bangle

Other forms of bangle

plural

bangles·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bangle

What does bangle mean?

bangle means "jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bangle?

bangle has 2 syllables: ban-gle. The stress falls on "ban". In IPA it is /ˈbæŋɡəl/.

What is another word for bangle?

Close synonyms include bracelet, bauble, gaud, gewgaw, novelty. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bangle a common word?

bangle is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.