Meanings
plural anklets
- A piece of jewelry/jewellery, resembling a bracelet but worn around the ankle.
1 more example
The men wear their frizzly hair gathered into a flat circular knot over the left temple, which has a very knowing look, and in their ears cylinders of wood as thick as one's finger, and coloured red at the ends. Armlets and anklets of woven grass or of silver, with necklaces of beads or of small fruits, complete their attire.
1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 79 - An ankle sock.
Stretch socks are made in infant sizes, girls' and ladies' anklets […]
1959, Chain Store Age for Supermarket-Grocery Executives, page 237
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From ankle + -et, based on bracelet.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek περισφύριον
- περισφύριον (perisphúrion)a bracelet at the ankle
Arabic خَلْخَال
- خَلْخَال (ḵalḵāl)a bracelet at the ankle
Catalan turmellera
- turmelleraa bracelet at the ankle
Chinese Mandarin 腳鐲 /脚镯, 腳鏈 /脚链
- 腳鐲 /脚镯 (jiǎozhuó)a bracelet at the ankle
- 腳鏈 /脚链 (jiǎoliàn)a bracelet at the ankle
Czech nákotník, řetízek na kotník
- nákotníka bracelet at the ankle
- řetízek na kotníka bracelet at the ankle
Danish ankelkæde
- ankelkædea bracelet at the ankle
Dutch enkelband
- enkelbanda bracelet at the ankle
Esperanto krurringo
- krurringoa bracelet at the ankle
Finnish nilkkakoru, nilkkarengas
- nilkkakorua bracelet at the ankle
- nilkkarengasa bracelet at the ankle
French jambelet, bracelet de cheville
- jambeleta bracelet at the ankle
- bracelet de chevillea bracelet at the ankle
- chaîne de chevillea bracelet at the ankle
German Fußkette, Fußband
- Fußkettea bracelet at the ankle
- Fußbanda bracelet at the ankle
Hindi पायल
- पायल (pāyal)a bracelet at the ankle
Hungarian bokalánc
- bokalánca bracelet at the ankle
Irish bráisléad murnáin
- bráisléad murnáina bracelet at the ankle
Italian cavigliera
- caviglieraa bracelet at the ankle
Japanese アンクレット
- アンクレット (ankuretto)a bracelet at the ankle
Korean 발찌
- 발찌 (baljji)a bracelet at the ankle
Malay gelang kaki
- gelang kakia bracelet at the ankle
Māori kōmore
- kōmorea bracelet at the ankle
Persian پایابرنجن
- پایابرنجن (pây-abranjan)a bracelet at the ankle
Polish bransoleta na kostkę
- bransoleta na kostkęa bracelet at the ankle
Portuguese tornozeleira
- tornozeleiraa bracelet at the ankle
Punjabi ਝਾਂਜਰ, جھان٘جَر
- ਝਾਂਜਰ (jhāñjar)a bracelet at the ankle
- جھان٘جَر (jhāṉjar)a bracelet at the ankle
Russian ножно́й брасле́т, цепо́чка на ноге́
- ножно́й брасле́т (nožnój braslét)a bracelet at the ankle
- цепо́чка на ноге́ (cepóčka na nogé)a bracelet at the ankle
Spanish ajorca de tobillo, tobillera
- ajorca de tobilloa bracelet at the ankle
- tobilleraa bracelet at the ankle
- carcax (karkash)a bracelet at the ankle
Swedish vristlänk
- vristlänka bracelet at the ankle
Tamil கொலுசு
- கொலுசு (kolucu)a bracelet at the ankle
Turkish ayak bilekliği, ayak bileziği
- ayak bilekliğia bracelet at the ankle
- ayak bileziğia bracelet at the ankle
- ayak zinciria bracelet at the ankle
- halhala bracelet at the ankle
Cite this entry
anklet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anklet
“anklet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anklet. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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