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.

Synonyms

• antebrachium

Translations

part of the arm

• Arabic: ساعد (ar) (sāʕid) m

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

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

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

• Coptic: ⲙⲁϩⲓ (mahi) m, ϫⲫⲟⲓ (ʔd͡ʒoi) m, ϭⲛⲁϩ (šnah, chnah) m, ϭⲛⲁⲩϩ (šnawh, chnafh) pl
• Czech: předloktí (cs) 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 (ja) (まえうで, maeude; ぜんわん, zenwan), 前膊 (ja) (ぜんぱく, zenpaku)
• Korean: 팔뚝 (ko) (palttuk)
• Latvian: apakšdelms (lv) m
• Malay: lengan bawah (ms), ruas siku (ms)
• Maori: kikowhiti (mi)
• Ottoman Turkish: ساعد (sâ'yd), سواعد (sewâyd) pl
• Polish: przedramię (pl) n
• Portuguese: antebraço (pt) m
• Russian: предплечье (ru) (predpléč’je) n
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: долактица (sh) f, подлактица (sh) f

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

• Spanish: antebrazo (es) m
• Swedish: underarm (sv) c
• Telugu: ముంజేయి (te) (munjEyi)
• Turkish: önkol (tr)

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.