I think I need braces.
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Braces
//ˈbɹeɪsɪz//
Synonyms for "braces" (21 found)
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Noun(2 words)
Strong matches (6)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (10)
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55 translations across 31 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُقَوَّم أَسْنَان noun (device for straightening teeth)
Bulgarian
3 entries- брекети noun (device for straightening teeth)
- ско́ба noun (device for straightening teeth)
- шини noun (device for straightening teeth)
Catalan
2 entries- aparell dental noun (device for straightening teeth)
- ferros noun (device for straightening teeth)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 牙箍 noun (device for straightening teeth)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 牙套 noun (device for straightening teeth)
- 牙齒矯正器 /牙齿矫正器 noun (device for straightening teeth)
Czech
1 entries- rovnátka noun (device for straightening teeth)
Danish
2 entries- bøjle noun (device for straightening teeth)
- tandbøjle noun (device for straightening teeth)
Dutch
1 entries- beugel noun (device for straightening teeth)
Finnish
2 entries- hammasraudat noun (device for straightening teeth)
- raudat noun (device for straightening teeth)
French
4 entries- appareil noun (device for straightening teeth)
- appareil dentaire noun (device for straightening teeth)
- appareil orthodontique noun (device for straightening teeth)
- faux-palais noun (device for straightening teeth)
German
1 entries- Zahnspange noun (device for straightening teeth)
Hungarian
1 entries- fogszabályzó noun (device for straightening teeth)
Indonesian
2 entries- behel noun (device for straightening teeth)
- kawat gigi noun (device for straightening teeth)
Inuktitut
1 entries- ᐋᖅᑭᑦᑎᕈᑏᑦ noun (device for straightening teeth)
Irish
1 entries- teanntáin fiacla noun (device for straightening teeth)
Italian
2 entries- apparecchio (per i denti) noun (device for straightening teeth)
- apparecchio ortodontico noun (device for straightening teeth)
Japanese
2 entries- ブレース noun (device for straightening teeth)
- 歯列矯正器 noun (device for straightening teeth)
Lithuanian
1 entries- breketai noun (device for straightening teeth)
Macedonian
1 entries- проте́за noun (device for straightening teeth)
Mongolian
1 entries- шүдний аппарат noun (device for straightening teeth)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- regulering noun (device for straightening teeth)
Polish
1 entries- aparat ortodontyczny, aparat na zęby noun (device for straightening teeth)
Portuguese
2 entries- aparelho noun (device for straightening teeth)
- aparelho de dente noun (device for straightening teeth)
Romanian
2 entries- aparat noun (device for straightening teeth)
- aparat dentar noun (device for straightening teeth)
Russian
1 entries- бре́кеты noun (device for straightening teeth)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- protéza noun (device for straightening teeth)
- проте́за noun (device for straightening teeth)
Spanish
4 entries- aparato noun (device for straightening teeth)
- aparato dental noun (device for straightening teeth)
- apliques dentales noun (device for straightening teeth)
- apliques ortodóncicos noun (device for straightening teeth)
Swedish
1 entries- tandställning noun (device for straightening teeth)
Thai
1 entries- เหล็กดัด noun (device for straightening teeth)
Vietnamese
1 entries- niềng (răng) noun (device for straightening teeth)
Welsh
2 entries- ffrâm ddannedd noun (device for straightening teeth)
- weiren ddanedd noun (device for straightening teeth)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
I'd like to have a consultation about getting braces.
Source: tatoeba (263642)
My daughter has braces.
Source: tatoeba (322885)
Do I need braces?
Source: tatoeba (434508)
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