Dictionary

anklet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈeɪ̯ŋklət/ æ-raising
• /ˈæŋklət/ without æ-raising
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɛ̃ŋklət/ æ-raising

Etymology

From ankle + -et, based on bracelet.

Meanings

1. A piece of jewelry/jewellery, resembling a bracelet but worn around the ankle.
   • 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:
2. An ankle sock.
   • Stretch socks are made in infant sizes, girls' and ladies' anklets […] 1959, Chain Store Age for Supermarket-Grocery Executives, page 237:

Forms

Coordinates

armlet · necklet · kneelet · wristlet · leglet

Deriveds

ankleted

Translations (50)

cs řetízek na kotník (a bracelet at the ankle) · tr ayak zinciri (a bracelet at the ankle) · mr पैंजण (a bracelet at the ankle) · da ankelkæde (a bracelet at the ankle) · fi nilkkarengas (a bracelet at the ankle) · sv vristlänk (a bracelet at the ankle) · fa پایابرنجن (a bracelet at the ankle) · khb ᦶᦛᧃᦎᦲᧃ (a bracelet at the ankle) · kn ತಂಡೆ (a bracelet at the ankle) · pt tornozeleira (a bracelet at the ankle) · khb ᦷᦂᧂᧈᦃᦱ (a bracelet at the ankle) · ko 발찌 (a bracelet at the ankle) · es carcax (karkash) (a bracelet at the ankle) · pl bransoleta na kostkę (a bracelet at the ankle) · ga bráisléad murnáin (a bracelet at the ankle) · tr ayak bileziği (a bracelet at the ankle) · fr jambelet (a bracelet at the ankle) · te అందె (a bracelet at the ankle) · tr halhal (a bracelet at the ankle) · mi kōmore (a bracelet at the ankle) · bcl baksal (a bracelet at the ankle) · ru цепо́чка на ноге́ (a bracelet at the ankle) · ca turmellera (a bracelet at the ankle) · ru ножно́й брасле́т (a bracelet at the ankle) · de Fußband (a bracelet at the ankle) · ja アンクレット (a bracelet at the ankle) · ml കൊലുസ് (a bracelet at the ankle) · tr ayak bilekliği (a bracelet at the ankle) · cs nákotník (a bracelet at the ankle) · de Fußkette (a bracelet at the ankle) · ms gelang kaki (a bracelet at the ankle) · eo krurringo (a bracelet at the ankle) · fr chaîne de cheville (a bracelet at the ankle) · ta கொலுசு (a bracelet at the ankle) · es ajorca de tobillo (a bracelet at the ankle) · hi पायल (a bracelet at the ankle) · nl enkelband (a bracelet at the ankle) · cmn 腳鏈 /脚链 (a bracelet at the ankle) · pa جھان٘جَر (a bracelet at the ankle) · hu bokalánc (a bracelet at the ankle) · cmn 腳鐲 /脚镯 (a bracelet at the ankle) · fr bracelet de cheville (a bracelet at the ankle) · grc περισφύριον (a bracelet at the ankle) · pa ਝਾਂਜਰ (a bracelet at the ankle) · ar خَلْخَال (a bracelet at the ankle) · it cavigliera (a bracelet at the ankle) · fi nilkkakoru (a bracelet at the ankle) · es tobillera (a bracelet at the ankle) · ml പാദസരം (a bracelet at the ankle) · ota خلخال (a bracelet at the ankle)