forehead

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːhɛd/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːɹɛd/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɒɹɪd/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɒɹɛd/
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• US: /ˈfɔɹ.hɛd/
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• dated: /ˈfɔɹɛd/
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• dated: /ˈfɔɹɪd/
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• dated: /ˈfɑɹɪd/
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• Australian: /ˈfoːhed/
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• Australian: /ˈfɔɹəd/
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• CMU ARPABET: F AO1 R HH EH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English forhed, forheed, from Old English forehēafod, from Proto-West Germanic *forēhaubid, corresponding to fore- + head. Cognate with Scots foreheid (“forehead”), Dutch voorhoofd (“forehead”), German Vorhaupt (“forehead”), Danish forhoved (“brow; forehead; face”). Compare also West Frisian foarholle (“forehead”), German Low German Vörkopp (“forehead”).

286 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: алахь (alaxj) — part of face above eyebrows
• Acehnese: dhoe — part of face above eyebrows
• Afrikaans: voorkop — part of face above eyebrows
• Akkadian: pūtum — part of face above eyebrows
• Albanian: ballë — part of face above eyebrows
• Aleut: tanix̂ — part of face above eyebrows
• Northern Altai: кабак (kabak) — part of face above eyebrows
• Northern Altai: манънай (manʺnay) — part of face above eyebrows
• Southern Altai: маҥдай (maŋday) — part of face above eyebrows
• Amharic: ግምባር (gəmbar) — part of face above eyebrows
• Amharic: ግንባር (gənbar) — part of face above eyebrows
• Western Apache: bitaʼ — part of face above eyebrows
• Arabic: جَبْهَة (jabha) — part of face above eyebrows
• Arabic: جَبِين (jabīn) — part of face above eyebrows
• Arabic: قورة (ʔūra) — part of face above eyebrows
• Arabic: جبين (gabīn) — part of face above eyebrows
• Arabic: جَبْهة (jabha) — part of face above eyebrows
• Arabic: جبهة (jabha) — part of face above eyebrows
• Aragonese: frent — part of face above eyebrows
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܸܨܵܐ (qiṣṣā) — part of face above eyebrows
• Archi: нодо (nodo) — part of face above eyebrows
• Armenian: ճակատ (čakat) — part of face above eyebrows
• Aromanian: frãmti — part of face above eyebrows
• Asturian: frente — part of face above eyebrows
• Atayal: lihuy — part of face above eyebrows
• Avar: нодо (nodo) — part of face above eyebrows
• Azerbaijani: alın — part of face above eyebrows
• West Coast Bajau: lindo' — part of face above eyebrows
• Banjarese: dahi — part of face above eyebrows
• Bashkir: маңлай (mañlay) — part of face above eyebrows
• Bashkir: маңдай (mañday) — part of face above eyebrows
• Basque: kopeta — part of face above eyebrows
• Basque: kopetan — part of face above eyebrows
• Belarusian: лоб (lob) — part of face above eyebrows
• Belarusian: чало́ (čaló) — part of face above eyebrows
• Bengali: কপাল (kopal) — part of face above eyebrows
• Bengali: পেশানী (peśani) — part of face above eyebrows
• Bengali: জবীন (jobin) — part of face above eyebrows
• Bhojpuri: माथा (māthā) — part of face above eyebrows
• Bau Bidayuh: oro — part of face above eyebrows
• Central Bikol: angog — part of face above eyebrows
• Breton: tal — part of face above eyebrows
• Brunei Bisaya: kadat — part of face above eyebrows
• Bulgarian: чело́ (čeló) — part of face above eyebrows
• Bulgarian: лоб (lob) — part of face above eyebrows
• Burmese: နဖူး (na.hpu:) — part of face above eyebrows
• Catalan: front — part of face above eyebrows
• Cebuano: agtang — part of face above eyebrows
• Eastern Cham: ꨖꨬ (dhei) — part of face above eyebrows
• Chamicuro: tolo — part of face above eyebrows
• Chechen: хьаж (ḥraž) — part of face above eyebrows
• Chepang: जेल्ह् — part of face above eyebrows
• Cherokee: ᎠᎬᏓᎨᏂ (agvdageni) — part of face above eyebrows
