manacle

English

A manacle.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈmæn.ə.kəl/

Noun

manacle (plural manacles)

1. A shackle, consisting of a pair of joined rings, to restrict the free movement of the hands or feet.
2. Any similar device such as a fetter or handcuffs.

Usage notes

Often used in its plural, and as such a plurale tantum.

Synonyms

• handcuffs

Translations

a shackle restricting free movement of the hands

• Basque: esku lota (eu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 手銬 (cmn), 手铐 (cmn) (shǒukào)

• Danish: håndjern (da)
• Dutch: handboeien (nl)
• Esperanto: mankateno (eo)
• Finnish: kahle (fi)
• Georgian: ხელბორკილი (ka) (xelborkili)
• German: Handschellen (de) f
• Greek: χειροπέδη (el) (chiropédi) f, χειροπέδες (el) (cheiropédes) f pl
• Icelandic: handjárn (is) n pl
• Interlingua: manica
• Italian: manette (it) f

• Japanese: 手錠 (ja) (てじょう, tejō)
• Polish: kajdanki (pl) pl
• Portuguese: algema (pt) m
• Romanian: cătușă (ro)
• Russian: наручники (ru) (naručniki) m pl, кандалы (ru) (kandalý) f pl, оковы (ru) (okóvy) f pl
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: лисице (sh) f pl

  Ronma: lisice (sh) f pl

• Spanish: esposas (es) f
• Swedish: handbojor (sv) c pl, handklovar (sv) c pl
• Turkish: kelepçe (tr)

Verb

manacle (third-person singular simple present manacles, present participle manacling, simple past and past participle manacled)

1. To confine with manacles.

Translations

To confine with manacles

• Russian: заковывать (ru) (zakovyvatʹ)
• Swedish: sätta handbojor på (någon)