armrest

English

Armrests.

Etymology

From arm +‎ rest.

Pronunciation

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Noun

armrest (plural armrests)

1. Part of the seat of a chair that is designed to support the arm.
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Alternative forms

• arm rest

Related terms

• backrest
• bookrest
• footrest
• handrest
• headrest
• palmrest

 

Translations

part of a seat

• Arabic: مِرْفَق (ar) m (mirfaq)
• Belarusian: падлако́тнік m (padlakótnik)
• Catalan: reposabraços m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 椅子上的扶手 (yǐzi shàng de fúshǒu), 肘靠 (zhǒukào)

• Danish: armlæn (da) n
• Dutch: armleuning (nl)
• Esperanto: brakapogilo
• Finnish: käsinoja (fi)
• French: accoudoir (fr) m, accotoir (fr) m
• Galician: repousabrazos m
• German: Armlehne (de) f
• Greek: αποκούμπι (el) n (apokoúmpi)
• Italian: bracciolo (it)
• Japanese: 肘掛け (ja) (ひじかけ, hijikake)
• Korean: 팔걸이 (palgeori)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: armlene n

  Nynorsk: armlene n

• Polish: podłokietnik (pl) m
• Portuguese: braço (pt) m
• Russian: подлоко́тник (ru) m (podlokótnik)
• Spanish: reposabrazos m
• Swedish: armstöd (sv) n
• Thai: เท้าแขน (th) (táao-kɛ̌ɛn)
• Ukrainian: підлокі́тник m (pidlokítnyk)
• Volapük: bradastutöm

See also

• armchair
• footstool

 

Further reading

• armrest on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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