braces

See also: Braces

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹeɪsɪz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪsɪz

Noun

braces

1. plural of brace

Noun

braces pl (plural only)

1. (orthodontics) A device worn on the teeth to straighten them.

   Hyponyms: removable braces, fixed braces

   Susy has to go to the dentist to see if she needs braces.

2. (dated) Handcuffs.

   We put that villain in braces.

3. (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

• belt and braces
• train track braces

Translations

device for straightening teeth

Arabic: مُقَوَّم أَسْنَان m (muqawwam ʔasnān) Bulgarian: брекети m pl (breketi) (fixed), шини (bg) f pl (šini) (removable), ско́ба (bg) f (skóba) (rare) 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) n, aparat dentar n Russian: бре́кеты m pl (brɛ́kety) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: проте́за f Roman: protéza (sh) f Spanish: frenillo (es) m, freno (es) m (Latin America), aparato (es) m, ortodoncia (es) f, brackets m pl, aparato dental m, apliques ortodóncicos m pl, apliques dentales m pl, frenillos (es) m pl Swedish: tandställning (sv) c Thai: เหล็กดัด (lèk-dàt) Vietnamese: niềng (răng) Welsh: weiren ddanedd f, ffrâm ddannedd f

handcuffs — see handcuffs

pair of straps holding trousers — see suspender

Verb

braces

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of brace

Anagrams

• cabers, cabres

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Noun

braces

1. plural of braça

Occitan

Noun

braces

1. plural of braç