forearm

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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
• (part of a weapon): forestock, handguard

Translations

part of the arm

• Arabic: سَاعِد (ar) m ‎(sāʿid), ذِرَاع m ‎(ḏirāʿ)

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

  Moroccan Arabic: دْراع m ‎(dræʕ)

• Armenian: նախաբազուկ (hy) ‎(naxabazuk)
• Basque: besaurre
• Catalan: avantbraç (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 前臂 ‎(cin⁴bei³)

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

• Coptic: ⲙⲁϩⲓ m ‎(mahi), ϫⲫⲟⲓ m ‎(ʔd͡ʒoi), ϭⲛⲁϩ m ‎(šnah, chnah), ϭⲛⲁⲩϩ pl ‎(šnawh, chnafh)
• Czech: předloktí n
• Dutch: onderarm (nl)
• Finnish: kyynärvarsi (fi)
• French: avant-bras (fr) m
• Georgian: მკლავი ‎(mḳlavi), წინამხარი ‎(c̣inamxari)
• German: Unterarm (de) 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)

• Korean: 팔뚝 (ko) ‎(palttuk)
• Latin: antebrachium n
• Latvian: apakšdelms m
• 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)
• 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

• Southern Altai: кары ‎(karı)
• Spanish: antebrazo (es) m
• Swedish: underarm (sv) c
• Tagalog: takday
• Telugu: ముంజేయి (te) ‎(muṃjēyi)
• Turkish: önkol (tr)
• Walloon: divant-bresse (wa) m

Verb

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

1. To arm in preparation.

Usage notes

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