arm

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
2. The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.
3. A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
4. The part of a piece of clothing that covers the arm.
5. A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the armrest of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.
6. A bay or inlet off a main body of water.
7. A branch of an organization.
8. Power; might; strength; support.
9. (slang) A pitcher
10. One of the two parts of a chromosome.
11. A group of patients in a medical trial.

Verb

To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.

Adj

1. Poor; lacking in riches or wealth.
2. To be pitied; pitiful; wretched.

Verb

1. To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.
2. To supply with the equipment, knowledge, authority, or other tools needed for a particular task; to furnish with capability; to equip.
3. To prepare (a tool, weapon, or system) for action; to activate.
4. To become prepared for action; to activate.
5. To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.
6. To take up weapons; to arm oneself.
7. To fit (a magnet) with an armature.

Concepten

arm

wapen

bewapenen

wapenen

wapenschild

hand

armleuning

uitrusten

zijde

arm-

klaar maken

been

🦵

mouw

pantseren

passerbeen

tak

toerusten

Synoniemen

hand

✋

weapon

branch

forearm

wing

🪽

sleeve

shoulder

upper arm

side

limb

equip

finger

gird

upper

armrest

build up

wrist

handle

fortify

subdivision

militarize

weapon system

lower arm

brachium

right arm

arms

five

elbow-rest

foreleg

division

armament

furnish

reinforce

militarise

tool

armor

fit out

forelimb

fork

forking

gear up

gun

🔫

habilitate

handler

have

helve

holder

horn

incompatibility

instrument

isolator

issue

leg

🦵

lever

lower

lower-arm

man

👨

marshal

missile

mobilise

mouth

munition

muscle

💪

opposition

packaging

pedicel

peduncle

piece

pillow

pit

possess

provide

radius vector

rearm

rig

right hand

rod

scape

section

shaft

shank

shelf

shoulder blade

signature

solidity

sound

🔉

spoke

spud

squad

stalk

stand

steadier

stem

stipe

stock

support

supporter

ten

thigh

thoracic limb

unit

weaponry

wristbands

bear arms

caudex

cubitus

front leg

scout troop

trunk of eleplant

back of hand

cross member

dight

podetium

equip with weapons

furnish weapons

implement of war

prepare for combat

bomb arm

trial arm

study arm

arm bone

poker hand

supporting frame

support stand

tension arm

arm of force

cross arm

support frame

3

8

fore-limb

lever of force

fixed mount

supporting rod

pole support

fulcrum bar

rack post

bay bear

bear frame

accouter

arm of seine

armature

armlet

armour

arm-rest

array

artillery

assemble

axis

base

bearer

bearing rod

biceps

bifurcation

billabong

blade

bracket

carpus

cladding

command

compartment

contingent

contradiction

cove

crank

crotch

department

deterrent

dial

distributary

elbow

embattle

engine

exterior

fingers

firearm

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɑːm/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: arm

Overgenomen van Oudengels: earm

Verwant aan Nederlands: arm

Verwant aan Duits: Arm

Verwant aan Jiddisch: אָרעם

Verwant aan Deens: -

Verwant aan Noors: -

Verwant aan Zweeds: arm

Verwant aan Latijn: armus

Verwant aan Armeens: արմունկ

Verwant aan Oudgrieks: ἁρμός

Verwant aan Avestisch: 𐬀𐬭𐬨𐬀

Verwant aan Duits: arm

Overgenomen van Middelengels: armes

Verwant aan Latijn: arma

In summary

From Middle English arm, from Old English earm, from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“arm”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“a fitting, joint; arm, forequarter”), a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to join, fit together”).
cognates
Akin to Dutch arm, German Arm, Yiddish אָרעם (orem), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish arm. Indo-European cognates include Latin armus (“the uppermost part of the arm, shoulder”), Armenian արմունկ (armunk, “elbow”), Ancient Greek ἁρμός (harmós, “joint, shoulder”) and ἅρμα (hárma, “wagon, chariot”), Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬨𐬀 (arma), Old Persian [script needed] (arma).

Zinnen

When he was in hospital , the nurse took an x-ray photograph of his arm .

Toen hij in het ziekenhuis was, nam de verpleegster een röntgenfoto van zijn arm.