bras d'honneur

English

Alternative forms

• bras d’honneur

Etymology

Borrowed from French bras d’honneur (literally “arm of honor”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: brä' dŏ-nûrʹ
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌbɹɑː dɒˈnɜː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌbɹɑ dɑˈnɝ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)

Noun

bras d'honneur (plural bras d'honneur)

1. An obscene gesture in which an arm is bent into an L-shape, with the closed palm pointing upwards, while the other hand then grips the biceps of the bent arm, and the bent forearm is then raised vertically; it conveys the sense of “up yours!”.

   Synonyms: Iberian slap, Italian salute, forearm jerk

Translations

obscene gesture

• Catalan: botifarra (ca) f
• Chinese:

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• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: bras d’honneur
• French: bras d’honneur (fr) m
• Italian: gesto dell'ombrello m
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} ブラ・ドヌール (bura donūru)
• Korean: 주먹감자 (jumeokgamja), 감자주먹 (gamjajumeok)
• Polish: gest Kozakiewicza m, wał (pl) m
• Portuguese: (Brazil) banana (pt) f, (Portugal) manguito (pt) m
• Russian: же́ст по ло́коть m (žést po lókotʹ), полру́ки m (polrúki)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бо̀санскӣ гр̑б m

  Roman: bòsanskī gȓb m

• Spanish: corte de manga m, corte de mangas m, (Mexico) mentada de madre f

See also

• give someone the arm

French

Etymology

Literally, “arm of honor”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁa d‿ɔ.nœʁ/, /bʁɑ d‿ɔ.nœʁ/
• Rhymes: -œʁ

Noun

bras d’honneur m (plural bras d’honneur)

1. bras d'honneur

Coordinate terms

• doigt d’honneur
• quenelle