avant-main
French
noun
Definitions
- (tennis) forehand
Etymology
Compound from French avant (before, fore, in front, in front of) + French main (hand).
Origin
French
main
Gloss
hand
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
手
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- vamplate English
- with the manner English
- manus Latin
- avanti Italian
- mano Italian
- arrière-main French
- auparavant French
- avant French
- avant-bras French
- avant-garde French
- avant-guerre French
- avant-port French
- avant-poste French
- avant-première French
- avant-projet French
- avant-propos French
- avant-scène French
- avant-toit French
- avant-veille French
- avantage French
- baisemain French
- bonne-main French
- devant French
- main French
- maintenant French
- maintenir French
- manette French
- menotte French
- avant Old French
- avan Ido
- main Middle French
- anvan Haitian, Haitian Creole
- men Haitian, Haitian Creole
- divan Mauritian Creole
- lame Mauritian Creole
- avangard Crimean Tatar
- men Louisiana Creole French