armful

English

Etymology

From arm +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑː(r)mfʊl/

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Noun

armful (plural armfuls or armsful)

1. The amount an arm or arms can hold.

Translations

amount an arm or arms can hold

• Azerbaijani: qucaq
• Belarusian: бярэ́мя n (bjarémja)
• Bulgarian: наръч (bg) (narǎč), хватка (bg) (hvatka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 抱 (zh) (bào), (an armful of) 滿懷的, 满怀的 (mǎnhuái de)

• Dutch: armvol (nl) m
• Estonian: sületäis
• Finnish: sylillinen (fi), sylys (fi)
• French: brassée (fr) f
• German: Armvoll (de) m
• Ido: brakiedo (io)
• Interlingue:
• Irish: uchtán m, uchtóg f
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• Italian: bracciata (it) f
• Mongolian: тэвэр (mn) (tever)
• Norman: brachie f
• Polish: naręcze (pl) n
• Portuguese: braçada (pt) f
• Russian: оха́пка (ru) f (oxápka), бере́мя (ru) n (berémja) (archaic)
• Scottish Gaelic: ultach m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: łono n

• Spanish: brazado (es) m
• Tagalog: galawad
• Ukrainian: обере́мок m (oberémok)

References

• “armful”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• fulmar