forepaw
/ˈfɔɹpɔ/noun
forepaw is a noun meaning “Either of the paws of an animal's foreleg, homologous to the hand in humans” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-R-E-P-A-W, and it appears about once in every 69 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of forepaw is forepaws.
What does forepaw mean?
noun
- 1
Either of the paws of an animal's foreleg, homologous to the hand in humans.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce forepaw?
- UK /ˈfɔː(ɹ)pɔː/
- US /ˈfɔɹpɔ/
- US /ˈfɔɹpɑ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of forepaw
- forepaws plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is forepaw?
Forepaw appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forepaw in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense paw of an animal's foreleg:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | patte avant |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does forepaw come from?
From fore- + paw.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).