noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/ˈɑɹmˌɹɛst/
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CMU ARPABET:AA1 R M R EH2 S T
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1
noun
Meaning 1
Part of the seat of a chair that is designed to support the arm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a support for the arm
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rest
Narrower terms: arm
History
Etymology
From arm + rest.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مِرْفَق
(mirfaq)
— part of a seat
Armenian:
արմնկակալ
(armnkakal)
— part of a seat
Belarusian:
падлако́тнік
(padlakótnik)
— part of a seat
Catalan:
reposabraços
— part of a seat
Chinese Mandarin:
椅子上的扶手
(yǐzi shàng de fúshǒu)
— part of a seat
Chinese Mandarin:
肘靠
(zhǒukào)
— part of a seat
Danish:
armlæn
— part of a seat
Dutch:
armleuning
— part of a seat
Esperanto:
brakapogilo
— part of a seat
Finnish:
käsinoja
— part of a seat
French:
accoudoir
— part of a seat
French:
accotoir
— part of a seat
Galician:
repousabrazos
— part of a seat
German:
Armlehne
— part of a seat
Greek:
αποκούμπι
(apokoúmpi)
— part of a seat
Hungarian:
karfa
— part of a seat
Icelandic:
stólarmur
— part of a seat
Irish:
taca uillinne
— part of a seat
Italian:
bracciolo
— part of a seat
Japanese:
肘掛け
(hijikake)
— part of a seat
Korean:
팔걸이
(palgeori)
— part of a seat
Norwegian Bokmål:
armlene
— part of a seat
Norwegian Nynorsk:
armlene
— part of a seat
Polish:
podłokietnik
— part of a seat
Portuguese:
braço
— part of a seat
Russian:
подлоко́тник
(podlokótnik)
— part of a seat
Spanish:
reposabrazos
— part of a seat
Spanish:
apoyabrazos
— part of a seat
Swedish:
armstöd
— part of a seat
Thai:
เท้าแขน
(táao-kɛ̌ɛn)
— part of a seat
Ukrainian:
підлокі́тник
(pidlokítnyk)
— part of a seat
