Arm

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Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Related terms 1.4 Etymology 2 1.5 Noun 1.5.1 Translations 1.5.2 Related terms 1.6 Verb 1.6.1 Translations 1.7 Abbreviation 2 Dutch 2.1 Noun 2.2 Adjective 3 German 3.1 Noun 3.2 Adjective 4 Swedish 4.1 Noun 4.2 Adjective

English

Pronunciation

• IPA am

Etymology 1

Noun

arm

1. (Anatomy) The upper limb, extending from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
2. A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the arm of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.

Translations

• Breton: brec'h f, (plural for a single body: divrec'h; (plural for several bodies: brec'hioù) (1)
• Catalan: braç m (ca) (1)
• Dutch: arm m (1)
• Esperanto: brako (1)
• Finnish: käsivarsi (1), käsi (1), sanka (2, in spectacles), käsinoja (2, of an armchair), varsi (2, usually vertical)
• French: bras m (1)
• German: Arm m (1)
• Guaraní: jyva (1)
• Indonesian: lengan (1)
• Interlingua: brachio, bracio (1)
• Italian: braccio m (plural braccia f) (1)
• Japanese: 腕 (うで, ude) (1)
• Korean: 팔 (pal) (1)
• Latin: brachium (1)
• Occitan: braç m (1)
• Polish: ramię m (1)
• Portuguese: braço m (1)
• Romanian: braţ n (1)
• Spanish: brazo m (1)
• Swedish: arm c (1), armstöd (2; of an armchair)
• Tupinambá: îybá (1)

Related terms

• armful
• armpit
• armrest
• arm's reach
• sidearm

Etymology 2

Noun

arm

1. (usually used in the plural arms) A weapon.

Translations

• Breton: arm m -où
• Catalan: arma f
• Dutch: wapen n
• Esperanto: armilo
• Finnish: ase
• French: arme f
• German: Waffe f
• Guaraní: mboka (firearm)
• Indonesian: senjata
• Interlingua: arma
• Italian: arma f (plural armi)
• Japanese: 武器 (ぶき, buki)
• Korean: 무기 [武器] (mugi)
• Latin: arma f
• Occitan: arma f
• Polish: broń f
• Portuguese: arma f
• Romanian: armă f
• Spanish: arma f
• Swedish: vapen n
• Tupinambá: popesûara

Related terms

• army
• firearm

Verb

to arm

1. to supply with a weapon or weapons

Translations

• Finnish: aseistaa

Abbreviation

1. Armenian

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Dutch

Noun

arm (plural: armen, diminutive: armpje, plural diminutive: armpjes)

1. arm (Anatomy)

Adjective

arm (armer, armst)

1. poor (not rich)

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German

Noun

der Arm (plural: Arme, diminutive: Ärmchen)

1. arm (Anatomy)

Adjective

arm (ärmer, ärmst)

1. poor (not rich)

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Swedish

Noun

arm (pl. armar, def. sing. armen, def. pl. armarna)

1. Arm

Adjective

arm (Somewhat old word)

1. Someone you might feel pity for, e.g. because of poverty.
2. Someone who is not rich