Image:Necklace_and_pendant.jpg|thumb|right|A necklace consisting of a chain with a [[pendant.]]

English

Pronunciation

• (US)
  • IPA: /ˈnɛklɪs/

Noun

1. An article of jewelry/jewellery that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.
2. Anything resembling a necklace in shape.
3. : a necklace of coral islands

Translations

• Basque: lepoko, iduneko
• Bosnian: đerdan#Bosnian|đerdan , ogrlica#Bosnian|ogrlica
• Chinese: 首飾, 首饰 (shǒushì); 項鏈, 项链 (xiàngliàn)
• Estonian: kaelakee
• Finnish: kaulakoru
• French: collier#French|collier
• German: Halskette
• Hungarian: nyaklánc
• Italian: collana
• Japanese: ネックレス (nekkuresu), 首飾り (kubi-kazari)
• Korean: 목걸이 (mok-geori)
• Kurdish:
• Latin: monile

• Maltese: ġiżirana , kullana
• Norwegian: halsbånd
• Persian: (gardan band)
• Portuguese: colar
• Serbian:
• : Cyrillic: огрлица#Serbian|огрлица , ђердан#Serbian|ђердан
• : Roman: ogrlica#Serbian|ogrlica , đerdan#Serbian|đerdan
• Spanish: collar#Spanish|collar
• Swahili: kidani (nc 7/8)
• Swedish: halsband
• Turkish: gerdanlık, kolye
• Vietnamese: chuỗi hạt

• Swedish: pärlband

Verb

1. (South African) A method of informal execution in which a rubber tyre is filled with petrol, placed around the victim's neck, and set on fire.
2. * May 29 2003: The Star:
3. *: Frustrated residents tied the hands of two suspected criminals, put tyres around their necks and then set them alight. In a manifestation of growing disillusionment with the criminal justice system, residents of Bramfischerville, west of Johannesburg, on Tuesday abducted and necklaced two suspected burglars.
4. * 2002 Buthelezi: A Biography by Ben Temkin
5. *: Inkatha members have been hacked to death and necklaced, and their houses have been destroyed
6. * 2000 Beyond Our Wildest Dreams: The United Democratic Front and the Transformation of South Africa by Ineke Van Kessel
7. *: The first instance of necklacing occurred in March 1985 in the Eastern Cape township of KwaNobuhle.

Adjective

necklace (no or )

1. (South African) Describing a method of murder.
2. * 4 August, 2004 Headline Pretoria News: Necklacing: 7 held.
3. *: Seven people have been arrested in connection with Saturday's "necklace" murder of three men in the Tjokville informal settlement at Jeffrey's Bay.
4. * 2000 Beyond Our Wildest Dreams: The United Democratic Front and the Transformation of South Africa by Ineke Van Kessel
5. *: Several of the alledged witches in Apel and GaNkaone were also subjected to a necklace execution
6. * 2004 A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Woman Confronts the Legacy of Apartheid by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
7. *: In the fluidly unfolding events of a necklace murder, was there time and space to stop the killing?

Derived terms

• necklacing
• pearl necklace

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