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{{also|Bracket|bråcket}}
==English==
{{wikipedia|bracket (disambiguation)}}
{{wikipedia|bracket|bracket (punctuation)}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈbɹækɪt/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-bracket.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ækɪt|s=2}}

===Etymology 1===
From earlier {{m|en|bragget}}, {{m|en|*bracket}}, from {{inh|en|enm|*braget}}, {{m|enm|*braket}} (attested in {{m|enm|braket nail}}), from {{der|en|fro|braguette||the opening in the fore part of a pair of breeches, one's fly}}, a diminutive of {{der|en|fro|brague|t=knickers, britches}}, from {{der|en|pro|braga}}, from {{der|en|la|brāca|t=pants}}, from {{der|en|xtg|*brāca}}, from {{der|en|gem-pro||*brāks}}, an early form of {{der|en|gem-pro|*brōks|t=leggings, breeches, trousers}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}
[[File:Two Views of a Bracket MET DP223353.jpg|thumb|A decorative architectural bracket (sense 1)]]
[[File:Dental braces small.jpg|thumb|Dental braces showing the brackets (sense 2) glued to teeth and supporting the arch wire.]]

# {{senseid|en|item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf}}A [[fixture]] attached to a [[wall]] to hold up a [[shelf]].
# {{lb|en|engineering}} Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2005|title=The Bicycling Guide to Complete Bicycle Maintenance & Repair for Road and Mountain bikes|author=Todd Downs|ISBN=1594863423|passage=To determine if your frame has this bottom '''bracket''' type, look for a notched and possibly knurled lockring on the left side (the side without the chainrings).}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2013|title=An Introduction to Orthodontics|author=Laura Mitchell|page=220|ISBN=0199594716|passage=Not only does the attachment on the tooth surface (called a '''bracket''') allow the tooth to be moved vertically or tilted, but also a force couple can be generated by the interaction between the '''bracket''' and an archwire running through the '''bracket'''.}}
# {{lb|en|nautical}} A short [[crooked]] [[timber]], resembling a [[knee]], used as a [[support]].
# {{lb|en|military}} The [[cheek]] or [[side]] of an [[ordnance]] [[carriage]], supporting the [[trunnion]]s.
# Any of the [[character]]s “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, or the like, used in pairs to enclose [[parenthetic]] remarks, sections of mathematical expressions, etc.
## {{lb|en|UK}} “(” and “)” specifically, the other forms above requiring adjectives for disambiguation.
## {{lb|en|US}} “[” and “]” specifically, as opposed to the other forms, which have their own technical names.
# {{lb|en|sports}} A [[diagram]] of games in a [[tournament]].
# {{lb|en|sports}} A [[prediction]] of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes.
# One of several [[range]]s of [[number]]s.
#: {{co|en|tax '''bracket''', age '''bracket'''}}
# {{lb|en|algebra}} A pair of values that represent the smallest and largest elements of a range.
# {{lb|en|military}} Typically of [[stationary]] weapons, the zone [[enclosed]] by one long and one short shot impact expected to be hit very [[accurately]].
# {{lb|en|typography}} The small curved or angular corner formed by a [[serif]] and a stroke in a letter.
# {{lb|en|land surveying|19th century}} a mark cut into a stone by land surveyors to secure a [[bench]].

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|"(" and ")"}} {{l|en|parentheses}}, {{l|en|parens}}
* {{sense|land surveying}} {{l|en|benchmark}}

