forehead

Meaning

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

Synonyms

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

Translations

front

frente

Stirn

fronte

voorhoofd

μέτωπο

testa

front

frons

alın

frōns

enî

جبهة

fronte

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɔː(ɹ)hɛd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: forhed

Inherited from Old English: forehēafod

Cognate with Scots: foreheid

Cognate with Dutch: voorhoofd

Cognate with German: Vorhaupt

Cognate with Danish: forhoved

Cognate with Western Frisian: 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”).

Sentences

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.