forearm

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Forearm

Etymology

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

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: ساعد m (sāʕid), ذِراع m (ḏirāʕ)

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

  Moroccan Arabic: دْراع m (dræʕ)

• Armenian: նախաբազուկ (naxabazuk)
• Catalan: avantbraç m
• Chinese:

  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
• German: Unterarm (de) m
• Hungarian: alkar (hu)
• Irish: rí (ga) f
• Italian: avambraccio (it) m

• Japanese: 前腕 (まえうで, maeude; ぜんわん, zenwan), 前膊 (ぜんぱく, zenpaku)
• Korean: 팔뚝 (ko) (palttuk)
• Latvian: apakšdelms m
• Malay: lengan bawah, ruas siku
• Maori: kikowhiti, tāhau, tātāhau, tāhau o te ringa
• Navajo: agąąlóóʼ
• Ottoman Turkish: ساعد (sâ'yd), سواعد pl (sewâyd)
• Polish: przedramię (pl) n
• Portuguese: antebraço (pt) m
• Romanian: antebraț (ro)
• Russian: предплечье (ru) n (predpléč’je)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: долактица f, подлактица f

  Roman: dolaktica f, podlaktica f

• Spanish: antebrazo m
• Swedish: underarm (sv) c
• 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.