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.

Sinonieme

brow

face

front

head

frontal bone

frontal

hair

temple

os frontale

forequarter

head hair

fore part

frons

apex

anterior part

battlefront

crown

👑

fore

frontage

frontlet

pinnacle

skull

💀

tip top

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈfɔː(ɹ)hɛd/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: forhed

Geërf van Old English: forehēafod

Verwante met Skots: foreheid

Verwante met Nederlands: voorhoofd

Verwante met Duits: Vorhaupt

Verwante met Deens: forhoved

Verwante met Fries: foarholle

In summary

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

Instead , the stranger lowered it slowly , until the point touched the boy's forehead .

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