Meanings
nounforearm (plural forearms)
plural forearms
- engineeringA section of the weapon between the receiver and the muzzle, used to hold the firearm steady.
verbforearm (third-person singular simple present forearms, present participle forearming, simple past and past participle forearmed)
present singular third person forearms · participle present forearming · participle past forearmed · past forearmed
- figurativelysometimestransitiveTo arm in preparation.
But in so far as they were able to forearm themselves against the anxieties of bereavement, the loss may have been that much easier to face.
2013, Peter Marris, Widows and Their Families, page 20
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe part of the arm between the wrist and the elbow.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans onderarm, voorarm
- onderarmpart of the arm
- voorarmpart of the arm
Ancient Greek πῆχυς
- πῆχυς (pêkhus)part of the arm
Arabic سَاعِد
- سَاعِد (sāʕid)part of the arm
Basque besaurre
- besaurrepart of the arm
Bulgarian предми́шница
- предми́шница (predmíšnica)part of the arm
Catalan avantbraç
- avantbraçpart of the arm
Chinese Cantonese 前臂
- 前臂 (cin⁴ bei³)part of the arm
Chinese Mandarin 前臂, 下臂
- 前臂 (qiánbì)part of the arm
- 下臂 (xiàbì)part of the arm
Czech předloktí
- předloktípart of the arm
Danish underarm
- underarmpart of the arm
Dutch onderarm
- onderarmpart of the arm
Finnish kyynärvarsi
- kyynärvarsipart of the arm
French avant-bras
- avant-braspart of the arm
German Unterarm, Vorderarm
- Unterarmpart of the arm
- Vorderarmpart of the arm
Greek πήχυς
- πήχυς (píchys)part of the arm
Hebrew אַמָּה
- אַמָּה ('amá)part of the arm
Hungarian alkar
- alkarpart of the arm
Icelandic framhandleggur
- framhandleggurpart of the arm
Irish rí
- rípart of the arm
Italian avambraccio
- avambracciopart of the arm
Japanese 前腕, 前膊
- 前腕part of the arm
- 前膊 (zenpaku)part of the arm
Korean 팔뚝, 아래팔
- 팔뚝 (palttuk)part of the arm
- 아래팔 (araepal)part of the arm
- 하박 (habak)part of the arm
- 전완 (jeonwan)part of the arm
Latin antebrachium
- antebrachiumpart of the arm
Latvian apakšdelms
- apakšdelmspart of the arm
Lithuanian dilbis
- dilbispart of the arm
Malay lengan bawah, ruas siku
- lengan bawahpart of the arm
- ruas sikupart of the arm
Māori kikowhiti, tāhau
- kikowhitipart of the arm
- tāhaupart of the arm
- tātāhaupart of the arm
- tāhau o te ringapart of the arm
- karerapart of a firearm below and supporting the barrel.
Norwegian Bokmål underarm
- underarmpart of the arm
Persian ساعد, زنگیچه
- ساعد (sâ'ed)part of the arm
- زنگیچه (zangiče)part of the arm
Polish przedramię
- przedramiępart of the arm
Portuguese antebraço
- antebraçopart of the arm
Romanian antebraț
- antebrațpart of the arm
Russian предпле́чье
- предпле́чье (predpléčʹje)part of the arm
Slovak predlaktie
- predlaktiepart of the arm
Spanish antebrazo
- antebrazopart of the arm
Swedish underarm
- underarmpart of the arm
Tagalog takday
- takdaypart of the arm
Tamil முன்கை
- முன்கை (muṉkai)part of the arm
Thai ปลายแขน
- ปลายแขน (bplaai-kɛ̌ɛn)part of the arm
Turkish önkol
- önkolpart of the arm
Welsh elin, rhagfraich
- elinpart of the arm
- rhagfraichpart of the arm
Zulu úmkhôno
- úmkhônopart of the arm
Cite this entry
APA
forearm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forearm
MLA
“forearm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forearm. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forearm,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forearm.
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