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

Chinese: Mandarin: 指紋 (zh), 指纹 (zh) (zhǐwén) Finnish: sormenjälki (fi) French: empreinte digitale (fr) f. German: Fingerabdruck (de) m. Japanese: 指紋 (ja) (しもん, shimon)

Korean: 지문 (ko) (jimun) (指紋 (ko)) Lithuanian: pirštų atspaudas (lt) m. Portuguese: impressão digital (pt) f. Russian: отпечаток пальца (ru) (otpečátok pál'ca) m. Scottish Gaelic: meur-lorg (gd) f.

the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched

Bulgarian: отпечатъци от пръсти (bg) pl. Chinese: Mandarin: 指紋 (zh), 指纹 (zh) (zhǐwén), 指印 (zh) (zhǐyìn) Czech: otisk prstu (cs) m. Danish: fingeraftryk (da) n. Dutch: vingerafdruk (nl) m. Finnish: sormenjälki (fi) German: Fingerabdruck (de) m.

Japanese: 指紋 (ja) (しもん, shimon) Korean: 지문 (ko) (jimun) (指紋 (ko)) Lithuanian: pirštų atspaudas (lt) m. 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.

unique identification for public key in asymmetric cryptosystem

Chinese: Mandarin: 指紋碼 (zh), 指纹码 (zh) (zhǐwénmǎ) Czech: otisk prstu (cs) m. Danish: digitalt fingeraftryk (da)

Dutch: digitale vingerafdruk (nl) m. Finnish: tunniste (fi)

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French: empreinte digitale (fr) f. Greek: δακτυλικό αποτύπωμα (el) n. 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) Portuguese: tirar as digitais (pt)

Russian: дактилоскопировать (ru) (daktiloskopírovat'), снимать отпечатки пальцев (ru) (snimát' otpečátki pál'cev)

See also

• dactylography
• biometrics