bracelet

(brās'lĭt)
n.

1. An ornamental band or chain encircling the wrist or arm.
2. Something, such as a handcuff, that resembles a wrist ornament.

[Middle English, from Old French, diminutive of bracel, armlet, from Latin brācchiāle, from brācchium, arm. See brace.]

braceleted brace'let·ed (-lĭ-tĭd) adj.

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IN BRIEF: n. - Jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration; A band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist.

Everyone wondered who would wear the prettiest bracelet.

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sign description: The thumb and index finger wrap around the wrist.

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noun
noun

A handcuff. (1816 —) .
F. Forsyth Letting him run sticks in my craw. He should be on a flight Stateside—in bracelets (1989).

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bøjle, tandbøjle

Nederlands (Dutch)
armband

Français (French)
n. - bracelet, menottes (npl), bracelets (hum)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Armband

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - βραχιόλι, μπρασελέ, (πληθ.) (καθομ.) χειροπέδες

Italiano (Italian)
braccialetto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pulseira (f), bracelete (m)

Русский (Russian)
браслет

Español (Spanish)
n. - pulsera, brazalete

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - armband, armring, handboja

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
手镯, 手铐, 臂镯

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 手鐲, 手銬, 臂鐲

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 팔찌, 수갑

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 腕輪, ブレスレット

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سوار‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צמיד, חפת, קצה השרוול (מדוברת)‬

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