Standard Lemma guide

shoelace

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

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈʃuːˌleɪs/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: SH UW1 L EY2 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A lace used for fastening a shoe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • untied shoelace
  • tie up one's shoelaces
  • He bent down to tie his shoelace.
  • The hiker’s shoelace snapped halfway up the trail.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a lace used for fastening shoes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shoe lace, shoestring, shoe string

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lace, lacing

History

Etymology

shoe + lace

Across languages

Translations

119 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Ainu: ケイラッ (keyrat) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Arabic: شِرَاك (širāk) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Arabic: رِبَاط الْحِذَاء (ribāṭ al-ḥiḏāʔ) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Arabic: رُباط (rubāṭ) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Iraqi Arabic: قِيطَان (qīṭān) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Arabic: سيورة (syūra) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Arabic: سيور (syūr) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܸܪܝܘܼܚܵܐ (širyūḥā) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Armenian: կոշկաքուղ (koškakʻuġ) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Armenian: կոշկաթել (koškatʻel) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Armenian: կոշկի քուղ (koški kʻuġ) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Armenian: կոշկակապ (koškakap) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Azerbaijani: ayaqqabı bağı — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Belarusian: шнуро́к (šnurók) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Bulgarian: връ́зка (vrǎ́zka) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Bulgarian: връзка за обувки (vrǎzka za obuvki) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Burmese: ဖိနပ်ကြိုး (hpi.napkrui:) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Catalan: cordó — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Chinese Cantonese: 鞋帶 /鞋带 (haai4 daai2) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鞋帶 /鞋带 (xiédài) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Czech: tkanička — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Czech: tkanička do bot — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Danish: snørebånd — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Dutch: schoenveter — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Esperanto: ŝuŝnuro — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Esperanto: ŝulaĉo — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Estonian: jalanõu pael — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Estonian: papukese pael — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Estonian: saapapael — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Estonian: kingapael — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Finnish: nauha — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Finnish: kengännauha — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • French: lacet de soulier — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • French: lacet — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Friulian: coree — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Galician: amalló — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Galician: cordón — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Galician: agulleta — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Georgian: შნური (šnuri) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Georgian: ფეხსაცმლის შნური (pexsacmlis šnuri) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • German: Schnürsenkel — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • German: Schuhband — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • German: Schnürband — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • German: Senkel — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • German: Litze — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • German: Schnur — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • German: Band — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Greek: κορδόνι (kordóni) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Hebrew: שְׂרוֹךְ נַעַל (srókh na'ál) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Hungarian: cipőfűző — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Ido: shuokordono — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Igbo: eriri — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Indonesian: tali sepatu — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Ingrian: šnurkka — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Irish: iall (bróige) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Irish: barriall — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Italian: laccio — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Italian: stringa — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Japanese: 靴紐 (kutsuhimo) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Khmer: ខ្សែស្បែកជើង (khsae sbaek cəəng) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Korean: 신발끈 (sinbalkkeun) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Korean: 구두끈 (gudukkeun) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Korean: 끈 (kkeun) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Central Kurdish: قەیتانی پێڵاو (qeytanî pêllaw) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Northern Kurdish: qeytan — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Northern Kurdish: qeytana pêlavê — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Ladin: vëta — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Ladino: sherit — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Lao: ສາຍມັດເກີບ (sāi mat kœ̄p) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Latin: corrigia — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Latvian: kurpju saite — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Lithuanian: bãtraištis — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Macedonian: врвца (vrvca) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Mongolian: гутлын үдээс (gutlyn üdees) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Mongolian: шахайн үдээс (šaxajn üdees) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Mongolian: шахайн оосор (šaxajn oosor) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Mongolian: ᠭᠤᠲᠤᠯ ᠤᠨ ᠦᠳᠡᠭᠡᠰᠦ (ɣutul-un üdegesü) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Mongolian: ᠱᠠᠬᠠᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠦᠳᠡᠭᠡᠰᠦ (šaqai-yin üdegesü) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Mongolian: ᠱᠠᠬᠠᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠣᠭᠣᠰᠣᠷ (šaqai-yin oɣosor) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Navajo: akétłʼóól — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Norwegian: skolisse — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Persian: بندینک (bandinak) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Persian: بند کفش (band-e kafš) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Plautdietsch: Schoobaunt — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Polish: sznurowadło — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Polish: sznurówka — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Portuguese: ataca — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Portuguese: atacador — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Portuguese: cadarço — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Portuguese: cordão — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Romanian: șiret — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Russian: шнуро́к (šnurók) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Scottish Gaelic: iall — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Scottish Gaelic: barrall — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Serbo-Croatian: пѐртла — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Serbo-Croatian: pèrtla — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Sicilian: attaccagghia — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Sicilian: lazzu — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Slovak: šnúrka — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Slovak: šnúrka do topánok — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Slovene: vezalka — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Spanish: cordón — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Spanish: cordonera — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Spanish: majuela — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Spanish: pasador — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Spanish: agujeta — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Swedish: skosnöre — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Lower Tanana: katreth tl'ula' — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Thai: เชือกผูกรองเท้า (chʉ̂ʉak-pùuk-rɔɔng-táao) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Tibetan: ཇུར་སྒྲོག (jur sgrog) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Turkish: bağcık — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Ukrainian: шнуро́к (šnurók) — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Vietnamese: dây giày — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Volapük: jukatanodül — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Volapük: jukilasät — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Walloon: laecete — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Walloon: corion — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Welsh: carrai — for fastening a shoe — see also lace
  • Welsh: las — for fastening a shoe — see also lace