buckle

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• /ˈbʌkəl/
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• [ˈbʌkɫ̩]
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• homophone: buccal
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• rhymes with -ʌkəl
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• CMU ARPABET: B AH1 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The noun is derived from Middle English bokel (“spiked metal ring for fastening; ornamental clasp; boss of a shield; a shield, buckler; (figurative) means of defence”) [and other forms], from Old French boucle, bocle (“spiked metal ring for fastening; boss of a shield; a shield”) [and other forms], from Latin buccula (“cheek strap of a helmet; boss of a shield”) (from bucca (“soft part of the cheek”)). Noun etymology 1, noun sense 2 (“great conflict or struggle”) is probably derived from verb etymology 1, verb sense 1.2.1 (“to apply (oneself) to, or prepare (oneself) for, a task or work”). The verb is derived from Middle English bokelen, bukelen (“to fasten (something) with a buckle or clasp; to fasten, make fast; to wrap; to arch the body”) [and other forms], from bokel (noun) (see above) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs). In verb etymology 1, verb sense 1.2.1, the sense “to apply (oneself) to, or prepare (oneself) for, a task or work” was derived from the now obsolete sense “to equip (oneself) for a battle, etc.”, and originally alluded to armour being buckled on to the body.

Origin uncertain. Probably from Middle English bukklen, bokelen (“to arch the body”), from Middle French boucler (“to bulge”, literally “to take the shape of a shield boss”), perhaps from the same ultimate origin as Etymology 1 above, or perhaps related to Middle Low German bockelen (“to bang out curves in metal”), German buckeln (“to bend over, hunch”). In some senses, possibly from buck (“to bend, yield, buckle”) + -le (frequentative suffix).

