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forehead en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈfoːhed/ (Australia)
• /ˈfɔɹəd/ (Australia)
• /ˈfɔɹɛd/ (dated)
• /ˈfɒɹɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈfɒɹɛd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (UK) audio
• /ˈfɔːhɛd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈfɔɹ.hɛd/ (US)
• (US) audio
• /ˈfɑɹɪd/ (dated)
• /ˈfɔɹɪd/ (dated)
• /ˈfɔːɹɛd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. (countable) The part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline.
   • 'This question the Dodo could not answer without a great deal of thought, and it sat for a long time with one finger pressed upon its forehead (the position in which you usually see Shakespeare, in the pictures of him), while the rest waited in silence. At last the Dodo said, ‘everybody has won, and all must have prizes.’' 1865, Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Macmillan:
   • The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue.[…]. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
   • Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes.[…]She put back a truant curl from her forehead where it had sought egress to the world, and looked him full in the face now, drawing a deep breath which caused the round of her bosom to lift the lace at her throat. 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
2. (uncountable) confidence; audacity; impudence.
   • Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty; For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood, Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], lines 691-93:
3. (countable, uncountable) The upper part of a mobile phone, above the screen.

Forms

Deriveds

midforehead · fivehead · foreheaded · forehead thermometer

Synonyms

brow

Translations (288)

