Phrase guide

upper arm

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The section of an arm from the elbow to the shoulder.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: boarm — section of an arm
  • Dupaningan Agta: labunugen — section of an arm
  • Albanian: llërë — section of an arm
  • Arabic: عَضُد (ʕaḍud) — section of an arm
  • Asturian: brazu — section of an arm
  • Central Bikol: takyag — section of an arm
  • Bulgarian: ми́шница (míšnica) — section of an arm
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肱 (gōng) — section of an arm
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大臂 — section of an arm
  • Danish: overarm — section of an arm
  • Dutch: bovenarm — section of an arm
  • Dutch: opperarm — section of an arm
  • Egyptian: r:mn:n-D42 (rmn) — section of an arm
  • Estonian: õlavars — section of an arm
  • Finnish: olkavarsi — section of an arm
  • French: arrière-bras — section of an arm
  • West-Frisian: boppe-earm — section of an arm
  • German: Oberarm — section of an arm
  • German: Hinterarm — section of an arm
  • Greek: βραχίονας (vrachíonas) — section of an arm
  • Ancient Greek: βραχίων (brakhíōn) — section of an arm
  • Greenlandic: assaqqoq — section of an arm
  • Hungarian: felkar — section of an arm
  • Icelandic: upphandleggur — section of an arm
  • Irish: brac — section of an arm
  • Japanese: 二の腕 (ninoude) — section of an arm
  • Japanese: 上腕 (jowan) — section of an arm
  • Japanese: 上膊 (johaku) — section of an arm
  • Kaurna: wartaturti — section of an arm
  • Latin: lacertus — section of an arm
  • Latvian: augšdelms — section of an arm
  • Māori: kikopuku — section of an arm
  • Norwegian Bokmål: overarm — section of an arm
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: overarm — section of an arm
  • Persian: بازو (bâzu) — section of an arm
  • Polish: ramię — section of an arm
  • Portuguese: braço — section of an arm
  • Portuguese: bráquio — section of an arm
  • Portuguese: braço superior — section of an arm
  • Russian: плечо́ (plečó) — section of an arm
  • Serbo-Croatian: надлактица — section of an arm
  • Serbo-Croatian: nadlaktica — section of an arm
  • Slovak: nadlaktie — section of an arm
  • Spanish: postbrazo — section of an arm
  • Spanish: brazo superior — section of an arm
  • Spanish: brazo mayor — section of an arm
  • Spanish: parte superior del brazo — section of an arm
  • Swahili: mkono — section of an arm
  • Swedish: överarm — section of an arm
  • Tagalog: bisig — section of an arm
  • Tashelhit: ⵜⵉⵖⵎⴰⵔⵜ (tiɣmart) — section of an arm
  • Telugu: దండచెయ్యి (daṇḍaceyyi) — section of an arm
  • Thai: ต้นแขน (tôn khăen) — section of an arm
  • Tibetan: ཕྲག་གོང (phrag gong) — section of an arm
  • Tok Pisin: han — section of an arm
  • Turkish: üst kol — section of an arm
  • Unami: tëlamànkàn — section of an arm
  • Vietnamese: cánh tay trên — section of an arm
  • Volapük: löpabrad — section of an arm
  • Walloon: bresse — section of an arm
  • Walloon: dirî-bresse — section of an arm
  • Walloon: bresse do dzeu — section of an arm
  • Welsh: bôn braich — section of an arm