Meanings
nouncufflink (plural cufflinks)
plural cufflinks · alternative cuff link · alternative cuff-link
- A button or stud used to hold a sleeve cuff together.
Every gentleman needs at least one pair of cufflinks.
Synonyms: sleeve-button, sleeve-link
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA button or stud used to hold a sleeve cuff together.
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Arabic كَبَكْ, وِثَاق اَلْكُفَّة
- كَبَكْ (kabak)button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
- وِثَاق اَلْكُفَّة (wiṯāq al-kuffa)button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
Basque eskumuturreko
- eskumuturrekobutton used to hold a sleeve cuff together
Bulgarian копче за ръкавели
- копче за ръкавели (kopče za răkaveli)button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
Catalan botó de puny
- botó de punybutton used to hold a sleeve cuff together
Chinese Mandarin 袖扣
- 袖扣 (xiùkòu)button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
Czech manžetový knoflík
- manžetový knoflíkbutton used to hold a sleeve cuff together
Danish manchetknap
- manchetknapbutton used to hold a sleeve cuff together
Dutch manchetknoop
- manchetknoopbutton used to hold a sleeve cuff together
Esperanto manumbutono
- manumbutonobutton used to hold a sleeve cuff together
Estonian mansetinööp
- mansetinööpbutton used to hold a sleeve cuff together
Finnish kalvosinnappi
- kalvosinnappibutton used to hold a sleeve cuff together
French bouton de manchette
- bouton de manchettebutton used to hold a sleeve cuff together
German Manschettenknopf
- Manschettenknopfbutton used to hold a sleeve cuff together
Greek μανικετόκουμπο
- μανικετόκουμπο (maniketókoumpo)button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
Hungarian mandzsettagomb
- mandzsettagombbutton used to hold a sleeve cuff together
Irish lúibín cufa
- lúibín cufabutton used to hold a sleeve cuff together
Italian gemello, gemelli
- gemellobutton used to hold a sleeve cuff together
- gemellibutton used to hold a sleeve cuff together
Japanese カフス, カフリンクス
- カフス (kafusu)button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
- カフリンクス (kafurinkusu)button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
- カフスボタン (kafusubotan)button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
Korean 커프스, 커프 링크스
- 커프스 (keopeuseu)button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
- 커프 링크스 (keopeu ringkeuseu)button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
Norwegian Bokmål mansjettknapp
- mansjettknappbutton used to hold a sleeve cuff together
Polish spinka do mankietu
- spinka do mankietubutton used to hold a sleeve cuff together
Portuguese abotoadura, botão de punho
- abotoadurabutton used to hold a sleeve cuff together
- botão de punhobutton used to hold a sleeve cuff together
Russian за́понка
- за́понка (záponka)button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
Slovak manžetový gombík
- manžetový gombíkbutton used to hold a sleeve cuff together
Spanish gemelo, broche
- gemelobutton used to hold a sleeve cuff together
- brochebutton used to hold a sleeve cuff together
- collerabutton used to hold a sleeve cuff together
- mancornabutton used to hold a sleeve cuff together
- mancuernabutton used to hold a sleeve cuff together
- mancuernillabutton used to hold a sleeve cuff together
- yugobutton used to hold a sleeve cuff together
- yuntabutton used to hold a sleeve cuff together
Swedish manschettknapp
- manschettknappbutton used to hold a sleeve cuff together
Turkish kol düğmesi
- kol düğmesibutton used to hold a sleeve cuff together
Ukrainian за́понка, шпо́нка
- за́понка (záponka)button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
- шпо́нка (špónka)button used to hold a sleeve cuff together
Welsh dolen lawes
- dolen lawesbutton used to hold a sleeve cuff together
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cufflink. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cufflink
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“cufflink.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cufflink. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cufflink,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cufflink.
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