Meanings
nounbracelet (plural bracelets)
plural bracelets
- The strap of a wristwatch, used to secure it around the wrist.
Synonyms: watchband, watchstrap, wristband
- historicalA piece of defensive armour for the arm.
[…] 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.
1903, Campbell Cowan Edgar, Greek Sculpture, page 57
verbbracelet (third-person singular simple present bracelets, present participle braceleting or (rare) braceletting, simple past and past participle braceleted or (rare) braceletted)
present singular third person bracelets · participle present braceleting · participle present rare braceletting · participle past braceleted · past braceleted · participle past rare braceletted · past rare braceletted
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry/jewellery or an ornament.
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nounThe strap of a wristwatch, used to secure it around the wrist.
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nouna band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist
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Origin
- Old Frenchbracelet
- Englishbracelet
From Old French bracelet, diminutive form of bras (“arm”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans armband
- armbandband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Ancient Greek ψέλλιον, χλίδων
- ψέλλιον (pséllion)band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- χλίδων (khlídōn)band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Arabic سِوَار
- سِوَار (siwār)band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Basque eskumuturreko
- eskumuturrekoband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Bengali ব্রেসলেট
- ব্রেসলেট (bresleṭ)band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Bulgarian гри́вна, каи́шка
- гри́вна (grívna)band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- каи́шка (kaíška)strap of a wristwatch
Catalan braçalet
- braçaletband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Chinese Mandarin 手鐲 /手镯, 鐲子 /镯子
- 手鐲 /手镯 (shǒuzhuó)band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- 鐲子 /镯子 (zhuózi)band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Czech náramek
- náramekband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Danish armbånd
- armbåndband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Dutch armband
- armbandband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Esperanto brakringo, braceleto
- brakringoband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- braceletoband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- rimenostrap of a wristwatch
Estonian käevõru
- käevõruband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Finnish rannekoru, rannerengas
- rannekoruband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- rannerengasband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- käsirengasband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- rannekestrap of a wristwatch
- kellonremmistrap of a wristwatch
French bracelet, bracelet
- braceletband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- braceletstrap of a wristwatch
German Armband, Armband
- Armbandband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- Armbandstrap of a wristwatch
Greek βραχιόλι, λουράκι
- βραχιόλι (vrachióli)band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- λουράκι (louráki)strap of a wristwatch
Hebrew צָמִיד
- צָמִיד (tsamíd)band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Hindi अंगद, वलय
- अंगद (aṅgad)band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- वलय (valay)band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- बाज़ूबंद (bāzūband)band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- बाजूबंद (bājūband)band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- कंगन (kaṅgan)band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Hungarian karkötő, karlánc
- karkötőband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- karláncband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- karszalagstrap of a wristwatch
Icelandic armband
- armbandband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Indonesian gelang
- gelangband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Irish bráisléad
- bráisléadband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Italian braccialetto
- braccialettoband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Japanese 腕輪, ブレスレット
- 腕輪 (udewa)band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- ブレスレット (buresuretto)band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Korean 팔찌
- 팔찌 (paljji)band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Latin armilla, viria
- armillaband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- viriaband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Latvian aproce, rokassprādze
- aproceband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- rokassprādzeband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Lithuanian apyrankė
- apyrankėband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Malay gelang
- gelangband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Māori poroporo, kōmore
- poroporoband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- kōmoreband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Norwegian Bokmål armbånd
- armbåndband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Polish bransoletka, pasek od zegarka
- bransoletkaband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- pasek od zegarkastrap of a wristwatch
Portuguese bracelete, pulseira
- braceleteband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- pulseiraband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Romanian brățară, curea
- brățarăband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- cureastrap of a wristwatch
Russian брасле́т, брасле́т
- брасле́т (braslét)band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- брасле́т (braslét)strap of a wristwatch
Scottish Gaelic bann-làimhe
- bann-làimheband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Slovak náramok
- náramokband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Spanish brazalete, pulsera
- brazaleteband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- pulseraband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- ajorcaband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- carcaxband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- manillaband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Swahili bangili
- bangiliband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Swedish armband, armband
- armbandband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- armbandstrap of a wristwatch
Tagalog galang, pulseras
- galangband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- pulserasband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- kalambigiband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- baladangband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Thai วลัย, กำไล
- วลัย (wá-lai)band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- กำไล (gam-lai)band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Turkish bilezik, kordon
- bilezikband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- kordonstrap of a wristwatch
- kayışstrap of a wristwatch
Ukrainian брасле́т, бранзоле́та
- брасле́т (braslét)band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- бранзоле́та (branzoléta)band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- бранзоле́тка (branzolétka)band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Urdu بازُو بَنْد, بازُوبَنْد
- بازُو بَنْد (bāzū band)band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- بازُوبَنْد (bāzūband)band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- کَن٘گَن (kaṅgan)band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- اَن٘گَد (aṅgad)band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Vietnamese vòng tay
- vòng tayband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Welsh breichled, brasled
- breichledband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- brasledband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- brasledauband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Yiddish בראַסלעט, אָרעמבאַנד
- בראַסלעט (braslet)band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
- אָרעמבאַנד (oremband)band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Zulu isigqizo
- isigqizoband or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with bracelet
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APA
bracelet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bracelet
MLA
“bracelet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bracelet. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bracelet,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bracelet.
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