anklet

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anklet

  • /ˈæŋklət/
  • /ˈeɪ̯ŋklət/
  • /ˈɛ̃ŋklət/

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From ankle + -et, based on bracelet.

noun anklets

  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 fru
  2. An ankle sock. Stretch socks are made in infant sizes, girls' and ladies' anklets […]

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noun a bracelet at the ankle

Españolajorca de tobillo, tobillera, carcax (karkash)
한국어발찌 baljji
日本語アンクレット ankuretto
中文腳鐲 /脚镯 jiǎozhuó, 腳鏈 /脚链 jiǎoliàn
हिन्दीपायल pāyal
Portuguêstornozeleira
Françaisjambelet, bracelet de cheville, chaîne de cheville
DeutschFußkette, Fußband
Italianocavigliera
Русскийножно́й брасле́т nožnój braslét, цепо́чка на ноге́ cepóčka na nogé
العربيةخَلْخَال ḵalḵāl

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@misc{anklet_2026,
  title = {anklet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/anklet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}