avant-bras
\a.vɑ̃.bʁa\
The verdict
“avant-bras” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie du membre supérieur des humains entre le coude (qui la relie à l'arrière-bras ou bras strict) et le poignet (qui la relie à la main).
Corpus desk
Index FR-avant-bras · avant-bras · French
avant-bras · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | avant-bras |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.vɑ̃.bʁa\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
avant-bras is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.vɑ̃.bʁa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for avant-bras in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is avant-bras, spelled A-V-A-N-T---B-R-A-S.
Definition
- 1Partie du membre supérieur des humains entre le coude (qui la relie à l'arrière-bras ou bras strict) et le poignet (qui la relie à la main).
- 2Pièce d’armure qui couvre et protège l’avant-bras, articulée avec la cubitière et le gantelet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how avant-bras appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
S’attendant à la paire de claques, prélude de la raclée, l’avant-bras déjà presque levé pour la parade habituelle, Camus en demeura un instant muet de stupéfaction.
Les mouvements de flexion et d’extension de l’avant-bras sont gérés par plusieurs muscles dont le biceps (muscle fléchisseur) et le triceps (muscle extenseur).
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.