Phrase guide

round bracket

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Each of the signs ( and ); parenthesis, bracket (in a strict sense).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

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Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَقْوَاس (ʔaqwās) — parenthesis, bracket
  • Arabic: قَوْس (qaws) — parenthesis, bracket
  • Assamese: সৰু বন্ধনী (xoru bondhoni) — parenthesis, bracket
  • Bulgarian: малка скоба (malka skoba) — parenthesis, bracket
  • Bulgarian: кръгла скоба (krǎgla skoba) — parenthesis, bracket
  • Bulgarian: стандартна скоба (standartna skoba) — parenthesis, bracket
  • Catalan: parèntesi — parenthesis, bracket
  • Chinese Mandarin: 圓括號 /圆括号 (yuánkuòhào) — parenthesis, bracket
  • Chinese Mandarin: 插入語 /插入语 (chārùyǔ) — parenthesis, bracket
  • Czech: kulatá závorka — parenthesis, bracket
  • Czech: závorka — parenthesis, bracket
  • Dutch: rond haakje — parenthesis, bracket
  • Dutch: ronde haak — parenthesis, bracket
  • Dutch: parenthese — parenthesis, bracket
  • Faroese: bugklombur — parenthesis, bracket
  • Finnish: kaarisulje — parenthesis, bracket
  • Finnish: kaarisulku — parenthesis, bracket
  • French: parenthèse — parenthesis, bracket
  • Georgian: ფრჩხილი (prčxili) — parenthesis, bracket
  • Georgian: მრგვალი ფრჩხილები (mrgvali prčxilebi) — parenthesis, bracket
  • German: runde Klammer — parenthesis, bracket
  • Greek: παρένθεση (parénthesi) — parenthesis, bracket
  • Hungarian: kerek zárójel — parenthesis, bracket
  • Icelandic: svigi — parenthesis, bracket
  • Irish: lúibín cruinn — parenthesis, bracket
  • Italian: parentesi tonda — parenthesis, bracket
  • Italian: parentesi — parenthesis, bracket
  • Japanese: 括弧 (kakko) — parenthesis, bracket
  • Latvian: apaļās iekavas — parenthesis, bracket
  • Macedonian: загради (zagradi) — parenthesis, bracket
  • Macedonian: мала заграда (mala zagrada) — parenthesis, bracket
  • Malay: tanda kurung — parenthesis, bracket
  • Malayalam: വലയം (valayaṁ) — parenthesis, bracket
  • Manx: lhoobeen — parenthesis, bracket
  • Māori: taiepa pewa — parenthesis, bracket
  • Marathi: कंस (kausa) — parenthesis, bracket
  • Norman: crotchet — parenthesis, bracket
  • Persian: پرانتز (parântez) — parenthesis, bracket
  • Polish: nawias — parenthesis, bracket
  • Polish: nawias zwykły — parenthesis, bracket
  • Polish: nawias okrągły — parenthesis, bracket
  • Portuguese: parêntesis — parenthesis, bracket
  • Portuguese: parêntese — parenthesis, bracket
  • Russian: кру́глая ско́бка (krúglaja skóbka) — parenthesis, bracket
  • Russian: ско́бка (skóbka) — parenthesis, bracket
  • Scottish Gaelic: camag chruinn — parenthesis, bracket
  • Serbo-Croatian: за̑града — parenthesis, bracket
  • Serbo-Croatian: zȃgrada — parenthesis, bracket
  • Slovene: oklepaj — parenthesis, bracket
  • Spanish: paréntesis — parenthesis, bracket
  • Swedish: parentes — parenthesis, bracket
  • Ukrainian: кру́гла ду́жка (krúhla dúžka) — parenthesis, bracket
  • Welsh: cromfach — parenthesis, bracket