arm
English
/ɑːm/, /ɑɹm/
noun
Definitions
- The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
- (anatomy) The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.
- A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
- 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.
- (geography) A bay or inlet off a main body of water.
- A branch of an organization.
- (figurative) Power; might; strength; support.
- (baseball) A pitcher
- (genetics) One of the two parts of a chromosome.
- A group of patients in a medical trial.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English arm (poor, wretched) inherited from Old English earm (poor, arm, wretched, pitiful, miserable), arm (arm) inherited from *arm (poor) inherited from Proto-Germanic *armaz (arm, poor, pitiful, pitiable, miserable) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥mós, *h₂(e)rmos (forequarter, a fitting, joint, arm), *h₂er- (fit, join, fix, put together, fix together, join together, fit together, fitting, then, question particle, so, take, pronounce a ritual).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂er-
Gloss
fit, join, fix, put together, fix together, join together, fit together, fitting, then, question particle, so, take, pronounce a ritual
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Cognates and derived terms
- aftarm English
- antifirearm English
- aristocrat English
- arm-twisting English
- arm-wrestle English
- armable English
- armband English
- armbanded English
- armbar English
- armbinder English
- armbone English
- armbrace English
- armchair English
- armchaired English
- armed English
- armed and dangerous English
- armedness English
- armest English
- armeth English
- armful English
- armgaunt English
- armguard English
- armhole English
- armhook English
- armlength English
- armless English
- armlessly English
- armlessness English
- armlet English
- armlike English
- armload English
- armlock English
- armlong English
- armpiece English
- armpit English
- armpitted English
- armrack English
- armrest English
- armring English
- armscye English
- armshield English
- armstand English
- armth English
- armwear English
- artful English
- artless English
- band English
- bar English
- biarmed English
- binder English
- bone English
- brace English
- chair English
- counter English
- counterarm English
- crank English
- crankarm English
- cross English
- crossarm English
- dearm English
- enarm English
- fire English
- firearm English
- forearm English
- gaunt English
- guard English
- harmoniously English
- harmonize English
- hole English
- hook English
- hyperarticulation English
- inarticulation English
- inert English
- interarm English
- length English
- load English
- lock English
- long English
- longarm English
- midarm English
- multiarm English
- multiarmed English
- nonarmed English
- one-armed English
- outarm English
- overarm English
- philharmonic English
- piece English
- pit English
- prearm English
- rack English
- rearm English
- rest English
- ring English
- round English
- roundarm English
- scye English
- shield English
- side English
- sidearm English
- sidearmer English
- stand English
- strong English
- strong-arm English
- swing English
- swingarm English
- tone English
- tonearm English
- triarmed English
- twisting English
- two-armed English
- unarm English
- unarmed English
- underarm English
- underarticulation English
- wrestle English
- yard English
- yardarm English
- armi Finnish
- armo Latin
- armus Latin
- armāre Latin
- armātūra Latin
- arte Latin
- artem Latin
- articulatio Latin
- articulatus Latin
- articulātus Latin
- artifex Latin
- artificialis Latin
- artificium Latin
- artificiālem Latin
- artista Latin
- arto Latin
- artītus Latin
- iners Latin
- oro Latin
- sollers Latin
- sollertia Latin
- Altarm German
- Arm German
- Armband German
- Armbeuge German
- Armbinde German
- Armbruch German
- Armbrust German
- Armdrücken German
- Armgeige German
- Armgelenk German
- Armlehne German
- Armleuchter German
- Armreif German
- Armsessel German
- Feuerarm German
- Hebelarm German
- Meeresarm German
- Unterarm German
- Wurfarm German
- achtarmig German
- arm German
- armdick German
- armlang German
- dreiarmig German
- einarmig German
- sechsarmig German
- vierarmig German
- Ärmel German
- járomcsont Hungarian
- allarme Italian
- armaiolo Italian
- articolo Italian
- artigiano Italian
- artista Italian
- arm Dutch, Flemish
- armband Dutch, Flemish
- armbuigspier Dutch, Flemish
- armhuis Dutch, Flemish
- armleuning Dutch, Flemish
- armring Dutch, Flemish
- armsnoer Dutch, Flemish
- armstoel Dutch, Flemish
- armzalig Dutch, Flemish
- bovenarm Dutch, Flemish
- eenarmig Dutch, Flemish
- mineraalarm Dutch, Flemish
- muisarm Dutch, Flemish
- onderarm Dutch, Flemish
- onderhoudsarm Dutch, Flemish
- opperarm Dutch, Flemish
