Necklace

Definition: Necklace

Necklace

Noun

1. Jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women).

Date "necklace" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1611. (references)

Domain	Definition
Dream Interpretation	For a woman to dream of receiving a necklace, omens for her a loving husband and a beautiful home. To lose a necklace, she will early feel the heavy hand of bereavement. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Literature	Necklace A necklace of coral or white bryony beads used to be worn round the necks of children to aid their teething. Necklaces of hyoscyamus or henbane-root have been recommended for the same purpose. In Italy coral beloques are worn as a charm against the "evil eye." The diamond necklace (1785). (See Diamond Necklace.) The fatal necklace. Cadmos received on his wedding-day the present of a necklace, which proved fatal to everyone who possessed it. Some say that Vulcan, and others that Europa, gave the necklace to Cadmos Harmonia's necklace (q.v.) was a similar fatal gift. (See Fatal Gifts.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Circularity	Circle, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet, annulus, annulet, bracelet, armlet; ringlet; eye, loop, wheel; cycle, orb, orbit, rundle, zone, belt, cordon, band; contrate wheel, crown wheel; hub; nave; sash, girdle, cestus, cincture, baldric, fillet, fascia, wreath, garland; crown, corona, coronet, chaplet, snood, necklace, collar; noose, lasso, lassoo.
Jewelry	Necklace, bracelet, anklet; earring; locket, pendant, charm bracelet; ring, pinky ring; carcanet; chain, chatelaine; broach, pin, lapel pin, torque.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Necklace

English words defined with "necklace": Carcanet, chain, choker, collar ♦ discreet, dog collar ♦ fancy ♦ genus Illecebrum, go for ♦ Illecebrum ♦ jewellery, jewelry ♦ locket ♦ neckband, necklaced, necklet ♦ Sankha, strand, string ♦ take to. (references)

Specialty definitions using "necklace": Alphesibea, Anodyne Necklace ♦ BEAD STRINGER, Brisingamen ♦ Fatal Gifts ♦ Gig-manity ♦ Handkerchief and Sword, Harmonia's Necklace ♦ Laugh on the Other Side of Your Mouth ♦ Seian Horse. (references)

Etymologies containing "necklace": Torques. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	You were expecting someone with a bone through the nose and shrunken head necklace, perhaps (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay) I swear, I am just trying to find my necklace. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) By power of reduction and by a process of illumination, I know the necklace is in that shoe (Not So Dumb; writing credit: Marc Connelly; George S. Kaufman) Look just give me back the necklace, then you guys can go on and kill each other (How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days; writing credit: Michele Alexander; Jeannie Long)
Lyrics	I hope ya got tha diamond necklace that I sent to you (Dear Mama; performing artist: 2Pac) And his smile blind like the shine on his necklace (Get Me Home; performing artist: FOXY) Necklace around your waist, toe rings girl do your thang (Fatty Girl; performing artist: Ludacris) An' I wear 'em like I'm wearin' a necklace (THAT'S KILLER JOE; performing artist: Manhattan Transfer) All your money, your pretty necklace (After The Rain Has Fallen; performing artist: Sting)
Movie/TV Titles	The Loon's Necklace (1949) Her Mother's Necklace (1914) Mrs. Carter's Necklace (1912) The Lost Necklace (1911) Lady Beaulay's Necklace (1911)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	A Necklace of Raindrops: And Other Stories (reference) Lady Catherine's Necklace (reference) The Affair of the Necklace (reference) The Necklace and Other Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) (reference) The Queen's Necklace (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Emerald Necklace (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	The silver bracelet, the gold necklace. Credit: Library of Congress.		Indian princess presenting a necklace of pearls to de Soto / J.W. Orr, N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Eleanor Robson Belmont, half-length portrait with necklace. Credit: Library of Congress.		Opal necklace belonging to Miss Hazen. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Bust view of woman wearing treble clef headpiece, yellow dress, and red necklace. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Gambia	Mansaray reported that three policemen bruised his body, tore his trousers, and smashed his watch, necklace, and mobile telephone. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Necklace" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.33% of the time. "Necklace" is used about 239 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	98.33%	235	19,568
Lexical Verb (base form)	0.84%	2	245,945
Noun (proper)	0.84%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	239	N/A

Expressions using "necklace": coral necklace ♦ necklace mike ♦ necklace poplar ♦ necklace tree ♦ pearl necklace. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "necklace"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		lak (halter, lasso, loop, mesh, noose, slipknot, tag, thong, trap), gushore (ruff, ruffle), gjerdan (bandoleer, bandolier, circlet, necklet, string). (various references)

Arabic		‏قلادة (choker, collar, pendant), ‏عقد قلادة (collar). (various references)

Asturian		collar. (various references)

Bemba		ubulungu. (various references)

