bracelet
English

Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), diminutive form of bras (“arm”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bracelet (plural bracelets)
- A band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry/jewellery or an ornament.
- The strap of a wristwatch, used to secure it around the wrist.
- Synonyms: watchband, watchstrap, wristband
- (historical) A piece of defensive armour for the arm.[1]
- Coordinate term: brassard
- 1903, Campbell Cowan Edgar, Greek Sculpture, page 57:
- […] and fastened on his breast by a buckle consisting of a Gorgoneion (with wings on temples and serpent-knot below chin), a sword-belt over right shoulder, bracelets, greaves (with lions' heads at the knees) and sandals.
Derived terms
Translations
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Verb
bracelet (third-person singular simple present bracelets, present participle braceleting or braceletting, simple past and past participle braceleted or braceletted)
References
- Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature: Volume 4, January 1, 1816 by John Brown page 287
French
Alternative forms
- brasselet (obsolete)
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), diminutive form of bras (“arm”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʁa.slɛ/
Audio (file)
Noun
bracelet m (plural bracelets)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Portuguese: bracelete
Further reading
- “bracelet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “bracelet” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), diminutive form of bras (“arm”).
Noun
bracelet m (plural bracelés or braceletz)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (jewelry)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (armor)
Descendants
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
References
- bracelet on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Old French
Noun
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Diminutive of bras (“arm”)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (jewelry)
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (bracelet)
- bracelet on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub