bras d'honneur

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌbɹɑː dɒˈnɜː/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌbɹɑ dɑˈnɝ/

Noun

bras d'honneur (plural bras d'honneur)

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

Translations

obscene gesture

Catalan: botifarra f, ^{(please verify)} tall de màniga m
Chinese:
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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

French

Noun

bras d'honneur m (plural bras d'honneur)

bras d'honneur

See also

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