garter

garter

English

A bride putting on a garter.

Etymology

From Middle English garter, from Old Northern French gartier, from Old French garet (compare Old French jartier, from jaret), from Gaulish *garrā, from Proto-Celtic *garros (“calf, shank”) (compare Cornish gar, Cornish gar,Middle Welsh garr, Old Irish gairr). Cognate with French jarretière.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑːtə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑːɹtɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)

Noun

garter (plural garters)

1. A band worn around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking.
2. (heraldry) A bendlet.

Derived terms

• arm garter
• garter belt
• garter snake
• garter stitch
• have someone's guts for garters
• jazz garter
• Order of the Garter
• prick the garter
• sleeve garter

 

Translations

band around leg

Basque: galtzari (eu) Bulgarian: жартие́ра (bg) f (žartiéra) Catalan: lligacama (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 襪帶, 袜带 (mat6 daai3-2) Mandarin: 襪帶／袜带 (zh) (wàdài) Dutch: jarretel (nl) m or f, jarretelle (nl) m or f, kousenband (nl) m Finnish: sukkanauha (fi) French: jarretière (fr) f, jarretelle (fr) f Georgian: ლეკვერთხი (leḳvertxi), წვივსაკრავი (c̣vivsaḳravi) German: Strumpfband (de) n Greek: καλτσοδέτα (el) f (kaltsodéta) Hungarian: zoknitartó, harisnyatartó (hu) Irish: glúin-chrios m Italian: giarrettiera (it) f, giarrettella f Japanese: 靴下留め (くつしたどめ, kutsushitadome), ガーター (gātā) Korean: 가터 (gateo) Latin: genuālia n pl Norman: dgèrtchiéthe f Norwegian: hosebånd c (archaic), strømpebånd c Polish: podwiązka (pl) f Portuguese: liga (pt) f, jarreteira (pt) f Romanian: jartieră (ro) f, jartea (ro) f Russian: подвя́зка (ru) f (podvjázka), рези́нка (ru) f (rezínka) (для чуло́к) Slovene: podveza f Spanish: liga (es) f, jarretera f Swedish: strumpeband (sv) n Tagalog: ligas Taos: mę̀diaxų̀ci’ína Turkish: jartiyer (tr) Ukrainian: лестики pl (lestyky) Welsh: gardas m or f (North), gardys m or f (South)

(heraldry) a bendlet

Hungarian: térdszalag

Verb

garter (third-person singular simple present garters, present participle gartering, simple past and past participle gartered)

1. to fasten with a garter

Anagrams

• Trager, garret, grater

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• gartere, gartier, gertier

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French gartier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡartər/, /ɡarˈteːr/

Noun

garter (plural garters)

1. garter

Descendants

• English: garter
• Yola: ghurteare, gurteare

References

• “garter, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.