forehead

Betekenis (Engels)

1. The part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline.
2. confidence; audacity; impudence.
3. The upper part of a mobile phone, above the screen.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈfɔː(ɹ)hɛd/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle English forhed, forheed, from Old English forehēafod, from Proto-West Germanic *forēhaubid, corresponding to fore- + head. Cognate with Scots foreheid (“forehead”), Dutch voorhoofd (“forehead”), German Vorhaupt (“forehead”), Danish forhoved (“brow; forehead; face”). Compare also West Frisian foarholle (“forehead”), German Low German Vörkopp (“forehead”).

Sinne

Vibhuti smeared across the forehead to the end of both eyebrows is called Tripundra.