noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/səˈspɛndɚ/
Received-Pronunciation:/səˈspɛndə/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -ɛndə(ɹ)
CMU ARPABET:S AH0 S P EH1 N D ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Something or someone who suspends.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An item of apparel consisting of a strap worn over the shoulder and used to hold up trousers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: braces
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
An item of apparel used to hold up a sock or (now especially) a stocking, such as a garter, or each of the fastening-straps attached to a corset or suspender belt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brace, gallus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: man's clothing
History
Etymology
From suspend + -er.
Across languages
Translations
85 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Dutch:
ophouder
— something or someone who suspends
Finnish:
kannatin
— something or someone who suspends
Finnish:
kannattelija
— something or someone who suspends
Italian:
spallina
— something or someone who suspends
Russian:
подве́ска
(podvéska)
— something or someone who suspends
Russian:
подвя́зка
(podvjázka)
— something or someone who suspends
Russian:
по́мочи
(pómoči)
— something or someone who suspends
Afrikaans:
kruisbande
— an item used hold up trousers
Albanian:
tiranta
— an item used hold up trousers
Arabic:
حَمَّالَة بَنْطَال
(ḥammālat banṭāl)
— an item used hold up trousers
Azerbaijani:
aşırma
— an item used hold up trousers
Belarusian:
шле́йкі
(šljéjki)
— an item used hold up trousers
Belarusian:
падця́жкі
(padcjážki)
— an item used hold up trousers
Bulgarian:
тира́нти
(tiránti)
— an item used hold up trousers
Catalan:
elàstics
— an item used hold up trousers
Catalan:
tirants
— an item used hold up trousers
Chinese Mandarin:
吊帶 /吊带
(diàodài)
— an item used hold up trousers
Chinese Mandarin:
背帶 /背带
(bēidài)
— an item used hold up trousers
Czech:
kšandy
— an item used hold up trousers
Czech:
šle
— an item used hold up trousers
Danish:
seler
— an item used hold up trousers
Dutch:
bretels
— an item used hold up trousers
Esperanto:
ŝelko
— an item used hold up trousers
Estonian:
traksid
— an item used hold up trousers
Estonian:
püksitraksid
— an item used hold up trousers
Faroese:
seli
— an item used hold up trousers
Faroese:
selar
— an item used hold up trousers
Finnish:
henkselit
— an item used hold up trousers
Finnish:
housunkannattimet
— an item used hold up trousers
Finnish:
olkaimet
— an item used hold up trousers
French:
bretelles
— an item used hold up trousers
Galician:
tirantes
— an item used hold up trousers
Georgian:
აჭიმი
(ač̣imi)
— an item used hold up trousers
German:
Hosenträger
— an item used hold up trousers
Greek:
τιράντες
(tirántes)
— an item used hold up trousers
Hungarian:
nadrágtartó
— an item used hold up trousers
Icelandic:
axlabönd
— an item used hold up trousers
Ido:
breteli
— an item used hold up trousers
Ido:
bretel-paro
— an item used hold up trousers
Italian:
bretelle
— an item used hold up trousers
Japanese:
サスペンダー
(sasupendā)
— an item used hold up trousers
Korean:
멜빵
(melppang)
— an item used hold up trousers
Latvian:
bikšturi
— an item used hold up trousers
Lithuanian:
petnešos
— an item used hold up trousers
Macedonian:
трегери
(tregeri)
— an item used hold up trousers
Māori:
perehi
— an item used hold up trousers
Mongolian:
мөрөвч
(mörövč)
— an item used hold up trousers
Mongolian:
ᠮᠥᠷᠦᠪᠴᠢ
(mörübči)
— an item used hold up trousers
Norman:
guélesses
— an item used hold up trousers
Norwegian Bokmål:
buksesele
— an item used hold up trousers
Norwegian Nynorsk:
buksesele
— an item used hold up trousers
Persian:
بند شلوار
(band-e šalvâr)
— an item used hold up trousers
Plautdietsch:
Droagbaunt
— an item used hold up trousers
Polish:
szelka
— an item used hold up trousers
Romanian:
bretele
— an item used hold up trousers
Russian:
подтя́жки
(podtjážki)
— an item used hold up trousers
Serbo-Croatian:
трегери
— an item used hold up trousers
Serbo-Croatian:
tregeri
— an item used hold up trousers
Slovak:
traky
— an item used hold up trousers
Slovene:
naramnice
— an item used hold up trousers
Lower Sorbian:
slě
— an item used hold up trousers
Spanish:
tirante
— an item used hold up trousers
Spanish:
suspensor
— an item used hold up trousers
Spanish:
cargadera
— an item used hold up trousers
Spanish:
hombrera
— an item used hold up trousers
Spanish:
bretel
— an item used hold up trousers
Swedish:
hängslen
— an item used hold up trousers
Lower Tanana:
tl'aɬtl'uɬ
— an item used hold up trousers
Turkish:
pantolon askısı
— an item used hold up trousers
Ukrainian:
шле́йки
(šléjky)
— an item used hold up trousers
Ukrainian:
підтя́жки
(pidtjážky)
— an item used hold up trousers
Walloon:
aburtale
— an item used hold up trousers
Walloon:
burtale
— an item used hold up trousers
Welsh:
bresys
— an item used hold up trousers
Yiddish:
שלייקעס
(shleykes)
— an item used hold up trousers
Yiddish:
שעלקעס
(shelkes)
— an item used hold up trousers
Bulgarian:
жартие́ри
(žartiéri)
— item used to hold up stocking
Czech:
podvazek
— item used to hold up stocking
Dutch:
kousophouder
— item used to hold up stocking
Dutch:
jarretel
— item used to hold up stocking
Finnish:
sukkanauha
— item used to hold up stocking
French:
jarretelle
— item used to hold up stocking
German:
Strumpfbandhalter
— item used to hold up stocking
Norwegian Bokmål:
strømpeholder
— item used to hold up stocking
Russian:
по́яс
(pójas)
— item used to hold up stocking