# forearm
## English
### Etymology

From fore- +‎ arm. Compare Dutch voorarm (“forearm”), Danish forarm (“forearm”), German Vorderarm (“forearm”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation)
** (noun) IPA: /ˈfɔːˌɹɑːm/
*** Audio (Southern England):(file)
** (verb) IPA: /ˌfɔːˈɹɑːm/
*** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American)
** (noun) IPA: /ˈfɔɹˌɑɹm/
*** Audio (New Mexico):(file)
** (verb) IPA: /ˌfɔɹˈɑɹm/

### Noun

forearm (plural forearms)
* (anatomy) The part of the arm between the wrist and the elbow.
* (firearms) A section of the weapon between the receiver and the muzzle, used to hold the firearm steady.

#### Synonyms

* (part of the arm): antebrachium, lower arm
* (part of a weapon): forestock, handguard

#### Coordinate terms

* (part of the arm): brachium, upper arm, aftarm

#### Derived terms

* forearm bone
* forearm crutch
* forearm jerk
* forearm smash

#### Translations

Afrikaans: onderarm (af), voorarm
Albanian: parakrah (sq) m
Aleut: tulax̂
Arabic: سَاعِد (ar) m (sāʕid)
Egyptian Arabic: ساعد m (saʕed), دراع m (derāʕ), زند m (zend)
Moroccan Arabic: دراع m (drāʕ)
Armenian: նախաբազուկ (hy) (naxabazuk)
Basque: besaurre
Bikol Central: takyag (bcl)
Breton: arvrec'h f
Bulgarian: предми́шница f (predmíšnica)
Catalan: avantbraç (ca) m
Central Sierra Miwok: pá·čany-
Chinese:
Cantonese: 前臂 (cin$^4$ bei$^3$)
Mandarin: 前臂 (zh) (qiánbì), 下臂 (zh) (xiàbì)
Classical Nahuatl: matzotzopaztli
Coptic: ⲙⲁϩⲓ m (mahi), ϫⲫⲟⲓ m (čphoi), ϭⲛⲁϩ m (cnah), ϭⲛⲁⲩϩ pl (cnauh)
Czech: předloktí (cs) n
Danish: underarm (da) c
Dutch: onderarm (nl)
Egyptian: (mḥ)
Faroese: undirarmur
Finnish: kyynärvarsi (fi)
French: avant-bras (fr) m
Georgian: მკლავი (mḳlavi), წინამხარი (c̣inamxari)
German: Unterarm (de) m, Vorderarm m
Greek: πήχυς m (píchys)
Ancient: πῆχυς m (pêkhus)
Greenlandic: assaat
Hebrew: אַמָּה (he) f ('amá)
Hungarian: alkar (hu)
Icelandic: framhandleggur (is) m
Irish: rí (ga) f
Italian: avambraccio (it) m
Japanese: 前腕 (ja) (まえうで, maeude; ぜんわん, zenwan), 前膊 (ja) (ぜんぱく, zenpaku)
Kazakh: білек (bılek)
Korean: 팔뚝 (ko) (palttuk)
Lao: ແຂນ (lo) (khǣn)
Latin: antebrachium n
Latvian: apakšdelms m
Lithuanian: dilbis
Macedonian: подлактица f (podlaktica)
Malay: lengan bawah (ms), ruas siku
Maori: kikowhiti, tāhau, tātāhau, tāhau o te ringa
Marathi: पोटरी (mr) (poṭrī)
Mari:
Eastern Mari: кынер (kyńer)
Western Mari: кӹнер (kÿńer)
Navajo: agąąlóóʼ
Nogai: билек (bilek)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: underarm m
Nynorsk: underarm m
Ottoman Turkish: بیلك (bilek), ساعد (sâ'yd)
Persian: ساعد (fa) (sâ'ed), زنگیچه (fa) (zangiče)
Iranian Persian: ارش (fa) (araš) (suggested by Farhangestan)
Polish: przedramię (pl) n
Portuguese: antebraço (pt) m
Romanian: antebraț (ro)
Russian: предпле́чье (ru) n (predpléčʹje)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: долактица f, подлактица f
Roman: dolaktica (sh) f, podlaktica (sh) f
Slovak: predlaktie
Southern Altai: кары (karï), билек (bilek)
Spanish: antebrazo (es) m
Swedish: underarm (sv) c
Tagalog: takday
Tashelhit: ⵉⵖⵉⵍ m (iɣil)
Telugu: ముంజేయి (te) (muñjēyi)
Thai: ปลายแขน (bplaai-kɛ̌ɛn)
Tibetan: ལག་ངར (lag ngar)
Turkish: önkol (tr)
Volapük: donabrad
Walloon: divant-bresse (wa) m, bresse do dzo m
Welsh: elin (cy) f, rhagfraich f
West Frisian: ûnderearm
Zazaki: harıs c :

### Verb

forearm (third-person singular simple present forearms, present participle forearming, simple past and past participle forearmed)
* (transitive, sometimes figurative) To arm in preparation.
** 2013, Peter Marris, Widows and Their Families, page 20: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.

#### Usage notes

* This verb is quite rare, except in the participial adjective forearmed, found in the common adage forewarned is forearmed.