• Chichewa: mphumi — part of face above eyebrows
• Chinese Cantonese: 額頭 /额头 (ngaak6 tau4) — part of face above eyebrows
• Chinese: бынлу (bɨnlu) — part of face above eyebrows
• Chinese: ңыйлу (ŋɨylu) — part of face above eyebrows
• Eastern Min Chinese: 額頭 /额头 (ngiăh-tàu) — part of face above eyebrows
• Eastern Min Chinese: 額 /额 (ngiăh) — part of face above eyebrows
• Hakka Chinese: 額角 /额角 (ngiak-kok) — part of face above eyebrows
• Chinese: 頭額 /头额 (zh-min-nan) — part of face above eyebrows
• Literary Chinese: 顙 (sǎng) — part of face above eyebrows
• Chinese Mandarin: 前額 /前额 (qián'é) — part of face above eyebrows
• Chinese Mandarin: 額頭 /额头 (étóu) — part of face above eyebrows
• Chinese Mandarin: 額 /额 or 頟 /额 (é) — part of face above eyebrows
• Chinese Mandarin: 額門 /额门 (émén) — part of face above eyebrows
• Chinese Mandarin: 眉宇 (méiyǔ) — part of face above eyebrows
• Wu Chinese: 額角頭 /额角头 — part of face above eyebrows
• Chuvash: ҫамка (śamk̬a) — part of face above eyebrows
• Coptic: ⲧⲉϩⲛⲓ (tehni) — part of face above eyebrows
• Cornish: tal — part of face above eyebrows
• Czech: čelo — part of face above eyebrows
• Dalmatian: fruant — part of face above eyebrows
• Danish: pande — part of face above eyebrows
• Dargwa: анда (anda) — part of face above eyebrows
• Darkinjung: ngurran — part of face above eyebrows
• Dhivehi: ނިއްކުރި (nikkuri) — part of face above eyebrows
• Drung: mvrdaq — part of face above eyebrows
• Dutch: voorhoofd — part of face above eyebrows
• Egyptian: D46:O4-N35:X1-D1 (dhnt) — part of face above eyebrows
• Erzya: коня (końa) — part of face above eyebrows
• Esperanto: frunto — part of face above eyebrows
• Estonian: laup — part of face above eyebrows
• Even: омкат (omkat) — part of face above eyebrows
• Evenki: хэе (həje) — part of face above eyebrows
• Evenki: омкото (omkoto) — part of face above eyebrows
• Faroese: panna — part of face above eyebrows
• Fijian: yadre — part of face above eyebrows
• Finnish: otsa — part of face above eyebrows
• French: front — part of face above eyebrows
• Old French: frunt — part of face above eyebrows
• West-Frisian: foarholle — part of face above eyebrows
• West-Frisian: poatte — part of face above eyebrows
• Friulian: front — part of face above eyebrows
• Galician: fronte — part of face above eyebrows
• Georgian: შუბლი (šubli) — part of face above eyebrows
• German: Stirn — part of face above eyebrows
• Greek: μέτωπο (métopo) — part of face above eyebrows
• Ancient Greek: μέτωπον (métōpon) — part of face above eyebrows
• Greenlandic: qaaq — part of face above eyebrows
• Gujarati: કપાળ (kapāḷ) — part of face above eyebrows
• Gujarati: ભાળ (bhāḷ) — part of face above eyebrows
• Guugu Yimidhirr: bidi — part of face above eyebrows
• Guugu Yimidhirr: gaman — part of face above eyebrows
• Haitian Creole: fon — part of face above eyebrows
• Hawaiian: lae — part of face above eyebrows
• Hebrew: מֵצַח (métsakh) — part of face above eyebrows
• Higaonon: tangad — part of face above eyebrows
• Hindi: माथा (māthā) — part of face above eyebrows
• Hindi: माथ (māth) — part of face above eyebrows
• Hindi: ललाट (lalāṭ) — part of face above eyebrows
• Hindi: मस्तक (mastak) — part of face above eyebrows
• Hungarian: homlok — part of face above eyebrows
• Iban: bangi — part of face above eyebrows
• Icelandic: enni — part of face above eyebrows
• Ido: fronto — part of face above eyebrows
• Igbo: egbugbere ihu — part of face above eyebrows
• Indonesian: dahi — part of face above eyebrows
• Ingrian: otsakeero — part of face above eyebrows
• Ingrian: loba — part of face above eyebrows
• Ingush: хьажа (ḥraža) — part of face above eyebrows
• Interlingua: fronte — part of face above eyebrows
• Inupiaq: qauq — part of face above eyebrows
• Iranun: beneng — part of face above eyebrows
• Irish: clár éadain — part of face above eyebrows
• Old Irish: étan — part of face above eyebrows
• Italian: fronte — part of face above eyebrows
• Iu Mien: biorngh — part of face above eyebrows
• Japanese: 額 (hitai) — part of face above eyebrows
• Japanese: お凸 (odeko) — part of face above eyebrows
