forearm

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forearm

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation)
- (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːˌɹɑːm/
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- (verb) IPA^(key): /ˌfɔːˈɹɑːm/
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(General American)
- (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹˌɑɹm/
  - Audio (New Mexico): (file)
- (verb) IPA^(key): /ˌfɔɹˈɑɹm/

Noun

forearm (plural forearms)

(anatomy) The part of the arm between the wrist and the elbow.
(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, aftarm

Derived terms

Translations

part of the arm

Afrikaans: onderarm (af), voorarm
Albanian: parakrah (sq) m
Aleut: tulax̂
Arabic: سَاعِد (ar) m (sāʕid)
Egyptian Arabic: ساعد m (saʕed), دراع m (derāʕ), زند m (zend)

Moroccan Arabic: دراع m (drāʕ)
Armenian: նախաբազուկ (hy) (naxabazuk)
Basque: besaurre
Bikol Central: takyag (bcl)
Breton: arvrec'h f
Bulgarian: предми́шница f (predmíšnica)
Catalan: avantbraç (ca) m
Central Sierra Miwok: pá·čany-
Chinese:
Cantonese: 前臂 (cin⁴ bei³)

Mandarin: 前臂 (zh) (qiánbì), 下臂 (zh) (xiàbì)
Classical Nahuatl: matzotzopaztli
Coptic: ⲙⲁϩⲓ m (mahi), ϫⲫⲟⲓ m (čphoi), ϭⲛⲁϩ m (cnah), ϭⲛⲁⲩϩ pl (cnauh)
Czech: předloktí (cs) n
Danish: underarm (da) c
Dutch: onderarm (nl)
Egyptian:

(mḥ)
Faroese: undirarmur
Finnish: kyynärvarsi (fi)
French: avant-bras (fr) m
Georgian: მკლავი (mḳlavi), წინამხარი (c̣inamxari)
German: Unterarm (de) m, Vorderarm m
Greek: πήχυς m (píchys)
Ancient: πῆχυς m (pêkhus)
Greenlandic: assaat
Hebrew: אַמָּה (he) f ('amá)
Hungarian: alkar (hu)
Icelandic: framhandleggur (is) m
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 (bılek)
Korean: 팔뚝 (ko) (palttuk), 아래팔 (araepal), 하박 (habak), 전완 (jeonwan)
Lao: ແຂນ (lo) (khǣn)
Latin: antebrachium n
Latvian: apakšdelms m
Lithuanian: dilbis
Macedonian: подлактица f (podlaktica)
Malay: lengan bawah (ms), ruas siku
Maori: kikowhiti, tāhau, tātāhau, tāhau o te ringa
Marathi: पोटरी (poṭrī)
Mari:
Eastern Mari: кынер (kyńer)

Western Mari: кӹнер (kÿńer)
Navajo: agąąlóóʼ
Nogai: билек (bilek)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: underarm m

Nynorsk: underarm m
Ottoman Turkish: بیلك (bilek), ساعد (sâ'yd)
Persian: ساعد (fa) (sâ'ed), زنگیچه (fa) (zangiče)
Iranian Persian: ارش (fa) (araš) (suggested by Farhangestan)
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 (karï), билек (bilek)
Spanish: antebrazo (es) m
Swedish: underarm (sv) c
Tagalog: takday
Tamil: முன்கை (ta) (muṉkai)
Tashelhit: ⵉⵖⵉⵍ m (iɣil)
Telugu: ముంజేయి (te) (muñjēyi)
Thai: ปลายแขน (bplaai-kɛ̌ɛn)
Tibetan: ལག་ངར (lag ngar)
Turkish: önkol (tr)
Volapük: donabrad
Walloon: divant-bresse (wa) m, bresse do dzo m
Welsh: elin (cy) f, rhagfraich f
West Frisian: ûnderearm
Zazaki: harıs c
Zulu: úmkhôno class 3

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)

(transitive, sometimes figurative) 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.