braces

See also: Braces

English

a girl in braces

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɹeɪsɪz/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -eɪsɪz

Noun

braces

plural of brace

Noun

braces pl (plural only)

(orthodontics) A device worn on the teeth to straighten them.
Susy has to go to the dentist to see if she needs braces.
(dated) Handcuffs.
We put that villain in braces.
(British) A pair of straps crossing one's shoulders and extending down to one's trousers, where a clip or button arrangement allows them to affix to the trousers, ensuring that they will not fall off.
Synonym: (US) suspenders

Synonyms

(orthodontics): dental braces
(handcuffs): manacles
(pair of straps holding trousers): suspenders

Derived terms

Translations

device for straightening teeth

Arabic: مُقَوَّم أَسْنَان m (muqawwam ʔasnān)
Bulgarian: ско́ба (bg) f (skóba)
Catalan: ferros (ca) m pl, aparell dental m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 牙箍 (ngaa⁴ ku¹)

Mandarin: 牙套 (zh) (yátào), 牙齒矯正器／牙齿矫正器 (yáchǐ jiǎozhèngqì)
Czech: rovnátka n pl
Danish: bøjle (da) c, tandbøjle
Dutch: beugel (nl)
Finnish: hammasraudat (fi), raudat (fi)
French: appareil dentaire (fr) m, appareil (fr) m, appareil orthodontique m, faux-palais (fr)
German: Zahnspange (de) f
Hungarian: fogszabályzó (hu)
Indonesian: kawat gigi, behel (id)
Inuktitut: ᐋᖅᑭᑦᑎᕈᑏᑦ (aaqkittirotiit)
Irish: teanntáin fiacla m pl
Italian: apparecchio (per i denti) m, apparecchio ortodontico m
Japanese: 歯列矯正器 (しれつきょうせいき, shiretsu kyōseiki), ブレース (burēsu)
Lithuanian: breketai m pl
Macedonian: проте́за f (protéza)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: шүдний аппарат (šüdnii apparat)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: regulering m or f
Polish: aparat ortodontyczny, aparat na zęby m
Portuguese: aparelho (pt) m, aparelho de dente (Brazil)
Romanian: aparat (ro) m, aparat dentar m
Russian: бре́кеты m pl (brɛ́kety)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: проте́за f

Roman: protéza (sh) f
Spanish: frenillo (es) m, frenos (es) m pl, aparatos (es) m pl, ortodoncia (es) f, brackets m pl, aparatos dentales m pl
Swedish: tandställning (sv) c
Thai: เหล็กดัด (lèk-dàt)
Welsh: weiren ddanedd f, ffrâm ddannedd f

handcuffs — see handcuffs

pair of straps holding trousers — see suspender

Verb

braces

third-person singular simple present indicative of brace

Anagrams

cabers, cabres

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɾa.səs]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈbɾa.ses]

Noun

braces

plural of braça

Occitan

Noun

braces

plural of braç

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