armrest

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US/ˈɑɹmˌɹɛst/

noun

Part of the seat of a chair that is designed to support the arm.

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Meanings

nounarmrest (plural armrests)

plural armrests · alternative arm rest

  1. Part of the seat of a chair that is designed to support the arm.

    Each comes in a carrying case that keeps the devices together with their accessories: the miniplug cable for your music or DVD player, for example, and the adapters for quarter-inch phono jacks and dual-pronged airplane armrest jacks.

    2007 June 14, David Pogue, “Headphones to Shut Out the World”, in New York Times

Origin

From arm + rest.

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Translations

Arabic مِرْفَق
  • مِرْفَق (mirfaq)part of a seat
Catalan reposabraços
  • reposabraçospart of a seat
Chinese Mandarin 椅子上的扶手, 肘靠
  • 椅子上的扶手 (yǐzi shàng de fúshǒu)part of a seat
  • 肘靠 (zhǒukào)part of a seat
Danish armlæn
  • armlænpart of a seat
Dutch armleuning
  • armleuningpart of a seat
Esperanto brakapogilo
  • brakapogilopart of a seat
Finnish käsinoja
  • käsinojapart of a seat
French accoudoir, accotoir
  • accoudoirpart of a seat
  • accotoirpart of a seat
German Armlehne
  • Armlehnepart of a seat
Greek αποκούμπι
  • αποκούμπι (apokoúmpi)part of a seat
Hungarian karfa
  • karfapart of a seat
Icelandic stólarmur
  • stólarmurpart of a seat
Irish taca uillinne
  • taca uillinnepart of a seat
Italian bracciolo
  • bracciolopart of a seat
Japanese 肘掛け
  • 肘掛け (hijikake)part of a seat
Korean 팔걸이
  • 팔걸이 (palgeori)part of a seat
Norwegian Bokmål armlene
  • armlenepart of a seat
Polish podłokietnik
  • podłokietnikpart of a seat
Portuguese braço
  • braçopart of a seat
Russian подлоко́тник
  • подлоко́тник (podlokótnik)part of a seat
Spanish reposabrazos, apoyabrazos
  • reposabrazospart of a seat
  • apoyabrazospart of a seat
Swedish armstöd
  • armstödpart of a seat
Thai เท้าแขน
  • เท้าแขน (táao-kɛ̌ɛn)part of a seat
Ukrainian підлокі́тник
  • підлокі́тник (pidlokítnyk)part of a seat

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

armrest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/armrest

MLA

“armrest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/armrest. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “armrest,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/armrest.

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