153 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: إِبْزِيم (ʔibzīm) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Arabic: ابزيم (abzīm) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Armenian: ճարմանդ (čarmand) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Old Armenian: ճարմանդ (čarmand) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Old Armenian: շիգղ (šigł) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Azerbaijani: toqqa — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Belarusian: спра́жка (sprážka) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Belarusian: за́сцежка (záscježka) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Bulgarian: катарама (katarama) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Bulgarian: тока (toka) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Burmese: ထိကပေါက် (hti.ka.pauk) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Catalan: sivella — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Chinese Mandarin: 搭扣 (dākòu) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Chinese Mandarin: 扣環 /扣环 (kòuhuán) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Czech: přezka — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Czech: spona — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Danish: spænde — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Dutch: gesp — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Esperanto: buko — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Estonian: pannal — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Faroese: spenni — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Finnish: solki — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• French: boucle — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Galician: fibela — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Georgian: აბზინდა (abzinda) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• German: Schnalle — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Greek: αγκράφα (agkráfa) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Ancient Greek: περόνη (perónē) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Hebrew: אבזם (avzám) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Hindi: बकसुआ (baksuā) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Hungarian: csat — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Hungarian: kapocs — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Icelandic: sylgja — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Ido: buklo — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Indonesian: gesper — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Ingrian: präski — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Irish: búcla — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Italian: fibbia — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Japanese: バックル (bakkuru) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Japanese: 尾錠 (bijō) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Japanese: 締め金 (shimegane) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Kazakh: айылбас (aiylbas) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Kazakh: тоға (toğa) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Khmer: កន្លាស់ (kɑɑkɑnlah) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Khmer: គន្លឹះ (kɔɔkŭənlɨh) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Korean: 버클 (beokeul) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Korean: 솔기 (solgi) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Kyrgyz: таралга (taralga) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Lao: ຫົວສາຍແອວ (hūa sāi ʼǣu) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Lao: ຜູກຄຽນແອວ (phūk khīan ʼǣu) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Latin: buccula — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Latvian: sprādze — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Macedonian: тока (toka) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Malay: gesper — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Malay: kancing — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Māori: kati — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Māori: tāpine — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Māori: toromoka — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Maranao: bakel — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Mongolian: горхи (gorxi) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Nepali: बेल्ट (belṭa) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Nepali: पेटी (peṭī) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Norman: bliouque — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Norwegian: spenne — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Persian: ابزیم (abzim) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Persian: سگک (sagak) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Plautdietsch: Schnal — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Polish: sprzączka — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Polish: klamra — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Portuguese: fivela — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Romanian: cataramă — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Russian: бля́ха (bljáxa) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Russian: пря́жка (prjážka) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Russian: застёжка (zastjóžka) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̏пча — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Serbo-Croatian: шна́ла — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Serbo-Croatian: kȍpča — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Serbo-Croatian: šnála — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Sinhalese: ගාංචුව (gāṁcuwa) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Slovak: pracka — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Slovak: sponka — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Slovene: zaponka — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Spanish: hebilla — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Swahili: bakoli — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Swedish: bältesspänne — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Swedish: spänne — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Tagalog: hebilya — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Tagalog: pamuko — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Thai: หัวเข็มขัด (hǔua-kěm-kàt) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Tibetan: ཆབ་རྩེ (chab rtse) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Turkish: toka — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Ottoman Turkish: طوقه (toka) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Ukrainian: пря́жка (prjážka) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Ukrainian: за́стібка (zástibka) — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Uzbek: to'qa — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Vietnamese: khóa — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Walloon: blouke — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Welsh: bwcwl — metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike
• Finnish: solki — some other form of clasp used to fasten two things together
• Finnish: solki — image of a clasp used as the brisure of an eighth daughter
• Finnish: notko — upward, elongated displacement of a roof membrane
• Finnish: murukuorrute-hedelmäkakku — cake baked with fresh fruit and a streusel topping
• Bulgarian: стягам (stjagam) — to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way
• Bulgarian: закопчавам (zakopčavam) — to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way
• Finnish: kiinnittää — to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way
• Finnish: kiinnittää soljella — to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way
• French: boucler — to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way
• Georgian: აბზინდა (abzinda) — to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way
• Greek: κουμπώνω (koumpóno) — to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way
• Ido: buklagar — to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way
• Italian: allacciare — to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way
• Korean: 쭈그리다 (jjugeurida) — to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way
• Macedonian: закопчува (zakopčuva) — to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way
• Māori: pine — to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way
• Māori: whakamau — to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way
• Māori: whakatina — to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way
• Portuguese: afivelar — to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way
• Russian: застёгивать (zastjógivatʹ) — to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way
• Russian: застегну́ть (zastegnútʹ) — to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way
• Serbo-Croatian: зако̀пчати — to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way
• Serbo-Croatian: zakòpčati — to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way
• Spanish: hebillar — to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way
• Turkish: tokalamak — to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way
• Ottoman Turkish: طوقهلامق (tokalamak) — to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way
• Finnish: valmistautua — to apply oneself to or prepare for a task or work
• Finnish: varautua — to apply oneself to or prepare for a task or work
• Bulgarian: извивам (izvivam) — to cause (something) to bend, or to become distorted
• Finnish: taivuttaa — to cause (something) to bend, or to become distorted
• Finnish: vääntää — to cause (something) to bend, or to become distorted
• French: déformer — to cause (something) to bend, or to become distorted
• French: gauchir — to cause (something) to bend, or to become distorted
• German: biegen — to cause (something) to bend, or to become distorted
• Russian: коро́бить (koróbitʹ) — to cause (something) to bend, or to become distorted
• Spanish: doblegar — to cause (something) to bend, or to become distorted
• Spanish: acombar — to cause (something) to bend, or to become distorted
• Spanish: cambar — to cause (something) to bend, or to become distorted
• Bulgarian: извивам се (izvivam se) — of a thing: to collapse or distort under physical pressure
• Finnish: kiepahtaa — of a thing: to collapse or distort under physical pressure
• Finnish: nurjahtaa — of a thing: to collapse or distort under physical pressure
• French: se déformer — of a thing: to collapse or distort under physical pressure
• German: sich biegen — of a thing: to collapse or distort under physical pressure
• Greek: στραβώνω (stravóno) — of a thing: to collapse or distort under physical pressure
• Ido: kurveskar — of a thing: to collapse or distort under physical pressure
• Portuguese: entortar — of a thing: to collapse or distort under physical pressure
• Serbo-Croatian: urušiti se — of a thing: to collapse or distort under physical pressure
• Finnish: antaa periksi — of a person: to (suddenly) cease resisting pressure or stress — see also give in, give way, yield
• French: céder — of a person: to (suddenly) cease resisting pressure or stress — see also give in, give way, yield
• French: renoncer — of a person: to (suddenly) cease resisting pressure or stress — see also give in, give way, yield
• French: s’affaisser — of a person: to (suddenly) cease resisting pressure or stress — see also give in, give way, yield
• French: s’écrouler — of a person: to (suddenly) cease resisting pressure or stress — see also give in, give way, yield
• German: nachgeben — of a person: to (suddenly) cease resisting pressure or stress — see also give in, give way, yield
• German: zusammenbrechen — of a person: to (suddenly) cease resisting pressure or stress — see also give in, give way, yield
• Italian: sottomettersi — of a person: to (suddenly) cease resisting pressure or stress — see also give in, give way, yield