• Javanese: bathuk — part of face above eyebrows
• Jeju: 임댕이 (imdaeng'i) — part of face above eyebrows
• Jeju: 이맹이 (imaeng'i) — part of face above eyebrows
• Kabuverdianu: tésta — part of face above eyebrows
• Kalmyk: маңна (mañna) — part of face above eyebrows
• Kannada: ನೊಸಲು (nosalu) — part of face above eyebrows
• Kapampangan: kanwan — part of face above eyebrows
• Kapampangan: kanuan — part of face above eyebrows
• Karakalpak: mańlay — part of face above eyebrows
• S'gaw Karen: ခိၣ်တိသၣ် (khoh̀ toh thà) — part of face above eyebrows
• Kazakh: маңдай (mañdai) — part of face above eyebrows
• Khmer: ថ្ងាស (thngaah) — part of face above eyebrows
• Kimaragang: rabas — part of face above eyebrows
• Komi-Zyrian: кымӧс (kymös) — part of face above eyebrows
• Korean: 이마 (ima) — part of face above eyebrows
• Central Kurdish: ناوچاوان (nawçawan) — part of face above eyebrows
• Central Kurdish: تەوێڵ (tewêll) — part of face above eyebrows
• Laki: توڵ (tull) — part of face above eyebrows
• Northern Kurdish: enî — part of face above eyebrows
• Southern Kurdish: تێوِڵ (têwill) — part of face above eyebrows
• Kyrgyz: чеке (ceke) — part of face above eyebrows
• Ladino: פ׳רינטי — part of face above eyebrows
• Ladino: frente — part of face above eyebrows
• Lak: неиттабакӏ (neit:abakʼ) — part of face above eyebrows
• Lao: ຫນ້າຜາກ (nā phāk) — part of face above eyebrows
• Latin: frōns — part of face above eyebrows
• Latvian: piere — part of face above eyebrows
• Lezgi: пел (pel) — part of face above eyebrows
• Lingala: eboló — part of face above eyebrows
• Lithuanian: kaktà — part of face above eyebrows
• Livonian: vȱntsa — part of face above eyebrows
• Lotud: kadat — part of face above eyebrows
• Lushootseed: sʔililc — part of face above eyebrows
• Luxembourgish: Stir — part of face above eyebrows
• Macedonian: чело (čelo) — part of face above eyebrows
• Malagasy: betro — part of face above eyebrows
• Malagasy: handrina — part of face above eyebrows
• Malay: dahi — part of face above eyebrows
• Malay: jidat — part of face above eyebrows
• Malayalam: നെറ്റി (neṟṟi) — part of face above eyebrows
• Maltese: ġbin — part of face above eyebrows
• Manchu: ᡧᡝᠩᡤᡳᠨ (šenggin) — part of face above eyebrows
• Manx: glaare eddin — part of face above eyebrows
• Manx: baaish — part of face above eyebrows
• Māori: rae — part of face above eyebrows
• Marathi: कपाळ (kapāḷ) — part of face above eyebrows
• Central Melanau: beleang — part of face above eyebrows
• Central Sierra Miwok: ṭóp·ele — part of face above eyebrows
• Moksha: коня (konä) — part of face above eyebrows
• Mongolian: магнай (magnaj) — part of face above eyebrows
• Mongolian: манлай (manlaj) — part of face above eyebrows
• Mongolian: дух (dux) — part of face above eyebrows
• Mongolian: ᠮᠠᠩᠨᠠᠢ (mangnai) — part of face above eyebrows
• Mongolian: ᠮᠠᠩᠯᠠᠢ (manglai) — part of face above eyebrows
• Mongolian: ᠳᠤᠬᠤ (duqu) — part of face above eyebrows
• Tagal Murut: rabas — part of face above eyebrows
• Timugon Murut: rabas — part of face above eyebrows
• Nanai: пэе (peje) — part of face above eyebrows
• Nepali: निधार (nidhār) — part of face above eyebrows
• Nogai: манълай (mañlay) — part of face above eyebrows
• Norwegian Bokmål: panne — part of face above eyebrows
• Norwegian Nynorsk: panne — part of face above eyebrows
• Nyunga: bap — part of face above eyebrows
• Occitan: front — part of face above eyebrows
• Ojibwe: nikatig — part of face above eyebrows
• Church Slavic: чело (čelo) — part of face above eyebrows
• Old East Slavic: чело (čelo) — part of face above eyebrows
• Old East Slavic: чоло (čolo) — part of face above eyebrows
• Old English: forehēafod — part of face above eyebrows
• Old Tupi: sybá — part of face above eyebrows
• Oromo: adda — part of face above eyebrows
• Pacoh: padyiêl — part of face above eyebrows
• Pacoh: payiêl — part of face above eyebrows
• Pangasinan: muling — part of face above eyebrows
• Pannonian Rusyn: чоло (čolo) — part of face above eyebrows
• Pashto: تندى (tanday) — part of face above eyebrows
• Dari: پیشَانِی (pēšānī) — part of face above eyebrows
