different between armband vs bangle

English

Etymology

arm +? band

Noun

armband (plural armbands)

1. A band worn around the arm, usually to symbolize protest or mourning.
2. (sports) A band worn around the arm of the captain of a team.
   • 2015, Louise Taylor, Papiss Cissé and Jonny Evans spitting row mars Manchester United’s win over Newcastle (in The Guardian, 4 March 2015)[2]

     The biggest cheer of the night came shortly afterwards. St James’ Park finally found its voice to welcome back Jonás Gutiérrez into a Newcastle side for the first time since his diagnosis with testicular cancer 17 months ago. Hugged by his friend Coloccini, Gutiérrez was handed the captain’s armband after replacing Ryan Taylor at left-back and promptly collected a booking for fouling Adnan Januzaj – on for a frustrated Angel Di Maria.

3. An inflatable band worn round the arms to keep afloat in water

Synonyms

• (swimming aid) water wing

Translations

Anagrams

• Bradman

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of arm +? band.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??rm.b?nt/
• Hyphenation: arm?band

Noun

armband m (plural armbanden, diminutive armbandje n)

1. bracelet

Derived terms

• slavenarmband

Descendants

• Afrikaans: armband

Faroese

Etymology

From armur (“arm”) +? band (“band”).

Noun

armband n (genitive singular armbands, plural armbond)

1. bracelet

Declension

Icelandic

Etymology

From armur (“arm”) +? band (“band”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?arm.pant/

Noun

armband n (genitive singular armbands, nominative plural armbönd)

1. bracelet

Declension

Derived terms

• armbandsúr
• gullarmband

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From arm +? band

Noun

armband n (definite singular armbandet, indefinite plural armband, definite plural armbanda or armbandene)

1. Alternative form of armbånd

Derived terms

• armbandsur

References

• “armband” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From arm +? band

Noun

armband n (definite singular armbandet, indefinite plural armband, definite plural armbanda)

1. a bracelet, armband

Derived terms

• armbandsur

See also

• armbånd (Bokmål)

References

• “armband” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

arm +? band

Noun

armband n

1. bracelet

Declension

Related terms

• armbandsklocka
• armbandsur

See also

• ärm
• armbindel

References

• armband in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæ?.??l/
• Rhymes: -æ???l

Etymology 1

From Hindi ?????? (ba?gl?, “glass bracelet”).

Noun

bangle (plural bangles)

1. A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 15

     Mrs. MacAndrew smoothed down the lap of her gown, and gold bangles fell over her wrists.

Translations

Etymology 2

Unknown, yet probably from bang +? -le (frequentative suffix).

Verb

bangle (third-person singular simple present bangles, present participle bangling, simple past and past participle bangled)

1. (transitive, obsolete) to beat about or beat down, as corn by the wind.
2. (obsolete or dialectal) to waste away little by little; squander carelessly; fritter (away).
   • , New York Review Books 2001, p.273:

     Thus betwixt hope and fear, suspicions, angers […] betwixt falling in, falling out, etc., we bangle away our best days, befool out our times […].

   If we bangle away the legacy of peace left us by Christ, it is a sign of our want of regard for him. — Duty of Man.

3. (intransitive) (falconry) to beat about in the air; flutter: said of a hawk which does not rise steadily and then swoop down upon its prey.
4. (intransitive) to flap or hang down loosely, as a hat brim or an animal's ear.

Etymology 3

Apparently from bang (verb) +? -le (instrumental suffix), perhaps ultimately connected with Proto-Germanic *bangilaz. Compare Dutch bengel, German Bengel.

Noun

bangle (plural bangles)

1. (dialectal) The cut branch of a tree; a large, rough stick; the largest piece of wood in a bundle of twigs

Anagrams

• Bangel, Bengal