Blackfoot		iksstosoohkinn. (various references)

Bulgarian		колие, гердан (collar), огърлица (beads, chaplet, choker, necklet). (various references)

Cebuano		kwentas. (various references)

Chamorro		lisayu. (various references)

Chinese		项链, 項鍊 , 瓔 . (various references)

Cornish		kelghen. (various references)

Czech		náhrdelník. (various references)

Danish		halskaede. (various references)

Dutch		halssnoer, snoer (conductor, conduit, cord, line, rope, string), halsketting (collar), collier. (various references)

Ecuadorian Quechua		huallca. (various references)

Esperanto		koliero, kolĉeno. (various references)

Faeroese		hálsband. (various references)

Farsi		گردن بند (Collar). (various references)

Finnish		kaulanauha (necklet), kaulakoru, kaulainen. (various references)

French		collier (necklet). (various references)

Frisian		halskeatling. (various references)

German		halskette (chain, necklaces, necklet), halsband (callar, choker, collar, neckband), kollier (necklet). (various references)

Greek		κολιέ, περιδέραιο (beads). (various references)

Hebrew		מחרוזת (necklet), שרשרת (catenary, chain, cordon, fetter, track), חלי (ornament), רביד (chain), צוארון (collar, neck). (various references)

Hungarian		nyaklánc (collar, neck chain, torque). (various references)

Indonesian		kalung. (various references)

Inuktitut		ujamik. (various references)

Italian		collana (collar, necklet, series). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		首輪　 (choker), 首輪 (choker), 首飾り , 頸輪 (collar), ネオン管 (bottleneck, drip-dry, import restriction list, Is it so?, nack chain, Nebraska, neck, neckerchief, necking, neckline, necktie, necktie pin, necrophilia, necrophobia, nector, negative, negative color, neglect, negligee, negotiation, Nelson, neon tube, nepenta, nephron, nephrosis, nepotism, Neptune, neptunium, Nescafe, -ness, nest, nest table, nesting, Nestle, net, net ball, Net citizen, net in, net play, net price, net score, netball falling in, netizen, net-mask, nettopology, network, network administration, networker, networking, Nevada, Never give up!, Never happen, Never mind, next, no carbon, no-iron, permanent snowpatch, Really?, several tables inside each other, tie, wash and wear). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ネックレス , くびかざり (a choker, a necklace), くびわ (choker, collar). (various references)

Kongo		nsanga. (various references)

Korean		목걸이. (various references)

Macedonian		ogrlica. (various references)

Manx		jesheen wannalagh. (various references)

Maori		hei. (various references)

Mohawk		ennihtyakstha. (various references)

Pig Latin		ecklacenay.(various references)

Polish		naszyjnik, kolia. (various references)

Portuguese		colar (affix, attach, beads, bind, bung, chain, collar, collate, crib, glue, gum, paste, stick). (various references)

Provencal		colar. (various references)

Romanian		salbã (chain, row), lanţ ce se poartã la gât (necklet), cravatã (choker, cravat, neckcloth, neckerchief, necktie, neck-tie, overlay, scarf, tie), colier (chaplet, necklet). (various references)

Romansch		culauna. (various references)

Romany		miriklè (beads). (various references)

Ruanda		umugufu. (various references)

Russian		ожерелье (gorget, necklet, riviere, rivulet). (various references)

Samoan		ula (lobster). (various references)

Sepedi		pheta. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		ogrlica (gorget, neckband, necklet, ouch), lančić (chainlet). (various references)

Spanish		collar (beads, collar, dog collar, hackles, rope, string of beads). (various references)

Sranan		ketin (chain), keti (chain). (various references)

Swazi		úm-gâco. (various references)

Swedish		halsband (collar, rope). (various references)

Thai		สร้อยคอ. (various references)

Turkish		kolye, gerdanlık (choker, neckband). (various references)

Turkmen		monjuk (beads). (various references)