=====Hyponyms=====
* See also [[Thesaurus:bracket]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{col-auto|en
|angle bracket
|banana bracket
|birch bracket
|bottom bracket
|bracket buster
|bracket clock
|bracket creep
|bracketer
|bracket fungus
|bracketless| tortoiseshell bracket
|bracketlike
|bracketology
|bracket race
|bracket racer
|bracket racing
|bracketry
|bracketwise
|brackety
|broket
|bulge bracket
|corner bracket
|curly bracket
|curly-bracket language
|diamond bracket
|gas bracket
|hair bracket
|income bracket
|income tax bracket
|Iverson bracket
|left bracket
|lenticular bracket
|multibracket
|pointy bracket
|price bracket
|right bracket
|round bracket
|shelf bracket
|square bracket
|superbracket
|tax bracket
|tortoise shell bracket
|unbracket
}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|item attached to a wall to hold up a shelf}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|подпо́ра|f}}, {{t+|bg|конзо́ла|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|支架}}, {{t+|cmn|托架}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|konzola|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|hyldeknægt|c}}, {{t|da|hyldebærer|c}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|krampo}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|hyllynkannatin}}, {{t+|fi|kannatin}}, {{t+|fi|pidin}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|cachorro}}, {{t|gl|canzorro}}
* German: {{t+|de|Winkel|m}}, {{t+|de|Träger|m}}, {{t+|de|Konsole|f}}, {{t+|de|Böckchen|n}}, {{t|de|Winkelstück|n}}, {{t+|de|Halter|m}}, {{t+|de|Halterung|f}}, {{t+|de|Ständer|m}}, {{t+|de|Bügel|m}}, {{t|de|Haltewinkel|m}}, {{t|de|Winkelkonsole|f}}, {{t|de|Befestigungswinkel|m}}, {{t+|de|Arm|m}}, {{t+|de|Ausleger|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|υποστήριγμα|n}}, {{t|el|κομβοέλασμα|n}}, {{t+|el|υπέρεισμα|n}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|कोष्ठक|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|falikar}}, {{t+|hu|konzol}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|brac|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|staffa|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|држач|m}}, {{t|mk|потпирач|m}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|hōkai}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|brakett|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|cantoneira|f}}, {{t+|pt|cachorro|m}}, {{t+|pt|consola}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|кронште́йн|m|tr=kronštɛ́jn}}, {{t+|ru|подпо́рка|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|sorchan|m}}
* Sicilian: {{t|scn|staffa|f}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|konzola|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|consola|f}}, {{t+|es|soporte|m}}, {{t+|es|canecillo}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|konsoll|c}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|кронште́йн|m}}
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{{trans-top|engineering: intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|mènsula|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|konsol|c}} {{qualifier|architecture}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kiinnitin}}, {{t+|fi|kannatin}}, {{t|fi|kiinnitysrauta}}, {{t+|fi|uloke}}, {{t|fi|kulmalevy}}, {{t+|fi|pidike}}, {{t+|fi|tuki}}, {{t+|fi|hela}}
* German: {{t+|de|Halter|m}}, {{t+|de|Konsole|f}}, {{t+|de|Klammer|f}}, {{t+|de|Träger|m}}, {{t+|de|Lasche|f}}, {{t|de|Rastwinkel|m}}, {{t|de|Bracket|n}}, {{t|de|Winkelstück|n}}, {{t+|de|Leiste|f}}, {{t+|de|Kloben|m}}, {{t+|de|Anschlagwinkel|m}}, {{t|de|Überwurfklammer|f}}, {{t+|de|Bügel|m}}, {{t+|de|Arm|m}}, {{t+|de|Hülse|f}}, {{t|de|Anschlusswinkel|m}}, {{t|de|Verbindungswinkel|m}}, {{t+|de|Lager|n}}, {{t+|de|Winkel|m}}, {{t+|de|Öse|n}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|brakett|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|suporte|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|ménsula|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|nautical: short crooked timber}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pukki}}
* German: {{t+|de|Ständer|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|military: side of an ordnance carriage}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|sivulevy}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|generically any of “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, etc.}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|kllapë|f}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|قَوْس|m}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|փակագիծ}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|йәйә}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|ду́жка|f}}, {{t|be|ско́бка|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|ско́ба|f}}, {{t|bg|ско́бка|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|括號}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|závorka|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|parentes|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|haakje|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|krampo}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|klombur|n-p}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|sulje}}, {{t+|fi|sulku}}, {{t+|fi|sulkumerkki}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ფრჩხილები}}
* German: {{t+|de|Klammer|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|παρένθεση|f}}, {{t+|el|αγκύλη|f}}, {{t+|el|άγκιστρο|n}}, {{t+|el|γωνιώδης αγκύλη|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|zárójel}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|lúibín|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|parentesi|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|括弧|tr=かっこ, kakko}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|괄호(括弧)}}
* Kumyk: {{t|kum|жая|tr=jaya}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|заграда|f}}
* Manx: {{t|gv|lhoobeen|m}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|хаалт}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|crotchet|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|nawias|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|parêntese|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ско́бка|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|camag|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|zagrada|f}}
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|за̑града|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|zȃgrada|f}}
* Sinhalese: {{t|si|වරහන්}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|zátvorka|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|oklepáj|m}}
* Sorbian:
*: Upper Sorbian: {{t+|hsb|spinka|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|parentes|c}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|ayraç}}, {{t+|tr|parantez}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|ду́жка|f}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|dấu ngoặc đơn}}
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{{trans-see|round bracket}}