- robotarm Dutch, Flemish
- straatarm Dutch, Flemish
- vetarm Dutch, Flemish
- zijarm Dutch, Flemish
- zuurstofarm Dutch, Flemish
- artiste French
- artistique French
- ἀνάρσιος Ancient Greek
- ἀραρίσκω Ancient Greek
- ἀρθμός Ancient Greek
- ἀριστεύς Ancient Greek
- ἀριστοκρατίᾱ Ancient Greek
- ἀριστοκρατικός Ancient Greek
- ἀρτύω Ancient Greek
- ἁρμάμαξα Ancient Greek
- ἁρμονία Ancient Greek
- ἁρμονικός Ancient Greek
- ἁρμόζω Ancient Greek
- ἁρμός Ancient Greek
- ἄρα Ancient Greek
- ἄρθρον Ancient Greek
- ἄρνυμαι Ancient Greek
- ἄρτι Ancient Greek
- Ἀρῐστοφᾰ́νης Ancient Greek
- *h₂r̥mós, *h₂(e)rmós Proto-Indo-European
- *-dʰrom Proto-Indo-European
- *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European
- *arəm- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂(e)rmos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂er-mn̥-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂er-mn̥-tom Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂er-mo- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂er-mos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂er-mr Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂erH- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ermos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ermos, *h₂ŕ̥mos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ermós Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂erti- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂or-o- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂r̥-, *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂r̥-tu- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂r̥-tós Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂r̥-tús Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂r̥mós, *h₂(e)rmos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂r̥tís Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂r̥tós Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éristos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂értus Proto-Indo-European
- *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *armaz Proto-Germanic
- arm Swedish
- armband Swedish
- armhåla Swedish
- armled Swedish
- armstöd Swedish
- armveck Swedish
- アームチェア Japanese
- arm Old English
- earm Old English
- earmcearig Old English
- earmheort Old English
- iermþ Old English
- ऋतावन् Sanskrit
- ऋतु Sanskrit
- arm Middle English
- armpitt Middle English
- armthe Middle English
- armr Old Norse
- *arьmo Proto-Slavic
- *arьmò Proto-Slavic
- *arь̀mъ Proto-Slavic
- *jarьmo Proto-Slavic
- *kojariti Proto-Slavic
- արդ Armenian
- արմունկ Armenian
- արմունկոսկր Armenian
- հարմար Armenian
- arm Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ارم Persian
- αρμός Greek (modern)
- arm Middle Dutch
- arm Old High German
- ar Latvian
- առնեմ Old Armenian
- արար Old Armenian
- արար- Old Armenian
- յարմար Old Armenian
- arm Afrikaans
- arm Middle High German
- artifice Middle French
- harmonieux Middle French
- 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐍃 Gothic
- אָרעם Yiddish
- אָרעמאַן Yiddish
- *arm gmw-pro
- arm Old Dutch
- *armas Proto-Finnic
- *armo Proto-Finnic
- arm Cimbrian
- armakhot Cimbrian
- dorèrmanzich Cimbrian
- èrmakhot Cimbrian
- èrmel Cimbrian
- *HrHma- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *Hr̥tás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- arm Old Saxon
- Aare Alemannic German
- arm Scots
- ar Lithuanian
- arti Lithuanian
- رتو Urdu
- erm Old Frisian
- lam Volapük
- 𐎼𐎠𐎭 Old Persian
- āmpär Tocharian B
- 𐬀𐬴𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 Avestan
- арм Ossetian, Ossetic
- 𒀀𒊏𒀸 Hittite
- yär- Tocharian A
- *ārwer Proto-Tocharian
- aa'm Gullah
- bar
- pit
- rack
- yard
- tone
- ring
- rest
- scye
- lock
- fire
- band
- bone
- hook
- long
- side
- hole
- load
- crank
- unarm
- armth
- swing
- chair
- cross
- inert
- stand
- piece
- guard
- rearm
- round
- brace
- armed
- enarm
- dearm
- gaunt
- strong
- length
- outarm
- shield
- armful
- armpit
- prearm
- midarm
- aftarm
- armeth
- armest
- armbar
- artful
- armlet
- binder
- unarmed
- armlock
- wrestle
- armrest
- armscye
- forearm
- longarm
- armlike
- firearm
- armband
- armload
- overarm
- counter
- artless
- armring
- armlong
- armbone
- armless
- armhook
- biarmed
- armwear
- armrack
- armhole
- tonearm
- sidearm
- yardarm
- armable
- multiarm
- armstand
- crankarm
- armbrace
- underarm
- armpiece
- swingarm
- armgaunt
- nonarmed
- twisting
- roundarm
- armchair
- crossarm
- triarmed
- interarm
- armguard
- armbanded
- armshield
- armlength
- armlessly
- two-armed
- armpitted
- harmonize
- sidearmer
- one-armed
- armbinder
- armedness
- multiarmed
- armchaired
- counterarm
- strong-arm
- aristocrat
- arm-wrestle
- armlessness
- antifirearm
- philharmonic
- harmoniously
- arm-twisting
- inarticulation
- hyperarticulation
- underarticulation
- armed and dangerous