fingerprint

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Fingerprint

Alternative forms

• finger-print

Etymology

From finger + print.

Pronunciation

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Noun

fingerprint (plural fingerprints)

1. The unique natural pattern of ridges on the tips of the fingers.
2. The patterns left on surfaces where uncovered fingertips have touched.
3. (computing) Unique identification for public key in asymmetric cryptosystem.

Hyponyms

• thumbprint

Derived terms

• fingerprint analysis
• fingerprint recognition

Translations

the pattern of ridges on the tips of the fingers

• Arabic: بصمة (ar) (baṣmaa) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 指紋 (cmn), 指纹 (cmn) (zhǐwén)

• Finnish: sormenjälki (fi)
• French: empreinte digitale (fr) f
• German: Fingerabdruck (de) m
• Greek: ‎δακτυλικό αποτύπωμα (daktylikó apotýpoma) n 
• Icelandic: fingrafar (is) n
• Irish: méarlorg (ga) m
• Japanese: 指紋 (ja) (しもん, shimon)

• Korean: 지문 (ko) (jimun) (指紋 (ko))
• Lithuanian: pirštų atspaudas (lt) m
• Norwegian: fingeravtrykk (no) n
• Portuguese: impressão digital (pt) f
• Russian: отпечаток пальца (ru) (otpečátok pál'ca) m
• Scottish Gaelic: meur-lorg (gd) f
• Swedish: fingeravtryck (sv) n
• Turkish: parmak izi (tr)

the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched

• Arabic: بصمة (ar) (baṣmaa) f
• Bulgarian: отпечатъци от пръсти (bg) (otpečatǎci ot prǎsti) pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 指紋 (cmn), 指纹 (cmn) (zhǐwén), 指印 (cmn) (zhǐyìn)

• Czech: otisk prstu (cs) m
• Danish: fingeraftryk (da) n
• Dutch: vingerafdruk (nl) m
• Finnish: sormenjälki (fi)
• German: Fingerabdruck (de) m
• Greek: ‎δακτυλικό αποτύπωμα (daktylikó apotýpoma) n 
• Irish: méarlorg (ga) m

• Japanese: 指紋 (ja) (しもん, shimon)
• Korean: 지문 (ko) (jimun) (指紋 (ko))
• Lithuanian: pirštų atspaudas (lt) m
• Norwegian: fingeravtrykk (no) n
• Portuguese: impressão digital (pt) f
• Russian: отпечаток пальца (ru) (otpečátok pál'ca) m, отпечатки пальцев (ru) (otpečátki pál'cev) m pl
• Scottish Gaelic: meur-lorg (gd) f
• Swedish: fingeravtryck (sv) n
• Turkish: parmak izi (tr)

unique identification for public key in asymmetric cryptosystem

• Arabic: بصمة (ar) (baṣmaa) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 指紋碼 (cmn), 指纹码 (cmn) (zhǐwénmǎ)

• Czech: otisk prstu (cs) m
• Danish: digitalt fingeraftryk (da)

• Dutch: digitale vingerafdruk (nl) m
• Finnish: tunniste (fi)
• Greek: ψηφιακό αποτύπωμα (el) (psifiakó apotýpoma) n

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• French: empreinte digitale (fr) f
• Italian: impronta digitale (it) f
• Norwegian: fingeravtrykk (no) n

• Spanish: huella digital (es) f
• Turkish: Parmak Izi (tr)

See also

• (computing): hash

Verb

fingerprint (third-person singular simple present fingerprints, present participle fingerprinting, simple past and past participle fingerprinted)

1. (transitive) To take somebody's fingerprints.

   The jail staff fingerprints its 'guests' routinely

Translations

to take fingerprints

• Dutch: vingerafdrukken nemen/maken
• Finnish: ottaa (fi) sormenjäljet (fi)
• Greek: δακτυλοσκοπώ (el) (daktyloskopó)
• Portuguese: tirar as digitais (pt)

• Russian: дактилоскопировать (ru) (daktiloskopírovat'), снимать отпечатки пальцев (ru) (snimát' otpečátki pál'cev)
• Swedish: ta fingeravtryck på (någon), ta någons fingeravtryck

See also

• dactylography
• biometrics