toenail

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: tō'nāl", IPA: /ˈtəʊˌneɪl/, X-SAMPA: /"t@U%neIl/

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Noun

toenail (plural toenails)

1. The thin, horny, transparent plate covering the upper surface of the end of a toe

Related terms

• fingernail
• nail
• toe

Translations

the plate covering the end of a toe

• Ainu: アㇺ (am)
• Bashkir: тырнаҡ (tïrnaq)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腳指甲 (cmn), 脚指甲 (cmn) (jiǎozhǐjia), 趾甲 (cmn) (zhǐjiǎ)

• Dutch: teennagel m
• Finnish: varpaankynsi (fi), kynsi (fi)
• French: ongle de pied m, ongle d'orteil m

  Old French: ongle del pié

• German: Zehennagel (de) m
• Icelandic: tánögl (is) f
• Japanese: (足指の) 爪 (ja) (つめ, tsume)

• Korean: 발톱 (ko) (baltop)
• Luxembourgish: Zéiwennol (lb) m
• Macedonian: нокт (mk) (nokt) m
• Norwegian: tånegl m
• Russian: ноготь (ru) (nógotʹ) m (на пальце ноги)
• Spanish: uña (es) del dedo del pie m
• Telugu: కాలిగోరు (kaaligOru)
• Vietnamese: móng chân (vi)
• Volapük: teananuel (vo)
• Zulu: uzipho (zu) 11/10

Verb

toenail (third-person singular simple present toenails, present participle toenailing, simple past and past participle toenailed)

1. (transitive) To fasten two boards together by applying nails into both boards at a 45 degree angle.

Anagrams

• elation
• Oltenia