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• /ˈbɹækɪt/
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From earlier bragget, *bracket, from Middle English *braget, *braket (attested in braket nail), from Old French braguette (“the opening in the fore part of a pair of breeches, one's fly”), a diminutive of Old French brague (“knickers, britches”), from Old Occitan braga, from Latin brāca (“pants”), from Transalpine Gaulish *brāca, from Proto-Germanic *brāks, an early form of Proto-Germanic *brōks (“leggings, breeches, trousers”).

166 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: подпо́ра (podpóra) — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Bulgarian: конзо́ла (konzóla) — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Chinese Mandarin: 支架 (zhījià) — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Chinese Mandarin: 托架 (tuōjià) — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Czech: konzola — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Danish: hyldeknægt — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Danish: hyldebærer — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Esperanto: krampo — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Finnish: hyllynkannatin — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Finnish: kannatin — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Finnish: pidin — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Galician: cachorro — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Galician: canzorro — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• German: Winkel — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• German: Träger — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• German: Konsole — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• German: Böckchen — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• German: Winkelstück — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• German: Halter — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• German: Halterung — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• German: Ständer — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• German: Bügel — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• German: Haltewinkel — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• German: Winkelkonsole — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• German: Befestigungswinkel — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• German: Arm — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• German: Ausleger — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Greek: υποστήριγμα (ypostírigma) — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Greek: κομβοέλασμα (komvoélasma) — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Greek: υπέρεισμα (ypéreisma) — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Hindi: कोष्ठक (koṣṭhak) — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Hungarian: falikar — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Hungarian: konzol — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Irish: brac — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Italian: staffa — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Macedonian: држач (držač) — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Macedonian: потпирач (potpirač) — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Māori: hōkai — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Norwegian Bokmål: brakett — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Portuguese: cantoneira — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Portuguese: cachorro — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Portuguese: consola — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Russian: кронште́йн (kronštɛ́jn) — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Russian: подпо́рка (podpórka) — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Scottish Gaelic: sorchan — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Sicilian: staffa — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Slovene: konzola — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Spanish: consola — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Spanish: soporte — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Spanish: canecillo — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Swedish: konsoll — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Ukrainian: кронште́йн (kronštéjn) — item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf
• Bulgarian: скоба (skoba) — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• Catalan: mènsula — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• Danish: konsol — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• Finnish: kiinnitin — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• Finnish: kannatin — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• Finnish: kiinnitysrauta — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• Finnish: uloke — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• Finnish: kulmalevy — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• Finnish: pidike — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• Finnish: tuki — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• Finnish: hela — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• German: Halter — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• German: Konsole — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• German: Klammer — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• German: Träger — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• German: Lasche — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• German: Rastwinkel — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• German: Bracket — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• German: Winkelstück — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• German: Leiste — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• German: Kloben — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• German: Anschlagwinkel — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• German: Überwurfklammer — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• German: Bügel — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• German: Arm — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• German: Hülse — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• German: Anschlusswinkel — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• German: Verbindungswinkel — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• German: Lager — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• German: Winkel — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• German: Öse — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• Norwegian Bokmål: brakett — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• Portuguese: suporte — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• Spanish: ménsula — engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part
• Finnish: pukki — nautical: short crooked timber
• German: Ständer — nautical: short crooked timber
• Finnish: sivulevy — military: side of an ordnance carriage
• Albanian: kllapë — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Arabic: قَوْس (qaws) — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Armenian: փակագիծ (pʻakagic) — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Bashkir: йәйә (yəyə) — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Belarusian: ду́жка (dúžka) — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Belarusian: ско́бка (skóbka) — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Bulgarian: ско́ба (skóba) — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Bulgarian: ско́бка (skóbka) — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 括號 /括号 (kuòhào) — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Czech: závorka — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Danish: parentes — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Dutch: haakje — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Esperanto: krampo — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Faroese: klombur — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Finnish: sulje — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Finnish: sulku — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Finnish: sulkumerkki — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Georgian: ფრჩხილები (prčxilebi) — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• German: Klammer — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Greek: παρένθεση (parénthesi) — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Greek: αγκύλη (agkýli) — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Greek: άγκιστρο (ágkistro) — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Greek: γωνιώδης αγκύλη (goniódis agkýli) — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Hungarian: zárójel — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Irish: lúibín — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Italian: parentesi — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Japanese: 括弧 (kakko) — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Korean: 괄호 (gwalho) — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Kumyk: жая (jaya) — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Latin: uncus — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Macedonian: заграда (zagrada) — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Manx: lhoobeen — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Mongolian: хаалт (xaalt) — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Norman: crotchet — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Polish: nawias — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Portuguese: parêntese — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Russian: ско́бка (skóbka) — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Scottish Gaelic: camag — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: zagrada — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: за̑града — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: zȃgrada — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Sinhalese: වරහන් (warahan) — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Slovak: zátvorka — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Slovene: oklepáj — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Upper Sorbian: spinka — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Swedish: parentes — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Turkish: ayraç — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Turkish: parantez — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Ukrainian: ду́жка (dúžka) — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Vietnamese: dấu ngoặc đơn — generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.
• Bulgarian: схе́ма (shéma) — sport: diagram of games in a tournament
• Czech: stromeček — sport: diagram of games in a tournament
• Finnish: ottelujärjestys — sport: diagram of games in a tournament
• German: Turnierbaum — sport: diagram of games in a tournament
• Greek: ομάδα (omáda) — sport: diagram of games in a tournament
• Greek: κατηγορία (katigoría) — sport: diagram of games in a tournament
• Portuguese: tabela — sport: diagram of games in a tournament
• Finnish: pudotuspeliennuste — sport: prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament
• Chinese Mandarin: 等級 /等级 (děngjí) — one of several ranges of numbers
• Danish: interval — one of several ranges of numbers
• Finnish: luokka — one of several ranges of numbers
• German: Gruppe — one of several ranges of numbers
• German: Stufe — one of several ranges of numbers
• German: Klasse — one of several ranges of numbers
• German: Intervall — one of several ranges of numbers
• Portuguese: escalão — one of several ranges of numbers
• Portuguese: intervalo — one of several ranges of numbers
• Swedish: intervall — one of several ranges of numbers
• Finnish: haarukka — military: endangered region between two shot impacts
• Bulgarian: слагам в скоби (slagam v skobi) — To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets
• Finnish: panna hakasulkeisiin — To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets
• Finnish: panna hakasulkuihin — To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets
• Finnish: panna sulkuihin — To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets
• Finnish: panna sulkeisiin — To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets
• Italian: accerchiare — To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets
• Finnish: haarukoida — to photograph at multiple exposure levels
• German: Belichtungsreihe — to photograph at multiple exposure levels