Ukrainian		хомут (collar, yoke), кольє, охоплювати намистом, нанизувати намисто, намисто (chaplet, circlet, gorget), петля (button hole, kink, loop, noose, ply, stitch, tag, twitch). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Sumerian	3100 BCE-2500 BCE	dur. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	camo, camum, camus, chamos, collare, monili, monilia, monilibus, monilium, torquem, torques. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Genesis Chapter 38, Verse 25
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Auth de agomenh apesteilen proV ton penqeron authV legousa ek tou anqrwpou tinoV tauta estin egw en gastri ecw kai eipen epignwqi tinoV o daktulioV kai o ormiskoV kai h rabdoV auth
Latin	405	Vulgate	Quae cum educeretur ad poenam misit ad socerum suum dicens de viro cuius haec sunt concepi cognosce cuius sit anulus et armilla et baculus
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And when they brought her forth she sent to her father in lawe saynge: by the ma vnto whome these thinges pertayne am I with childe. And sayd also: loke whose are this seall necklace and staffe.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, By the man whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And while she was being taken out, she sent word to her father-in-law, saying, The man whose property these things are, is the father of my child: say then, whose are this ring and this cord and this stick?
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Genesis Chapter 38, Verse 25
Cebuano	Sa gipaatubang na siya nagsugo siya sa pag-ingon sa iyang ugangan nga lalake. Sa lalake nga tag-iya niining mga butanga nanamkon ako: ug miingon pa siya: Ilha, nagapakilooy ako, kang kinsa kining mga butanga, ang singsing, ug ang baklaw, ug ang sungkod.
Chinese	他瑪被拉出來的時候、便打發人去見他公公、對他說、這些東西是誰的、我就是從誰懷的孕、請你認一認、這印、和帶子、並杖、都是誰的。
Croatian	Dok su je izvodili, ona poruèi svekru: "Zaèela sam po èovjeku èije je ovo." Još doda: "Vidi èiji je ovaj peèatnjak o vrpci i ovaj štap!"
Danish	Men da hun førtes ud, sendte hun Bud til sin Svigerfader og lod sige: "Jeg er blevet frugtsommelig ved den Mand, som ejer disse Ting." Og hun lod sige: "Se dog efter, hvem der ejer denne Ring, denne Snor og denne Stav!"
Dutch	Als zij voorgebracht werd, schikte zij tot haar schoonvader, om te zeggen: Bij den man, wiens deze dingen zijn, ben ik zwanger; en zij zeide: Beken toch, wiens deze zegelring, en deze snoeren, en deze staf zijn.
Finnish	Mutta kun häntä vietiin, lähetti hän sanan apelleen sanoen: "Minä olen raskaana siitä miehestä, jonka nämä ovat". Ja hän käski sanoa: "Tarkasta, kenen tämä sinetti, nämä nauhat ja tämä sauva ovat".
French	Comme on l`amenait dehors, elle fit dire à son beau-père: C`est de l`homme à qui ces choses appartiennent que je suis enceinte; reconnais, je te prie, à qui sont ce cachet, ces cordons et ce bâton.
German	Und da man sie hervorbrachte, schickte sie zu ihrem Schwiegervater und sprach: Von dem Mann bin ich schwanger, des dies ist. Und sprach: Kennst du auch, wes dieser Ring und diese Schnur und dieser Stab ist?
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Sementara Tamar dibawa keluar, ia mengirimkan pesan kepada ayah mertuanya, katanya, "Aku telah dihamili oleh orang yang memiliki benda-benda ini. Periksalah siapa pemilik stempel dengan talinya dan tongkat ini."
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Sementara dibawa oranglah akan dia, maka disuruh perempuan itu akan orang pergi mendapatkan mentuanya serta mengatakan: Adapun hal aku mengandung ini, yaitu dengan orang yang empunya barang-barang ini. Maka kata pula perempuan itu: Periksalah kiranya siapakah yang empunya cincin meterai dan cindai dan tongkat ini?
Maori	A, ka kawea ia ki waho, ka tono tangata ia ki tona hungawai, ka mea, Na te tangata nana enei mea toku hapu: i mea ano ia, Tena, tirohia, na wai enei, te hiri nei, me nga tau, me te tokotoko.
Norwegian	Men da hun blev ført ut, sendte hun bud til sin svigerfar og lot si: Det er med den mann som eier disse ting, jeg er blitt fruktsommelig. Og hun sa: Se efter hvem som eier dette signet og disse snorer og denne stav!
Portuguese	Quando ela estava sendo tirada para fora, mandou dizer a seu sogro: Do homem a quem pertencem estas coisas eu concebi. Disse mais: Reconhece, peço-te, de quem são estes, o selo com o cordão, e o cajado.
Rumanian	Dupq ce au scos -o afarq, ea a trimes sq spunq socrului squ: ,,Dela omul acela, ale cui sknt lucrurile acestea, am rqmas eu knsqrcinatq; vezi, te rog, al cui este inelul acesta, lanyurile acestea, wi toiagul acesta.``
Swedish	Men när hon fördes ut, sände hon bud till sin svärfader och lät säga: "Genom en man som är ägare till detta har jag blivit havande." Och hon lät säga: "Se efter, vem denna signetring, dessa snodder och denna stav tillhöra."
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "necklace": necklaces. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Necklace" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Naccache, nechlace, necklaced, necklike. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "necklace" (pronounced ne"klus)
