Standard Lemma guide

cufflink

noun · 2 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.

Sound

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  • UK, US: /ˈkʌflɪŋk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A button or stud used to hold a sleeve cuff together.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Every gentleman needs at least one pair of cufflinks.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

jewelry consisting of one of a pair of linked buttons used to fasten the cuffs of a shirt

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: jewelry, jewellery

History

Etymology

From cuff + link.

Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كَبَكْ (kabak) — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Arabic: وِثَاق اَلْكُفَّة (wiṯāq al-kuffa) — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Arabic: كَبَك (kabak) — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Armenian: թեւքաճարմանդ (tʻewkʻačarmand) — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Armenian: ճարմանդ (čarmand) — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Azerbaijani: zaponka — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Basque: eskumuturreko — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Belarusian: за́панка (zápanka) — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Belarusian: шпо́нка (špónka) — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Bulgarian: копче за ръкавели (kopče za rǎkaveli) — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Catalan: botó de puny — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Chinese Mandarin: 袖扣 (xiùkòu) — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Czech: manžetový knoflík — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Danish: manchetknap — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Dutch: manchetknoop — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Esperanto: manumbutono — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Estonian: mansetinööp — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Finnish: kalvosinnappi — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • French: bouton de manchette — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Georgian: საკინძი (saḳinʒi) — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • German: Manschettenknopf — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Greek: μανικετόκουμπο (maniketókoumpo) — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Hungarian: mandzsettagomb — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Irish: lúibín cufa — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Italian: gemello — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Italian: gemelli — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Japanese: カフス (kafusu) — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Japanese: カフリンクス (kafurinkusu) — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Japanese: カフスボタン (kafusubotan) — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Kazakh: жеңілгек (jeñılgek) — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Korean: 커프스 (keopeuseu) — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Korean: 커프 링크스 (keopeu ringkeuseu) — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Kyrgyz: запонка (zaponka) — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Macedonian: ко́пче за манже́тна (kópče za manžétna) — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Manx: lhoobeen — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mansjettknapp — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mansjettknapp — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Iranian Persian: دُکْمِه (dokme) — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Plautdietsch: Hamdsmeiwknoop — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Polish: spinka do mankietu — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Portuguese: abotoadura — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Portuguese: botão de punho — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Russian: за́понка (záponka) — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Slovak: manžetový gombík — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Slovene: manšetni gumb — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Spanish: gemelo — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Spanish: broche — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Spanish: collera — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Spanish: mancorna — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Spanish: mancuerna — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Spanish: mancuernilla — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Spanish: yugo — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Spanish: yunta — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Swedish: manschettknapp — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Tajik: запонка (zaponka) — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Tajik: тугма (tugma) — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Tajik: бандак (bandak) — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Turkish: kol düğmesi — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Ukrainian: за́понка (záponka) — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Ukrainian: шпо́нка (špónka) — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Uyghur: زاپونكا (zaponka) — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Uzbek: zaponka — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
  • Welsh: dolen lawes — button used to hold a sleeve cuff together