English

Pronunciation
(US)
*IPA|/�n�klɪs/
*SAMPA|/"nEklIs/

Noun
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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. figuratively Anything resembling a necklace in shape.

#:a necklace of coral islands

Translations
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Basque: lepoko, iduneko
Bosnian: �erdan#Bosnian|�erdan m, ogrlica#Bosnian|ogrlica f
Chinese: �飾, �饰 (sh�ushì); ��, 项� (xiàngliàn)
Estonian: kaelakee
Finnish: kaulakoru
French: collier#French|collier m
German: Halskette f
Hungarian: nyaklánc
Italian: collana f
Japanese: ����� (nekkuresu), �飾� (kubi-kazari)
Korean: 목걸� (mok-geori)
Kurdish KUchar|���ا�ک��
Latin: monile
Maltese: ġiżirana f, kullana f
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Norwegian: halsbånd n
Persian: FAchar|گرد� ب�د (gardan band)
Portuguese: colar m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ог�ли�а#Serbian|ог�ли�а f, �е�дан#Serbian|�е�дан m
:Roman: ogrlica#Serbian|ogrlica f, �erdan#Serbian|�erdan m
Spanish: collar#Spanish|collar m
Swahili: kidani (nc 7/8)
Swedish: halsband n
Turkish: gerdanlık, kolye
Vietnamese: chu�i hạt
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trans-top|figurative: anything resembling a necklace in shape
Swedish: pärlband n
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trans-top|method of execution
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Verb
en-verb|necklac|ing

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.

#*May 29 2003: The Star:
#*: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.
#*2002 Buthelezi: A Biography by Ben Temkin
#*:Inkatha members have been hacked to death and necklaced, and their houses have been destroyed
#*2000 Beyond Our Wildest Dreams: The United Democratic Front and the Transformation of South Africa by Ineke Van Kessel
#*:The first instance of necklacing occurred in March 1985 in the Eastern Cape township of KwaNobuhle?.

Adjective
necklace (no compar or superl)

1. (South African) Describing a method of murder.

#*4 August, 2004 Headline Pretoria News: Necklacing: 7 held.
#*:Seven people have been arrested in connection with Saturday's "necklace" murder of three men in the Tjokville informal settlement at Jeffrey's Bay.
#*2000 Beyond Our Wildest Dreams: The United Democratic Front and the Transformation of South Africa by Ineke Van Kessel
#*:Several of the alledged witches in Apel and GaNkaone? were also subjected to a necklace execution
#*2004 A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Woman Confronts the Legacy of Apartheid by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
#*: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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Category:South African English

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