• Iranian Persian: پیشانی (pišâni) — part of face above eyebrows
• Polish: czoło — part of face above eyebrows
• Portuguese: testa — part of face above eyebrows
• Punjabi: ਮੱਥਾ (matthā) — part of face above eyebrows
• Quechua: urku — part of face above eyebrows
• Quechua: mati — part of face above eyebrows
• Romagnol: frònta — part of face above eyebrows
• Romanian: frunte — part of face above eyebrows
• Romansh: frunt — part of face above eyebrows
• Romansh: frùnt — part of face above eyebrows
• Romansh: front — part of face above eyebrows
• Rungus: rabbas — part of face above eyebrows
• Russian: лоб (lob) — part of face above eyebrows
• Russian: чело́ (čeló) — part of face above eyebrows
• Salar: meñzi — part of face above eyebrows
• Northern Sami: gállu — part of face above eyebrows
• Southern Sami: gaalloe — part of face above eyebrows
• Sanskrit: ललाटम् (lalāṭam) — part of face above eyebrows
• Santali: ᱢᱚᱞᱚᱝ (môlôṅ) — part of face above eyebrows
• Sardinian: fronte — part of face above eyebrows
• Sardinian: fronti — part of face above eyebrows
• Sardinian: frunte — part of face above eyebrows
• Scottish Gaelic: bathais — part of face above eyebrows
• Sebop: anang — part of face above eyebrows
• Serbo-Croatian: чѐло — part of face above eyebrows
• Serbo-Croatian: čèlo — part of face above eyebrows
• Shan: ၼႃႈၽၢၵ်ႇ (nāa phàak) — part of face above eyebrows
• Sicilian: frunti — part of face above eyebrows
• Slovak: čelo — part of face above eyebrows
• Slovene: čelo — part of face above eyebrows
• Lower Sorbian: coło — part of face above eyebrows
• Upper Sorbian: čoło — part of face above eyebrows
• Spanish: frente — part of face above eyebrows
• Spanish: testuz — part of face above eyebrows
• Spanish: testera — part of face above eyebrows
• Spanish: fronte — part of face above eyebrows
• Sumerian: 𒆠𒉆𒀀𒇒𒊏 (KI-NAM-ESIR-RA) — part of face above eyebrows
• Swedish: panna — part of face above eyebrows
• Tagalog: noo — part of face above eyebrows
• Tajik: пешона (pešona) — part of face above eyebrows
• Tamil: நெற்றி (neṟṟi) — part of face above eyebrows
• Tamil: நுதல் (nutal) — part of face above eyebrows
• Tarifit: tanyart — part of face above eyebrows
• Tatar: маңгай (mañğay) — part of face above eyebrows
• Tày: phjác — part of face above eyebrows
• Telugu: నుదురు (nuduru) — part of face above eyebrows
• Thai: หน้าผาก (nâa-pàak) — part of face above eyebrows
• Thai: เถิก (tə̀ək) — part of face above eyebrows
• Tibetan: དཔྲལ་བ (dpral ba) — part of face above eyebrows
• Tigrinya: ግንባር (gənbar) — part of face above eyebrows
• Tocharian B: ānte — part of face above eyebrows
• Turkish: alın — part of face above eyebrows
• Ottoman Turkish: آلن (alın) — part of face above eyebrows
• Ottoman Turkish: جبین (cebin) — part of face above eyebrows
• Ottoman Turkish: پیشانی (pişâni) — part of face above eyebrows
• Turkmen: aalyn — part of face above eyebrows
• Turkmen: maňlaý — part of face above eyebrows
• Tutelo: paniaminte — part of face above eyebrows
• Udmurt: кымес (kymes) — part of face above eyebrows
• Ukrainian: лоб (lob) — part of face above eyebrows
• Ukrainian: чоло́ (čoló) — part of face above eyebrows
• Urdu: ماتھا (māthā) — part of face above eyebrows
• Urdu: پیشانی (peśānī) — part of face above eyebrows
• Urdu: جَبِین (jabīn) — part of face above eyebrows
• Uyghur: ماڭلاي (manglay) — part of face above eyebrows
• Uzbek: manglay — part of face above eyebrows
• Uzbek: peshona — part of face above eyebrows
• Venetan: front — part of face above eyebrows
• Vietnamese: trán — part of face above eyebrows
• Volapük: flom — part of face above eyebrows
• Waray-Waray: ag-tang — part of face above eyebrows
• Welsh: talcen — part of face above eyebrows
• Winnebago: pee — part of face above eyebrows
• Yakut: сүүс (süüs) — part of face above eyebrows
• Yiddish: שטערן (shtern) — part of face above eyebrows
• Yoruba: iwájú orí — part of face above eyebrows
• Yoruba: oti (Igbomina) — part of face above eyebrows
• Zazaki: çare (diq) — part of face above eyebrows
• Zhuang: najbyak — part of face above eyebrows