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The part of the arm between the wrist and the elbow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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A section of the weapon between the receiver and the muzzle, used to hold the firearm steady.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
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To arm in preparation.
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Usage: figuratively, sometimes, transitive
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the part of the superior limb between the elbow and the wrist
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: limb
arm in advance of a confrontation
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Broader terms: arm, build up, fortify, gird
From fore- + arm. Compare Dutch voorarm (“forearm”), Danish forarm (“forearm”), German Vorderarm (“forearm”).
Across languages
Translations
102 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans :
onderarm
— part of the arm
Afrikaans :
voorarm
— part of the arm
Albanian :
parakrah
— part of the arm
Aleut :
tulax̂
— part of the arm
Southern Altai :
кары
(karï)
— part of the arm
Southern Altai :
билек
(bilek)
— part of the arm
Arabic :
سَاعِد
(sāʕid)
— part of the arm
Arabic :
ساعد
(saʕed)
— part of the arm
Arabic :
دراع
(derāʕ)
— part of the arm
Arabic :
زند
(zend)
— part of the arm
Arabic :
دراع
(drāʕ)
— part of the arm
Armenian :
նախաբազուկ
(naxabazuk)
— part of the arm
Basque :
besaurre
— part of the arm
Central Bikol :
takyag
— part of the arm
Breton :
arvrec'h
— part of the arm
Bulgarian :
предми́шница
(predmíšnica)
— part of the arm
Catalan :
avantbraç
— part of the arm
Chinese Cantonese :
前臂
(cin4 bei3)
— part of the arm
Chinese Mandarin :
前臂
(qiánbì)
— part of the arm
Chinese Mandarin :
下臂
(xiàbì)
— part of the arm
Coptic :
ⲙⲁϩⲓ
(mahi)
— part of the arm
Coptic :
ϫⲫⲟⲓ
(jphoi)
— part of the arm
Coptic :
ϭⲛⲁϩ
(čnah)
— part of the arm
Coptic :
ϭⲛⲁⲩϩ
(čnauh)
— part of the arm
Czech :
předloktí
— part of the arm
Danish :
underarm
— part of the arm
Dutch :
onderarm
— part of the arm
Egyptian :
D41:Z1
(mḥ)
— part of the arm
Faroese :
undirarmur
— part of the arm
Finnish :
kyynärvarsi
— part of the arm
French :
avant-bras
— part of the arm
West-Frisian :
ûnderearm
— part of the arm
Georgian :
მკლავი
(mḳlavi)
— part of the arm
Georgian :
წინამხარი
(c̣inamxari)
— part of the arm
German :
Unterarm
— part of the arm
German :
Vorderarm
— part of the arm
Greek :
πήχυς
(píchys)
— part of the arm
Ancient Greek :
πῆχυς
(pêkhus)
— part of the arm
Greenlandic :
assaat
— part of the arm
Hebrew :
אַמָּה
('amá)
— part of the arm
Hungarian :
alkar
— part of the arm
Icelandic :
framhandleggur
— part of the arm
Irish :
rí
— part of the arm
Italian :
avambraccio
— part of the arm
Japanese :
前腕
— part of the arm
Japanese :
前膊
(zenpaku)
— part of the arm
Kazakh :
білек
(bılek)
— part of the arm
Korean :
팔뚝
(palttuk)
— part of the arm
Korean :
아래팔
(araepal)
— part of the arm
Korean :
하박
(habak)
— part of the arm
Korean :
전완
(jeonwan)
— part of the arm
Lao :
ແຂນ
(khǣn)
— part of the arm
Latin :
antebrachium
— part of the arm
Latvian :
apakšdelms
— part of the arm
Lithuanian :
dilbis
— part of the arm
Macedonian :
подлактица
(podlaktica)
— part of the arm
Malay :
lengan bawah
— part of the arm
Malay :
ruas siku
— part of the arm
Māori :
kikowhiti
— part of the arm
Māori :
tāhau
— part of the arm
Māori :
tātāhau
— part of the arm
Māori :
tāhau o te ringa
— part of the arm
Marathi :
पोटरी
(poṭrī)
— part of the arm
Eastern Mari :
кынер
(kyńer)
— part of the arm
Western Mari :
кӹнер
(kÿńer)
— part of the arm
Central Sierra Miwok :
pá·čany-
— part of the arm
Classical Nahuatl :
matzotzopaztli
— part of the arm
Navajo :
agąąlóóʼ
— part of the arm
Nogai :
билек
(bilek)
— part of the arm
Norwegian Bokmål :
underarm
— part of the arm
Norwegian Nynorsk :
underarm
— part of the arm
Persian :
ساعد
(sâ'ed)
— part of the arm
Persian :
زنگیچه
(zangiče)
— part of the arm
Iranian Persian :
ارش
(araš)
— part of the arm
Polish :
przedramię
— part of the arm
Portuguese :
antebraço
— part of the arm
Romanian :
antebraț
— part of the arm
Russian :
предпле́чье
(predpléčʹje)
— part of the arm
Serbo-Croatian :
долактица
— part of the arm
Serbo-Croatian :
подлактица
— part of the arm
Serbo-Croatian :
dolaktica
— part of the arm
Serbo-Croatian :
podlaktica
— part of the arm
Slovak :
predlaktie
— part of the arm
Spanish :
antebrazo
— part of the arm
Swedish :
underarm
— part of the arm
Tagalog :
takday
— part of the arm
Tamil :
முன்கை
(muṉkai)
— part of the arm
Tashelhit :
ⵉⵖⵉⵍ
(iɣil)
— part of the arm
Telugu :
ముంజేయి
(muñjēyi)
— part of the arm
Thai :
ปลายแขน
(bplaai-kɛ̌ɛn)
— part of the arm
Tibetan :
ལག་ངར
(lag ngar)
— part of the arm
Turkish :
önkol
— part of the arm
Ottoman Turkish :
بیلك
(bilek)
— part of the arm
Ottoman Turkish :
ساعد
(sâ'yd)
— part of the arm
Volapük :
donabrad
— part of the arm
Walloon :
divant-bresse
— part of the arm
Walloon :
bresse do dzo
— part of the arm
Welsh :
elin
— part of the arm
Welsh :
rhagfraich
— part of the arm
Zazaki :
harıs
— part of the arm
Zulu :
úmkhôno
— part of the arm
Māori :
karera
— part of a firearm below and supporting the barrel.