a sword, etc.
• Russian: панталер (pantaler) — broad belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip formerly used to hold a sword, etc.
• Russian: бандальер (bandalʹjer) — broad belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip formerly used to hold a sword, etc.
• Russian: пе́ревязь (pérevjazʹ) — broad belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip formerly used to hold a sword, etc.
• Spanish: bálteo — broad belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip formerly used to hold a sword, etc.
• Spanish: tahalí — broad belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip formerly used to hold a sword, etc.
• Spanish: télamo — broad belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip formerly used to hold a sword, etc.
• Ottoman Turkish: حمایل (hamayıl) — broad belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip formerly used to hold a sword, etc.
• Ukrainian: пантале́р (pantalér) — broad belt worn diagonally from shoulder to hip formerly used to hold a sword, etc.