forearm

English

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/

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  • (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, lower arm
• (part of a weapon): forestock, handguard

Coordinate terms

• (part of the arm): brachium, upper arm, aftarm

Derived terms

• forearm bone
• forearm crutch
• forearm jerk
• forearm smash

 

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
• 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)
• Lao: ແຂນ (lo) (khǣn)
• Latin: antebrachium n
• Latvian: apakšdelms m
• Lithuanian: dilbis
• Malay: lengan bawah, ruas siku
• Maori: kikowhiti, tāhau, tātāhau, tāhau o te ringa
• 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)
• 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
• 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

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)

1. (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.