5	-e" k l u s	feckless, reckless.
4	-k l u s	backless, luckless, riskless, smokeless, thankless.
3	-l u s	accomplice, acropolis, ageless, aimless, airless, Amaryllis, anomalous, atlas, bacillus, balas, baseless, blameless, bloodless, bolus, boneless, bottomless, boundless, brainless, breathless, calculus, callous, callus, careless, Carolus, cashless, ceaseless, childless, classless, cloudless, clueless, Colas, colorless, cordless, countless, cutlass, defenseless, digitalis, directionless, doubtless, driverless, ductless, earless, effortless, endless, expressionless, eyeless, fabulous, faceless, fatherless, fearless, featherless, featureless, fellas, fenceless, flawless, flightless, frictionless, frivolous, fruitless, Gallus, garrulous, gladiolus, godless, graceless, groundless, guileless, guiltless, hairless, hapless, harmless, headless, heartless, helpless, homeless, hopeless, hornless, humorless, incredulous, irregardless, issueless, jealous, jobless, keyless, lactobacillus, landless, lawless, leaderless, leafless, legless, libelous, lifeless, limbless, limitless, listless, loveless, malice, marvelous, meaningless, meatless, megalopolis, merciless, meticulous, metropolis, mindless, miraculous, motherless, motionless, nameless, nautilus, nebulous, necropolis, needless, odorless, overzealous, Oxalis, painless, palace, paperless, peerless, pendulous, penniless, perilous, pilotless, pitiless, pointless, polis, populace, populous, powerless, priceless, prothallus, purposeless, querulous, regardless, relentless, remorseless, restless, ridiculous, rootless, rudderless, ruthless, scandalous, scoreless, scrupulous, scurrilous, seamless, selfless, senseless, sexless, shameless, shapeless, shiftless, skinless, sleepless, sleeveless, solace, soulless, speechless, spineless, spotless, stainless, stateless, stimulus, stylus, surplus, syphilis, tantalus, tasteless, thoughtless, ticketless, tieless, timeless, tireless, toothless, topless, treeless, trellis, tremulous, unscrupulous, useless, valueless, victimless, voiceless, warrantless, weightless, windlass, windowless, wireless, witless, wordless, worthless, zealous, zipless.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-e-k-l-n"
	-1 letter: cenacle.
	-2 letters: alkene, cackle, cancel, enlace.
	-3 letters: ackee, akene, anele, ankle, cecal, clack, clank, clean, cleek, kneel, lance.
	-4 letters: acne, akee, alec, alee, cake, calk, cane, ceca, clan, elan, kale, kane, keel, keen, knee, lace, lack, lake, lane, lank, leak, lean, leek, leke, neck.
	-5 letters: ace, ale, ane, can, cee, cel, eel, eke, elk, kae.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-e-k-l-n"
	+1 letter: necklaces.
	+3 letters: uncheckable.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
necklace	1,997	turquoise necklace	94
pearl necklace	580	tiffany necklace	93
diamond necklace	429	shell necklace	80
glow necklace	336	hemp necklace pattern	78
hemp necklace	309	horseshoe necklace	75
make hemp necklace	264	puka shell necklace	72
gold necklace	246	name plate necklace	71
silver necklace	220	omega necklace	69
bead necklace	206	choker necklace	67
dragonfly necklace	162	the necklace	66
instructions for hemp necklace	158	necklace charm	65
necklace for man	154	coral necklace	61
beaded necklace	143	heart necklace	59
cross necklace	142	swarovski crystal necklace	55
sterling silver necklace	139	platinum necklace	55
making hemp necklace	137	leather necklace	55
crystal necklace	116	lariat necklace	50
id necklace	108	amber necklace	50
name necklace	104	glow in the dark necklace	50
white gold necklace	99	titanic necklace	45
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.


"Necklace 02" by Jessica Poli Commentary: "Through a necklace."	"Necklace" by Emma Payne Commentary: "Necklace."
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Necklace

Definition: Necklace

Necklace

Noun

Specialty Definition: Necklace

Specialty Definition: Necklace

Synonyms within Context: Necklace

Circularity

Jewelry

Crosswords: Necklace

Modern Usage: Necklace

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Non-Fiction Usage: Necklace

Usage Frequency: Necklace

Expressions: Necklace

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Necklace

Modern Translation: Necklace

Albanian

Arabic

Asturian

Bemba

Blackfoot

Bulgarian

Cebuano

Chamorro

Chinese

Cornish

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Ecuadorian Quechua

Esperanto

Faeroese

Farsi

Finnish

French

Frisian

German

Greek

Hebrew

Hungarian

Indonesian

Inuktitut

Italian

Japanese Kanji

Japanese Katakana

Kongo

Korean

Macedonian

Manx

Maori

Mohawk

Pig Latin

Polish

Portuguese

Provencal

Romanian

Romansch

Romany

Ruanda

Russian

Samoan

Sepedi

Serbo-Croatian

Spanish

Sranan

Swazi

Swedish

Thai

Photos:
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