manacle

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmænək(ə)l/
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• General-American: /ˈmænəkəl/
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The noun is derived from Middle English manacle, manakelle, manakil, manakyll, manicle, manikil, manycle, manykil, manykle, from Anglo-Norman manicle, manichle (“gauntlet; handle of a plough; (in plural) manacles”), and Middle French manicle, Old French manicle (“armlet; gauntlet; (in plural) manacles”) (modern French manicle, manique (“gauntlet”)), from Latin manicula (“handle of a plough; manacle”), from manus (“hand”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh2- (“to beckon, signal”)) + -cula (from -culus, variant of -ulus (suffix forming diminutive nouns)). Doublet of manicle and manicule. The verb is probably derived from the noun, although according to the Oxford English Dictionary it is attested slightly earlier.

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: qandal — shackle for the wrist
• Basque: esku lota — shackle for the wrist
• Bulgarian: белезници (beleznici) — shackle for the wrist
• Chinese Mandarin: 手銬 /手铐 (shǒukào) — shackle for the wrist
• Danish: håndjern — shackle for the wrist
• Dutch: handboeien — shackle for the wrist
• Esperanto: mankateno — shackle for the wrist
• Finnish: kahle — shackle for the wrist
• Georgian: ხელბორკილი (xelborḳili) — shackle for the wrist
• German: Handschellen — shackle for the wrist
• Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹 (naudibandi) — shackle for the wrist
• Greek: χειροπέδη (cheiropédi) — shackle for the wrist
• Greek: χειροπέδες (cheiropédes) — shackle for the wrist
• Hawaiian: hao hoʻopaʻa lima — shackle for the wrist
• Hungarian: bilincs — shackle for the wrist
• Icelandic: handjárn — shackle for the wrist
• Ido: manoto — shackle for the wrist
• Interlingua: manica — shackle for the wrist
• Italian: manette — shackle for the wrist
• Japanese: 手錠 (tejō) — shackle for the wrist
• Latin: manicae — shackle for the wrist
• Polish: kajdanki — shackle for the wrist
• Portuguese: algema — shackle for the wrist
• Romanian: cătușe — shackle for the wrist
• Russian: нару́чники (narúčniki) — shackle for the wrist
• Russian: кандалы́ (kandalý) — shackle for the wrist
• Russian: око́вы (okóvy) — shackle for the wrist
• Serbo-Croatian: лисице — shackle for the wrist
• Serbo-Croatian: lisice — shackle for the wrist
• Spanish: esposas — shackle for the wrist
• Spanish: manillas — shackle for the wrist
• Swedish: handbojor — shackle for the wrist
• Swedish: handklovar — shackle for the wrist
• Turkish: kelepçe — shackle for the wrist
• Turkmen: gandal — shackle for the wrist
• Ukrainian: наручники (naručnyky) — shackle for the wrist
• Ukrainian: кайданки (kajdanky) — shackle for the wrist
• Danish: sætte håndjern på (nogen) — to confine with manacles
• Hungarian: megbilincsel — to confine with manacles
• Polish: zakuwać — to confine with manacles
• Polish: zakuć — to confine with manacles
• Romanian: încătușa — to confine with manacles
• Russian: заковывать (zakovyvatʹ) — to confine with manacles
• Scottish Gaelic: làmh-ghlais — to confine with manacles
• Spanish: esposar — to confine with manacles
• Swedish: sätta handbojor på (någon) — to confine with manacles