{{trans-see|square bracket}}

{{trans-top|sport: diagram of games in a tournament}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|схе́ма|f}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|stromeček|m}}
* German: {{t|de|Turnierbaum|m}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|ottelujärjestys}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ομάδα|f}}, {{t+|el|κατηγορία|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|tabela|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|sport: prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|pudotuspeliennuste}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|one of several ranges of numbers}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|等級}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|interval|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|luokka}}
* German: {{t+|de|Gruppe|f}}, {{t+|de|Stufe|f}}, {{t+|de|Klasse|f}}, {{t+|de|Intervall|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|escalão|m}}, {{t+|pt|intervalo|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|intervall|n}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|military: endangered region between two shot impacts}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|haarukka}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Ido: {{t+check|io|traverseto}}
* Romanian: {{t+check|ro|paranteză|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

=====See also=====
{{list:punctuation/en}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# To support by means of mechanical brackets.
# To enclose in typographical brackets.
# To [[bound]] on both sides, to [[surround]], as [[enclose|enclosing]] with brackets.
# To place in the same [[category]].
#: {{ux|en|Because they didn’t have enough young boys for two full teams, they '''bracketed''' the seven-year-olds with the eight-year-olds.}}
#* {{RQ:Doyle Land of Mist|chapter=9|page=158|passage=Some villain who knows nothing about it comes into it for money and so the labours of honest mediums get discounted. The public very naturally '''brackets''' them all together.}}
# To [[mark]] [[distinctly]] for special treatment.
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Erving Goffman|page=292|author=Tom Burns|year=1992|passage=Next, since so much social activity is defined by being '''bracketed''' out of the world of ongoing events, it becomes possible that outside such '''bracketed''' episodes, {{...}} people are — especially beforehand, but also afterwards — to some extent "out of role", and so off their guard.}}
# To [[set aside]], [[discount]], [[ignore]].
#* '''2009''', Michael Erard, “[https://web.archive.org/web/20090820071006/http://www.searchmagazine.org/July-August%202009/full-linguistsbible.html Holy Grammar, Inc.]”, in ''Search Magazine'', July–August 2009:
#*: SIL got access to academic legitimacy; linguists '''bracketed''' the evangelical engine that drives SIL because they got access to data and tools.
# {{lb|en|military}} To [[gauge]] the [[range]] of a [[target]] by firing equally short and long of it and [[ranging]] the weapon between the two to [[achieve]] a very [[accurate]] hit.
# {{lb|en|photography}} To take [[multiple]] images of the same subject, using a range of [[exposure]] settings, in order to help ensure that a satisfactory image is obtained.
# {{lb|en|philosophy|phenomenology}} In the philosophical system of [[w:Edmund Husserl|Edmund Husserl]] and his followers, to set aside [[metaphysical]] theories and [[existential]] questions concerning what is real in order to focus philosophical attention simply on the [[actual]] [[content]] of experience.

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|слагам в скоби}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[panna]] [[hakasulje|hakasulkeisiin]]}}, {{t|fi|[[panna]] [[hakasulku]]ihin}} {{qualifier|[ ... ]}}, {{t|fi|[[panna]] [[sulku]]ihin}}, {{t|fi|[[panna]] [[sulje|sulkeisiin]]}} {{qualifier|general}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|accerchiare}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to photograph at multiple exposure levels}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|haarukoida}}
* German: {{t|de|Belichtungsreihe|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 2===

====Noun====
{{en-noun|-}}

# {{alt form|en|bragget||drink made with ale and honey}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=abcekrt|betrack}}

{{cln|en|terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰreg-}}
{{C|en|Artillery}}

==Spanish==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|es|bráket}}
* {{alt|es|bráquet}}

===Etymology===
{{pseudo-loan|es|en|bracket}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr|bráquet}}

===Noun===
{{es-noun|m}}

# {{lb|es|in the plural|orthodontics}} [[braces]] {{gloss|a device worn on the teeth to straighten them}}
#: {{synonyms|es|aparatos|aparatos dentales|frenos|frenillo}}
# {{l|en|bracket}} {{gloss|diagram representing the sequence of games in a sports tournament}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:es:DRAE}}
* [https://www.fundeu.es/consulta/bracket/ bracket | FundéuRAE (fundeu.es)]

{{C|es|Sports}}