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bracelet

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK, US: /ˈbɹeɪslət/
  • UK, US: /ˈbɹeɪslɪt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪslɪt
  • CMU ARPABET: B R EY1 S L AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry/jewellery or an ornament.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wristband

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The strap of a wristwatch, used to secure it around the wrist.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: watchband, watchstrap, wristband

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A piece of defensive armour for the arm.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To surround with, or as if with, a bracelet; to ring or encompass.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bangle

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: jewelry, jewellery

Narrower terms: anklet, ankle bracelet, armilla

6

noun

Meaning 6

a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: watchband, watchstrap, wristband, watch bracelet

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: band

History

Etymology

From Old French bracelet, diminutive form of bras (“arm”).

Across languages

Translations

190 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: armband — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Ahtna: benceni — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Ahtna: ladiʼaani — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Albanian: lilë — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Albanian: rrethi dorës — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Northern Altai: пулбар (pulbar) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Southern Altai: билерик (bilerik) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Amharic: የእጅ አምባር (yäʾǧ ʾämbar) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Amharic: አምባር (ʾämbar) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Western Apache: gan basitáné — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Arabic: سِوَار (siwār) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Arabic: غويش (ḡuwēš) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Arabic: اسويرة (iswīra) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Arabic: إسورة (iswara) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Armenian: ապարանջան (aparanǰan) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Asturian: brazalete — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Asturian: pulsera — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Azerbaijani: bilərzik — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Azerbaijani: bazubənd — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Azerbaijani: qolbaq — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Bashkir: беләҙек (beləźek) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Basque: eskumuturreko — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Belarusian: бранзале́т (branzaljét) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Belarusian: брасле́т (brasljét) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Belarusian: бранзале́тка (branzaljétka) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Bengali: ব্রেসলেট (bresleṭ) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Bulgarian: гри́вна (grívna) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Burmese: လက်ကောက် (lakkauk) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Catalan: braçalet — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Cherokee: ᎧᏃᎨᏂ ᎢᎬᎾᏙᏗ (kanogeni igvnadodi) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Cheyenne: hoho — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Chinese Mandarin: 手鐲 /手镯 (shǒuzhuó) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鐲子 /镯子 (zhuózi) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Ngazidja Comorian: ɓangili — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Crimean Tatar: bilezlik — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Czech: náramek — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Danish: armbånd — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Dutch: armband — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Esperanto: brakringo — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Esperanto: braceleto — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Estonian: käevõru — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Faroese: armband — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Finnish: rannekoru — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Finnish: rannerengas — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Finnish: käsirengas — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • French: bracelet — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Galician: brazalete — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Galician: braceleira — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Galician: carcán — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Galician: pulseira — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Georgian: სამაჯური (samaǯuri) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • German: Armband — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Greek: βραχιόλι (vrachióli) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Ancient Greek: ψέλλιον (pséllion) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Ancient Greek: χλίδων (khlídōn) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Hebrew: צָמִיד (tsamíd) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Hindi: अंगद (aṅgad) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Hindi: वलय (valay) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Hindi: बाज़ूबंद (bāzūband) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Hindi: बाजूबंद (bājūband) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Hindi: कंगन (kaṅgan) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Hungarian: karkötő — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Hungarian: karlánc — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Icelandic: armband — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Ido: braceleto — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Indonesian: gelang — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Irish: bráisléad — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Italian: braccialetto — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Japanese: 腕輪 (udewa) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Japanese: ブレスレット (buresuretto) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Karakalpak: bilezik — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Kazakh: білезік (bılezık) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Khmer: ខ្សែដៃ (khsae day) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Korean: 팔찌 (paljji) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Central Kurdish: بازن (bazn) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Central Kurdish: بازیبەند (bazîbend) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Northern Kurdish: bazin — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Northern Kurdish: bazûbend — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Northern Kurdish: bazîbend — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Kyrgyz: билерик (bilerik) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Lao: ສາຍແຂນ (sāi khǣn) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Latin: armilla — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Latin: viria — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Latvian: aproce — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Latvian: rokassprādze — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Lithuanian: apyrankė — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Macedonian: нараквица (narakvica) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Malay: gelang — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Malayalam: വള (vaḷa) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Maltese: ċappetta tal-id — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Maltese: brazzuletta — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Māori: poroporo — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Māori: kōmore — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Marathi: बांगडी (bāṅgḍī) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Mongolian: бугуйвч (bugujvč) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠭᠤᠪᠴᠢ (baɣubči) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Navajo: látsíní — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Norman: brâcelet — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Norwegian Bokmål: armbånd — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Occitan: braçalet — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Ojibwe: jiiskinikebizon — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Paraujano: aapüñaa — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Pashto: بازوبند (bāzūband) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Iranian Persian: بازوبَنْد (bâzuband) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Iranian Persian: اَبْرَنْجَن (abranjan) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Iranian Persian: دَسْتبَنْد (dast-band) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Polish: bransoletka — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Portuguese: bracelete — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Portuguese: pulseira — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Romanian: brățară — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Romansh: bratschlet — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Romansh: bratschelet — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Romansh: bratschalet — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Romansh: braslet — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Romansh: braschlet — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Romansh: manizin — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Russian: брасле́т (braslét) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Scottish Gaelic: bann-làimhe — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Serbo-Croatian: на̀руквица — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Serbo-Croatian: nàrukvica — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Sinhalese: වළලු (waḷalu) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Slovak: náramok — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Slovene: zapestnica — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Spanish: brazalete — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Spanish: pulsera — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Spanish: ajorca — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Spanish: carcax — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Spanish: manilla — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Swahili: bangili — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Swedish: armband — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Tagalog: galang — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Tagalog: pulseras — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Tagalog: kalambigi — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Tagalog: baladang — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Tajik: бозубанд (bozuband) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Tajik: дастпона (dastpona) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Tajik: абранҷан (abranjan) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Tajik: дастбанд (dastband) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Taos: kwę̀xòciʼína — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Tatar: беләзек (beläzek) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Telugu: కంకణము (kaṅkaṇamu) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Thai: วลัย (wá-lai) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Thai: กําไล (gam-lai) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Tibetan: སྒྲོག་གདུང (sgrog gdung) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Tibetan: ལག་གདུབ (lag gdub) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Turkish: bilezik — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Ottoman Turkish: بلازك (bilâzik) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Turkmen: bilezik — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Ukrainian: брасле́т (braslét) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Ukrainian: бранзоле́та (branzoléta) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Ukrainian: бранзоле́тка (branzolétka) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Unami: tëpinxkèpi — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Urdu: بازُو بَنْد (bāzū band) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Urdu: بازُوبَنْد (bāzūband) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Urdu: کَن٘گَن (kaṅgan) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Urdu: اَن٘گَد (aṅgad) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Uyghur: بىلەزۈك (bilezük) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Uzbek: bilaguzuk — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Vietnamese: vòng tay — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Welsh: breichled — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Welsh: brasled — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Welsh: brasledau — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Yakan: gallang — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Yiddish: בראַסלעט (braslet) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Yiddish: אָרעמבאַנד (oremband) — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Zazaki: bêlezuk — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Zulu: isigqizo — band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
  • Bulgarian: каи́шка (kaíška) — strap of a wristwatch
  • Esperanto: rimeno — strap of a wristwatch
  • Finnish: ranneke — strap of a wristwatch
  • Finnish: kellonremmi — strap of a wristwatch
  • French: bracelet — strap of a wristwatch
  • Galician: amalloa — strap of a wristwatch
  • Galician: correa — strap of a wristwatch
  • Galician: agolleta — strap of a wristwatch
  • German: Armband — strap of a wristwatch
  • Greek: λουράκι (louráki) — strap of a wristwatch
  • Hungarian: karszalag — strap of a wristwatch
  • Polish: pasek od zegarka — strap of a wristwatch
  • Romanian: curea — strap of a wristwatch
  • Romansh: bratschlet — strap of a wristwatch
  • Romansh: bratschelet — strap of a wristwatch
  • Romansh: bratschalet — strap of a wristwatch
  • Romansh: braslet — strap of a wristwatch
  • Romansh: braschlet — strap of a wristwatch
  • Romansh: manizin — strap of a wristwatch
  • Russian: брасле́т (braslét) — strap of a wristwatch
  • Swedish: armband — strap of a wristwatch
  • Turkish: kordon — strap of a wristwatch
  • Turkish: kayış — strap of a wristwatch
Real reading context

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