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forehead

/ˈfɔːhɛd/ UK
/ˈfɔːɹɛd/ UK
/ˈfɒɹɪd/ UK
/ˈfɒɹɛd/ UK
/ˈfɔɹ.hɛd/ US
/ˈfɔɹɛd/ dated
/ˈfɔɹɪd/ dated
/ˈfɑɹɪd/ dated
/ˈfoːhed/ Australia
/ˈfɔɹəd/ Australia

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)hɛd, -ɒɹɪd, -ɔɹɪd, -ɑɹɪd

Where it comes from

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”).

noun foreheads · for'ead · forrad · forread · forred · forrid

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
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
countable, uncountable The upper part of a mobile phone, above the screen.

Similar: brow

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: brow, frontal bone, os frontale, hairline, head, toe, snout, face, coalface, waterfront, battlefield, skull, cranium, frontline, battle, front

noun

Similar: brow

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noun part of face above eyebrows

Español	frente, testuz, testera, fronte
한국어	이마 ima
日本語	額 hitai, お凸 odeko
中文	前額 /前额 qián'é, 額頭 /额头 étóu, 額 /额 or 頟 /额 é, 額門 /额门 émén, 眉宇 méiyǔ
हिन्दी	माथा māthā, माथ māth, ललाट lalāṭ, मस्तक mastak
Português	testa
Français	front
Deutsch	Stirn
Italiano	fronte
Ελληνικά	μέτωπο métopo
Română	frunte
Русский	лоб lob, чело́ čeló
Tiếng Việt	trán
العربية	جَبْهَة jabha, جَبِين jabīn
עברית	מֵצַח métsakh

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@misc{forehead_2026,
  title = {forehead},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/forehead},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}