ky чеке (part of face above eyebrows) · vi trán (part of face above eyebrows) · dsb coło (part of face above eyebrows) · txb ānte (part of face above eyebrows) · tyz phjác (part of face above eyebrows) · pt testa (part of face above eyebrows) · gld пэе (part of face above eyebrows) · ab алахь (part of face above eyebrows) · be чало́ (part of face above eyebrows) · nb panne (part of face above eyebrows) · cmn 眉宇 (part of face above eyebrows) · apw bitaʼ (part of face above eyebrows) · evn омкото (part of face above eyebrows) · kl qaaq (part of face above eyebrows) · duu mvrdaq (part of face above eyebrows) · ta நெற்றி (part of face above eyebrows) · ny mphumi (part of face above eyebrows) · tpw sybá (part of face above eyebrows) · kky gaman (part of face above eyebrows) · hi माथ (part of face above eyebrows) · af voorkop (part of face above eyebrows) · lo ໜ້າຜາກ (part of face above eyebrows) · ug ماڭلاي (part of face above eyebrows) · sl čelo (part of face above eyebrows) · rif tanyart (part of face above eyebrows) · bg чело́ (part of face above eyebrows) · izh otsakeero (part of face above eyebrows) · kn ನೊಸಲು (part of face above eyebrows) · cop ⲧⲉϩⲛⲓ (part of face above eyebrows) · mn манлай (part of face above eyebrows) · bdr lindo' (part of face above eyebrows) · sdh تێوِڵ (part of face above eyebrows) · sq ballë (part of face above eyebrows) · lad פ׳רינטי (part of face above eyebrows) · he מֵצַח (part of face above eyebrows) · ur ماتھا (part of face above eyebrows) · pag muling (part of face above eyebrows) · wuu 額角頭 /额角头 (part of face above eyebrows) · mg handrina (part of face above eyebrows) · sh чѐло (part of face above eyebrows) · ceb agtang (part of face above eyebrows) · kmr enî (part of face above eyebrows) · cjm ꨖꨬ (part of face above eyebrows) · cdo 額頭 /额头 (part of face above eyebrows) · qu urku (part of face above eyebrows) · bg лоб (part of face above eyebrows) · eu kopeta (part of face above eyebrows) · cv ҫамка (part of face above eyebrows) · qu mati (part of face above eyebrows) · rm frunt (part of face above eyebrows) · nys bap (part of face above eyebrows) · ml നെറ്റി (part of face above eyebrows) · ht fon (part of face above eyebrows) · fi otsa (part of face above eyebrows) · hi माथा (part of face above eyebrows) · bn পেশানী (part of face above eyebrows) · ps تندى (part of face above eyebrows) · cmn 額 /额 or 頟 /额 (part of face above eyebrows) · fy foarholle (part of face above eyebrows) · es testera (part of face above eyebrows) · ca front (part of face above eyebrows) · gl fronte (part of face above eyebrows) · fy poatte (part of face above eyebrows) · ium biorngh (part of face above eyebrows) · hi मस्तक (part of face above eyebrows) · de Stirn (part of face above eyebrows) · udm кымес (part of face above eyebrows) · vec front (part of face above eyebrows) · dng ңыйлу (part of face above eyebrows) · fur front (part of face above eyebrows) · ms jidat (part of face above eyebrows) · am ግምባር (part of face above eyebrows) · evn хэе (part of face above eyebrows) · bjn dahi (part of face above eyebrows) · mnc ᡧᡝᠩᡤᡳᠨ (part of face above eyebrows) · gd bathais (part of face above eyebrows) · myv коня (part of face above eyebrows) · aqc нодо (part of face above eyebrows) · tl noo (part of face above eyebrows) · xda ngurran (part of face above eyebrows) · cdm जेल्ह् (part of face above eyebrows) · ro frunte (part of face above eyebrows) · inh хьажа (part of face above eyebrows) · ar جَبِين (part of face above eyebrows) · es frente (part of face above eyebrows) · tta paniaminte (part of face above eyebrows) · ota آلن (part of face above eyebrows) · sat ᱢᱚᱞᱚᱝ (part of face above eyebrows) · ka შუბლი (part of face above eyebrows) · tt маңгай (part of face above eyebrows) · hi ललाट (part of face above eyebrows) · lad frente (part of face above eyebrows) · prs پیشَانِی (part of face above eyebrows) · et laup (part of face above eyebrows) · mr कपाळ (part of face above eyebrows) · om adda (part of face above eyebrows) · fj yadre (part of face above eyebrows) · be лоб (part of face above eyebrows) · sv panna (part of face above eyebrows) · uz peshona (part of face above eyebrows) · vo flom (part of face above eyebrows) · rm frùnt (part of face above eyebrows) · id dahi (part of face above eyebrows) · orv чело (part of face above eyebrows) · sux 𒆠𒉆𒀀𒇒𒊏 (part of face above eyebrows) · hu homlok (part of face above eyebrows) · arz قورة (part of face above eyebrows) · eve омкат (part of face above eyebrows) · th เถิก (part of face above eyebrows) · sh čèlo (part of face above eyebrows) · mn дух (part of face above eyebrows) · cmn 額門 /额门 (part of face above eyebrows) · lo ຫນ້າຜາກ (part of face above eyebrows) · pac payiêl (part of face above eyebrows) · sma gaalloe (part of face above eyebrows) · km ថ្ងាស (part of face above eyebrows) · tay lihuy (part of face above eyebrows) · lki توڵ (part of face above eyebrows) · egy D46:O4-N35:X1-D1 (part of face above eyebrows) · kk маңдай (part of face above eyebrows) · bho माथा (part of face above eyebrows) · ja お凸 (part of face above eyebrows) · sib anang (part of face above eyebrows) · ill beneng (part of face above eyebrows) · pac padyiêl (part of face above eyebrows) · ota پیشانی (part of face above eyebrows) · shn ၼႃႈၽၢၵ်ႇ (part of face above eyebrows) · dv ނިއްކުރި (part of face above eyebrows) · es fronte (part of face above eyebrows) · atv манънай (part of face above eyebrows) · es testuz (part of face above eyebrows) · xal маңна (part of face above eyebrows) · jje 임댕이 (part of face above eyebrows) · el μέτωπο (part of face above eyebrows) · ksw ခိၣ်တိသၣ် (part of face above eyebrows) · gu કપાળ (part of face above eyebrows) · ba маңдай (part of face above eyebrows) · ru чело́ (part of face above eyebrows) · war ag-tang (part of face above eyebrows) · te నుదురు (part of face above eyebrows) · ms dahi (part of face above eyebrows) · my နဖူး (part of face above eyebrows) · fo panna (part of face above eyebrows) · scn frunti (part of face above eyebrows) · fr front (part of face above