different between garter vs suspender

English

Etymology

From Middle English garter, from Old Northern French gartier, from Old French garet (compare Old French jartier, from jaret), from Gaulish *garr?, 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): /????t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?????t?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t?(?)

Noun

garter (plural garters)

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

Derived terms

• garter snake
• have someone's guts for garters
• Order of the Garter

Translations

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• gartere, gartier, gertier

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French gartier.

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.

English

Etymology

From suspend +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /s??sp?nd?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s??sp?nd?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?(?)
• Rhymes: -?nd?(?)

Noun

suspender (plural suspenders)

1. Something or someone who suspends.
2. (US) An item of apparel consisting of a strap worn over the shoulder and used to hold up trousers.

   Synonym: (outside US) braces

3. (Britain) An item of apparel used to hold up a sock or (now especially) a stocking, such as a garter, or each of the fastening-straps attached to a corset or suspender belt.

Translations

Further reading

• suspender on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• prudeness, resuspend, speedruns, unpressed

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

suspender

1. imperative of suspendere

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suspendere, present active infinitive of suspend?.

Verb

suspender (first-person singular present indicative suspendo, short past participle suspenso, long past participle suspendido)

1. (transitive) to suspend; to hang

   Synonym: pendurar

2. (transitive) to suspend (to halt something temporarily)
3. first-person singular (eu) personal infinitive of suspender
4. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) personal infinitive of suspender
5. first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of suspender
6. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of suspender

Conjugation

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suspendere, present active infinitive of suspend?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suspen?de?/, [sus.p?n??d?e?]

Verb

suspender (first-person singular present suspendo, first-person singular preterite suspendí, past participle suspendido)

1. to suspend
2. to flunk, to fail to pass an exam or class

Conjugation

Related terms

• suspensión
• suspensor

See also

• colgar