"armrest" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-armrest.ogg [US] Forms: armrests [plural]
Etymology: From arm + rest. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|arm|rest}} arm + rest Head templates: {{en-noun}} armrest (plural armrests)
  1. Part of the seat of a chair that is designed to support the arm. Synonyms: arm rest Related terms: backrest, bookrest, footrest, handrest, headrest, palmrest, armchair, footstool Translations (part of a seat): مِرْفَق (mirfaq) [masculine] (Arabic), падлако́тнік (padlakótnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), reposabraços [masculine] (Catalan), 椅子上的扶手 (yǐzi shàng de fúshǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 肘靠 (zhǒukào) (Chinese Mandarin), armlæn [neuter] (Danish), armleuning (Dutch), brakapogilo (Esperanto), käsinoja (Finnish), accoudoir [masculine] (French), accotoir [masculine] (French), repousabrazos [masculine] (Galician), Armlehne [feminine] (German), αποκούμπι (apokoúmpi) [neuter] (Greek), bracciolo (Italian), 肘掛け (hijikake) (alt: ひじかけ) (Japanese), 팔걸이 (palgeori) (Korean), armlene [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), armlene [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), podłokietnik [masculine] (Polish), braço [masculine] (Portuguese), подлоко́тник (podlokótnik) [masculine] (Russian), reposabrazos [masculine] (Spanish), armstöd [neuter] (Swedish), เท้าแขน (táao-kɛ̌ɛn) (Thai), підлокі́тник (pidlokítnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), bradastutöm (Volapük)

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