bretelle

From French bretelle.

bretelle (plural bretelles)

1. (dated, chiefly in the plural) braces; suspenders (to hold up trousers)

• bretelled

• bell tree

From Old High German brittil.

• IPA^(key): /bʁə.tɛl/

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bretelle f (plural bretelles)

1. strap
2. sling
3. braces (UK), suspenders (US)
4. slip road; access road; ramp

• remonter les bretelles

• → English: bretelle
• → Italian: bretella
• → Russian: бретель (bretelʹ)
  • → Georgian: ბრეტელი (breṭeli)

• “bretelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): /breˈtɛl.le/
• Rhymes: -ɛlle
• Hyphenation: bre‧tèl‧le

bretelle f

1. plural of bretella