forearm

English

Forearm

Etymology

From fore- +‎ arm. Compare Dutch voorarm (“forearm”), Danish forarm (“forearm”), Swedish förarm (“forearm”), German Vorderarm (“forearm”).

Pronunciation

• (General American)
  • (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹˌɑɹm/
  • (verb) IPA^(key): /ˌfɔɹˈɑɹm/

Noun

forearm (plural forearms)

1. The part of the arm between the wrist and the elbow.
2. (firearms) A section of the weapon between the receiver and the muzzle, used to hold the firearm steady.

Synonyms

• (part of the arm): antebrachium, lower arm
• (part of a weapon): forestock, handguard

Coordinate terms

• (part of the arm): brachium, upper arm

Translations

part of the arm

• Afrikaans: onderarm (af)
• Arabic: سَاعِد‎‎ (ar) m (sāʿid)

  Egyptian Arabic: (official) ساعد‎‎ m (saʕed), (always) دراع‎‎ m (deraaʕ), زند‎‎ m (zend)

  Moroccan Arabic: دْراع‎‎ m (draʿ)

• Armenian: նախաբազուկ (hy) (naxabazuk)
• Basque: besaurre
• Catalan: avantbraç (ca) m
• Central Sierra Miwok: pá·čany-
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 前臂 (cin⁴bei³)

  Mandarin: 前臂 (zh) (qiánbì), 下臂 (zh) (xiàbì)

• Coptic: ⲙⲁϩⲓ m (mahi), ϫⲫⲟⲓ m (jphoi), ϭⲛⲁϩ m (cnah), ϭⲛⲁⲩϩ pl (cnauh)
• Czech: předloktí n
• Dutch: onderarm (nl)
• Finnish: kyynärvarsi (fi)
• French: avant-bras (fr) m
• Georgian: მკლავი (mḳlavi), წინამხარი (c̣inamxari)
• German: Unterarm (de) m, Vorderarm m
• Greek: πήχυς (el) m (píchys)

  Ancient: πῆχυς m (pêkhus)

• Hebrew: אַמָּה‎‎ (he) f ('amá)
• Hungarian: alkar (hu)
• Irish: rí (ga) f
• Italian: avambraccio (it) m
• Japanese: 前腕 (ja) (まえうで, maeude; ぜんわん, zenwan), 前膊 (ja) (ぜんぱく, zenpaku)
• Kazakh: білек (kk) (bilek)
• Korean: 팔뚝 (ko) (palttuk)
• Lao: ແຂນ (lo) (khǣn)
• Latin: antebrachium n
• Latvian: apakšdelms m

• Lithuanian: dilbis
• Malay: lengan bawah, ruas siku
• Maori: kikowhiti, tāhau, tātāhau, tāhau o te ringa
• Navajo: agąąlóóʼ
• Nogai: билек (bilek)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: underarm m

  Nynorsk: underarm m

• Ottoman Turkish: ساعد‎‎ (sâ'yd), سواعد‎‎ pl (sewâyd)
• Persian: ساعد‎‎ (fa) (sā'ed), زنگیچه‎‎ (fa) (zangīče)
• Polish: przedramię (pl) n
• Portuguese: antebraço (pt) m
• Romanian: antebraț (ro)
• Russian: предпле́чье (ru) n (predpléčʹje)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: долактица f, подлактица f

  Roman: dolaktica (sh) f, podlaktica (sh) f

• Slovak: predlaktie
• Southern Altai: кары (karı)
• Spanish: antebrazo (es) m
• Swedish: underarm (sv) c
• Tagalog: takday
• Tashelhit: ⵉⵖⵉⵍ m (ighil)
• Telugu: ముంజేయి (te) (muñjēyi)
• Thai: ปลายแขน (plaai khăen)
• Tibetan: ལག་ངར (lag ngar)
• Turkish: önkol (tr)
• Volapük: donabrad
• Walloon: divant-bresse (wa) m, bresse do dzo m

part of a firearm below and supporting the barrel.

• Maori: karera

Verb

forearm (third-person singular simple present forearms, present participle forearming, simple past and past participle forearmed)

1. (transitive, sometimes figuratively) To arm in preparation.
   • 2013, Peter Marris, Widows and Their Families, page 20:

     But in so far as they were able to forearm themselves against the anxieties of bereavement, the loss may have been that much easier to face.

Usage notes

• This verb is quite rare, except in the participial adjective forearmed, found in the common adage forewarned is forearmed.