Shackle

//ˈʃækl̩//

Synonyms for "shackle" (204 found)

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Noun(1 words)
bond

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Related words (102)

Noun(2 words)
hoppletrammel

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Translations

130 translations across 42 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • pranga noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • πέδη noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • πεδάω verb (to place (a person or animal) in shackles; to immobilize or restrain using shackles)

Arabic

2 entries
  • غِلّ noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • قَيْد noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)

Breton

1 entries
  • chadennañ verb (to place (a person or animal) in shackles; to immobilize or restrain using shackles)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • карабина noun (U-shaped piece of metal secured with a bolt or pin across the ends for attaching things together)
  • окови noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • оковавам verb (to place (a person or animal) in shackles; to immobilize or restrain using shackles)
  • сковавам verb (to inhibit or restrain the ability, action, activity, or progress of (someone or something) — see also inhibit, restrain)

Catalan

4 entries
  • grillons noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • grilló noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • grilló noun (U-shaped piece of metal secured with a bolt or pin across the ends for attaching things together)
  • engrillonar verb (to place (a person or animal) in shackles; to immobilize or restrain using shackles)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 手銬 /手铐 noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • 约束 verb (to inhibit or restrain the ability, action, activity, or progress of (someone or something) — see also inhibit, restrain)

Danish

2 entries
  • jern noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • sjækkel noun (U-shaped piece of metal secured with a bolt or pin across the ends for attaching things together)

Dutch

2 entries
  • boeien noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • sluiting noun (U-shaped piece of metal secured with a bolt or pin across the ends for attaching things together)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • mankateno noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • kateni verb (to place (a person or animal) in shackles; to immobilize or restrain using shackles)

Finnish

4 entries
  • 12,5 syltä noun (length of cable or chain equal to 12½ or 15 fathoms)
  • 15 syltä noun (length of cable or chain equal to 12½ or 15 fathoms)
  • kahle noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • kahleet noun (restraint on one’s action, etc. — see also restraint)

French

4 entries
  • entrave noun (restraint on one’s action, etc. — see also restraint)
  • fers noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • manille noun (U-shaped piece of metal secured with a bolt or pin across the ends for attaching things together)
  • menottes noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)

Galician

4 entries
  • braga noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • ferropea noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • ferros noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • grillón noun (U-shaped piece of metal secured with a bolt or pin across the ends for attaching things together)

German

3 entries
  • Fessel noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • Handschellen noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • Schäkel noun (U-shaped piece of metal secured with a bolt or pin across the ends for attaching things together)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹 noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)

Greek

1 entries
  • αγκύλιο noun (U-shaped piece of metal secured with a bolt or pin across the ends for attaching things together)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • אֲזִקִּים noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • bilincs noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • béklyó noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • béklyóz verb (to place (a person or animal) in shackles; to immobilize or restrain using shackles)
  • megbilincsel verb (to place (a person or animal) in shackles; to immobilize or restrain using shackles)

Ido

1 entries
  • katenizar verb (to place (a person or animal) in shackles; to immobilize or restrain using shackles)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • ferros noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • manica noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)

Irish

1 entries
  • iarnach noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)

Italian

4 entries
  • anello con perno noun (U-shaped piece of metal secured with a bolt or pin across the ends for attaching things together)
  • ceppi noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • ceppo noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • ferri noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 手錠 noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)

Korean

1 entries
  • 수갑 noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)

Latin

1 entries
  • vincula noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • ам noun (U-shaped piece of metal secured with a bolt or pin across the ends for attaching things together)
  • амут noun (U-shaped piece of metal secured with a bolt or pin across the ends for attaching things together)
  • оков noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • пранга noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • വിലങ്ങ് noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • jern noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • sjakkel noun (U-shaped piece of metal secured with a bolt or pin across the ends for attaching things together)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • sjakkel noun (U-shaped piece of metal secured with a bolt or pin across the ends for attaching things together)

Old English

1 entries
  • cosp noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • كوستك noun (U-shaped piece of metal secured with a bolt or pin across the ends for attaching things together)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Spaunsel noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)

Polish

2 entries
  • kajdany noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • szekla noun (U-shaped piece of metal secured with a bolt or pin across the ends for attaching things together)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • algema noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • ferros noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • grilhetas noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • grilhão noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)

Russian

4 entries
  • кандалы́ noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • карабин noun (U-shaped piece of metal secured with a bolt or pin across the ends for attaching things together)
  • мо́чка noun (U-shaped piece of metal secured with a bolt or pin across the ends for attaching things together)
  • нару́чники noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)

Spanish

4 entries
  • grillete noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • grillete noun (U-shaped piece of metal secured with a bolt or pin across the ends for attaching things together)
  • grillos noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • engrillar verb (to place (a person or animal) in shackles; to immobilize or restrain using shackles)

Swedish

1 entries
  • boja noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)

Telugu

2 entries
  • బంధనాలు noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • సంకెళ్ళు noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)

Turkish

3 entries
  • kelepçe noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • köstek noun (U-shaped piece of metal secured with a bolt or pin across the ends for attaching things together)
  • pranga noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • кайда́ни noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • пу́та noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • пу́та noun (restraint on one’s action, etc. — see also restraint)
  • пу́то noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • xiềng noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • xiềng xích noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • xích noun (restraint fitted over an appendage)
  • xiềng verb (to place (a person or animal) in shackles; to immobilize or restrain using shackles)

Sample sentences

34 total sentences available.

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Let's shackle your feet with silver fetters.

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You cannot shackle the BDSM community and beat it into submission.

Source: tatoeba (8786902)

I bought a shackle for the cow.

Source: tatoeba (10480639)

Labor advocates call it debt bondage, a prime example of modern-day slavery that can shackle workers to abusive employers for years while they pay off their debts.

Source: tatoeba (11126603)

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