locket

See also: Locket

English

Etymology

From French loquet, from a diminutive of Anglo-Norman loc, itself from Old English loc, whence lock.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɒkɪt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑkɪt/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɒkɪt

Noun

locket (plural lockets)

1. A pendant that opens to reveal a space used for storing a photograph or other small item.
2. (archaic) The upper metallic cap of a sword’s scabbard.
3. A small white marking on a cat's coat.

Translations

chained ornament

• Bulgarian: медалион m (medalion)
• Catalan: medalló m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小盒

• Czech: medailon m, medailonek (cs) m
• Dutch: medaillon (nl) n
• Esperanto: medaliono
• Finnish: medaljonki (fi)
• French: médaillon (fr) m
• German: Medaillon (de)
• Hebrew: קופסית קישוט
• Italian: medaglione (it)
• Japanese: ロケット (ja) (roketto)
• Norwegian: medaljong (no) m
• Polish: medalion (pl) m
• Portuguese: medalhão (pt) m
• Russian: медальо́н (ru) (medalʹón)
• Serbo-Croatian: medaljon (sh)
• Spanish: medallón m, guardapelo (es)
• Swedish: medaljong (sv) c
• Tagalog: relikaryo
• Thai: จี้ (th) (jîi)
• Turkish: madalyon (tr)
• Yiddish: אויבל m (oybl)

Further reading

• Swords on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

locket

1. second-person plural subjunctive I of locken

Swedish

Noun

locket

1. definite singular of lock