Handcuff
//ˈhændˌkʌf//
Translations of "handcuff" (74 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | pranga(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | — | |
| Arabic | أَصْفَاد(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), صَفَد(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), مينوط(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), كلبش(to apply handcuffs) | ʔaṣfād, ṣafad, minouṭ, kalbaš | |
| Armenian | ձեռնաշղթա(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | jeṙnašġtʻa | |
| Azerbaijani | qandal(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), əl qandalı(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | — | |
| Belarusian | нару́чнік(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), нару́чнікі(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | narúčnik, narúčniki | |
| Bengali | হাতকড়া(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | hatkoṛa | |
| Breton | grizilhonañ(to apply handcuffs) | — | |
| Bulgarian | белезни́ци(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), слагам белезници(to apply handcuffs) | belezníci, slagam beleznici | |
| Burmese | လက်ထိတ်(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | lakhtit | |
| Catalan | manilla(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), manilles(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | — | |
| Chinese Cantonese | 手扣(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | sau² kau³ | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 手銬 /手铐(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | shǒukào | |
| Czech | pouta(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), želízka(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | — | |
| Danish | håndjern(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | — | |
| Dutch | handboei(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), boeien(to apply handcuffs), handboeien omdoen(to apply handcuffs), in de boeien slaan(to apply handcuffs) | — | |
| Esperanto | mankateno(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), mankateni(to apply handcuffs) | — | |
| Estonian | käerauad(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | — | |
| Finnish | käsirauta(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), käsiraudoittaa(to apply handcuffs), laittaa käsiraudat(to apply handcuffs), panna käsirautoihin(to apply handcuffs), sitoa(figuratively: to restrain) | — | |
| French | menotte(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), menotter(to apply handcuffs) | — | |
| Galician | esposas(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), esposar(to apply handcuffs) | — | |
| Georgian | ხელბორკილი(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | xelborḳili | |
| German | Handschelle(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), fesseln(to apply handcuffs) | — | |
| Greek | χειροπέδα(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), χειροπέδες(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | cheiropéda, cheiropédes | |
| Hawaiian | hao hoʻopaʻa lima(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | — | |
| Hebrew | אֲזִקִּים(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), אזיק(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), אזק(to apply handcuffs) | azík, azák | |
| Hindi | हथकड़ी(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | hathkaṛī | |
| Hungarian | bilincs(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), megbilincsel(to apply handcuffs) | — | |
| Icelandic | handjárn(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), handjárna(to apply handcuffs) | — | |
| Ido | manoto(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | — | |
| Indonesian | borgol(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), gari(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | — | |
| Iranian Persian | دَسْتبَنْد(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | dast-band | |
| Italian | manetta(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), ammanettare(to apply handcuffs), bloccare(figuratively: to restrain) | — | |
| Japanese | 手錠(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | tejō | |
| Kazakh | бұғау(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), қолкісен(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | būğau, qolkısen | |
| Khmer | ខ្នោះដៃ(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | khnɑh day | |
| Korean | 수갑(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | sugap | |
| Kyrgyz | кишен(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), колкишен(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | kişen, kolkişen | |
| Lao | ກະແຈມື(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | ka chǣ mư̄ | |
| Latvian | roku dzelži(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | — | |
| Lithuanian | antrankiai(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | — | |
| Luhya | epingu(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | — | |
| Macedonian | лисици(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), става лисици(to apply handcuffs) | lisici, stava lisici | |
| Malay | gari(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | — | |
| Malayalam | കൈവിലങ്ങ്(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), വിലങ്ങ്(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | kaivilaṅṅŭ, vilaṅṅŭ | |
| Māori | tūpiki(to apply handcuffs) | — | |
| Mongolian | гав(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | gav | |
| Northern Kurdish | kelemçe(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | handjern(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), håndjern(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | handjarn(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), handjern(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | — | |
| Old English | handcosp(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | — | |
| Ottoman Turkish | بیلكچه(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), كلبچه(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | bilekçe, kelebçe | |
| Pashto | اتکړۍ(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), هتوړۍ(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), هټکرۍ(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), ولچک(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | atkaṛǝy, hatoṛǝy, haṭakrǝy, walčǝk | |
| Polish | kajdanki(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), skuwać(to apply handcuffs), skuć(to apply handcuffs), zakuwać(to apply handcuffs), zakuć(to apply handcuffs) | — | |
| Portuguese | algema(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), algemar(to apply handcuffs) | — | |
| Romanian | cătușă(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), fereca(to apply handcuffs), încătușa(to apply handcuffs), încătușa(figuratively: to restrain) | — | |
| Russian | нару́чник(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), нару́чники(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | narúčnik, narúčniki | |
| Serbo-Croatian | lìsice(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), лѝсице(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | — | |
| Slovak | náramky(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), náramok(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), putá(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | — | |
| Slovene | lisice(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | — | |
| Southern Altai | кижен(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | kižen | |
| Spanish | esposa(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), marroca(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), enmarrocar(to apply handcuffs), esposar(to apply handcuffs), maniatar(to apply handcuffs) | — | |
| Swahili | pingu(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | — | |
| Swedish | handboja(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), sätta handbojor på (någon)(to apply handcuffs) | — | |
| Tagalog | pangaw(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), posas(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | — | |
| Tajik | дастбанд(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), завлонаи даст(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), кишани даст(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | dastband, zavlona-yi dast, kišan-i dast | |
| Tamil | கைவிலங்கு(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | kaivilaṅku | |
| Thai | กุญแจมือ(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | gun-jɛɛ-mʉʉ | |
| Turkish | bilekçe(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), kelepçe(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), kelepçelemek(to apply handcuffs) | — | |
| Turkmen | gandal(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | — | |
| Ukrainian | нару́чник(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), нару́чники(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | narúčnyk, narúčnyky | |
| Urdu | ہَتْھکَڑی(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | hathkaṛī | |
| Uyghur | كويزا(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | koyza | |
| Uzbek | qoʻlkishan(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | — | |
| Vietnamese | còng(ring of a locking fetter for the hand), còng tay(ring of a locking fetter for the hand) | — |
pranga
qandal, əl qandalı
grizilhonañ
manilla, manilles
pouta, želízka
håndjern
handboei, boeien, handboeien omdoen, in de boeien slaan
mankateno, mankateni
käerauad
käsirauta, käsiraudoittaa, laittaa käsiraudat, panna käsirautoihin, sitoa
menotte, menotter
esposas, esposar
Handschelle, fesseln
hao hoʻopaʻa lima
bilincs, megbilincsel
handjárn, handjárna
manoto
borgol, gari
manetta, ammanettare, bloccare
roku dzelži
antrankiai
epingu
gari
tūpiki
kelemçe
handjern, håndjern
handjarn, handjern
handcosp
kajdanki, skuwać, skuć, zakuwać, zakuć
algema, algemar
cătușă, fereca, încătușa, încătușa
lìsice, лѝсице
náramky, náramok, putá
lisice
esposa, marroca, enmarrocar, esposar, maniatar
pingu
handboja, sätta handbojor på (någon)
pangaw, posas
bilekçe, kelepçe, kelepçelemek
gandal
qoʻlkishan
còng, còng tay
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.