eyebrows) · jje 이맹이 (part of face above eyebrows) · ur پیشانی (part of face above eyebrows) · dtr kadat (part of face above eyebrows) · fa-ira پیشانی (part of face above eyebrows) · mn ᠮᠠᠩᠨᠠᠢ (part of face above eyebrows) · yo iwájú orí (part of face above eyebrows) · mn ᠳᠤᠬᠤ (part of face above eyebrows) · ln eboló (part of face above eyebrows) · eo frunto (part of face above eyebrows) · kky bidi (part of face above eyebrows) · grc μέτωπον (part of face above eyebrows) · lzh-lit 顙 (part of face above eyebrows) · ccc tolo (part of face above eyebrows) · sa ललाटम् (part of face above eyebrows) · za najbyak (part of face above eyebrows) · cu чело (part of face above eyebrows) · lv piere (part of face above eyebrows) · gu ભાળ (part of face above eyebrows) · jv bathuk (part of face above eyebrows) · sc fronti (part of face above eyebrows) · mn ᠮᠠᠩᠯᠠᠢ (part of face above eyebrows) · ang forehēafod (part of face above eyebrows) · is enni (part of face above eyebrows) · pam kanwan (part of face above eyebrows) · uk лоб (part of face above eyebrows) · mg betro (part of face above eyebrows) · kqr rabas (part of face above eyebrows) · mt ġbin (part of face above eyebrows) · yue 額頭 /额头 (part of face above eyebrows) · lmw tíkki (part of face above eyebrows) · cmn 額頭 /额头 (part of face above eyebrows) · bo དཔྲལ་བ (part of face above eyebrows) · it fronte (part of face above eyebrows) · rgn frònta (part of face above eyebrows) · fro frunt (part of face above eyebrows) · nan-hbl 頭額 /头额 (part of face above eyebrows) · kea tésta (part of face above eyebrows) · yi שטערן (part of face above eyebrows) · io fronto (part of face above eyebrows) · mi rae (part of face above eyebrows) · pl czoło (part of face above eyebrows) · ckb ناوچاوان (part of face above eyebrows) · tih rabas (part of face above eyebrows) · oc front (part of face above eyebrows) · la frōns (part of face above eyebrows) · ti ግንባር (part of face above eyebrows) · eu kopetan (part of face above eyebrows) · lb Stir (part of face above eyebrows) · orv чоло (part of face above eyebrows) · sc frunte (part of face above eyebrows) · ne निधार (part of face above eyebrows) · ce хьаж (part of face above eyebrows) · tg пешона (part of face above eyebrows) · rm front (part of face above eyebrows) · haw lae (part of face above eyebrows) · kaa mańlay (part of face above eyebrows) · mdf коня (part of face above eyebrows) · izh loba (part of face above eyebrows) · rup frãmti (part of face above eyebrows) · no panne (part of face above eyebrows) · da pande (part of face above eyebrows) · ig egbugbere ihu (part of face above eyebrows) · yo oti (Igbomina) (part of face above eyebrows) · pa ਮੱਥਾ (part of face above eyebrows) · lt kaktà (part of face above eyebrows) · slr meñzi (part of face above eyebrows) · ale tanix̂ (part of face above eyebrows) · pam kanuan (part of face above eyebrows) · ace dhoe (part of face above eyebrows) · ast frente (part of face above eyebrows) · am ግንባር (part of face above eyebrows) · csm ṭóp·ele (part of face above eyebrows) · hsb čoło (part of face above eyebrows) · th หน้าผาก (part of face above eyebrows) · hy ճակատ (part of face above eyebrows) · bn কপাল (part of face above eyebrows) · cdo 額 /额 (part of face above eyebrows) · cs čelo (part of face above eyebrows) · sk čelo (part of face above eyebrows) · drg rabbas (part of face above eyebrows) · bcl angog (part of face above eyebrows) · lez пел (part of face above eyebrows) · ik qauq (part of face above eyebrows) · sga étan (part of face above eyebrows) · ia fronte (part of face above eyebrows) · ckb تەوێڵ (part of face above eyebrows) · bsb kadat (part of face above eyebrows) · win pee (part of face above eyebrows) · sne oro (part of face above eyebrows) · cy talcen (part of face above eyebrows) · gv baaish (part of face above eyebrows) · sah сүүс (part of face above eyebrows) · kpv кымӧс (part of face above eyebrows) · alt маҥдай (part of face above eyebrows) · chr ᎠᎬᏓᎨᏂ (part of face above eyebrows) · tk aalyn (part of face above eyebrows) · akk pūtum (part of face above eyebrows) · tk maňlaý (part of face above eyebrows) · br tal (part of face above eyebrows) · liv vȱntsa (part of face above eyebrows) · lbe неиттабакӏ (part of face above eyebrows) · dng бынлу (part of face above eyebrows) · aii ܩܸܨܵܐ (part of face above eyebrows) · bn জবীন (part of face above eyebrows) · dlm fruant (part of face above eyebrows) · ko 이마 (part of face above eyebrows) · sc fronte (part of face above eyebrows) · ru лоб (part of face above eyebrows) · uk чоло́ (part of face above eyebrows) · se gállu (part of face above eyebrows) · nl voorhoofd (part of face above eyebrows) · iba bangi (part of face above eyebrows) · mba tangad (part of face above eyebrows) · oj nikatig (part of face above eyebrows) · ary جبهة (part of face above eyebrows) · an frent (part of face above eyebrows) · ta நுதல் (part of face above eyebrows) · atv кабак (part of face above eyebrows) · av нодо (part of face above eyebrows) · lut sʔililc (part of face above eyebrows) · dar анда (part of face above eyebrows) · kw tal (part of face above eyebrows) · ar جَبْهَة (part of face above eyebrows) · nog манълай (part of face above eyebrows) · ba маңлай (part of face above eyebrows) · zza çare (diq) (part of face above eyebrows) · tr alın (part of face above eyebrows) · ur جَبِین (part of face above eyebrows) · arz جبين (part of face above eyebrows) · mvv rabas (part of face above eyebrows) · az alın (part of face above eyebrows) · hak 額角 /额角 (part of face above eyebrows) · rsk чоло (part of face above eyebrows) · mel beleang (part of face above eyebrows) · cmn 前額 /前额 (part of face above eyebrows) · mn магнай (part of face above eyebrows) · ota جبین (part of face above eyebrows) · gv glaare eddin (part of face above eyebrows) · ga clár éadain (part of face above eyebrows) · ja 額 (part of face above eyebrows) · acw جَبْهة (part of face above eyebrows) · mk чело (part of face above eyebrows) · uz manglay (part of face above eyebrows)

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