cuticle

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French cuticule, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin cuticula (“cuticle, skin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkjuːtɪkəl/
• Rhymes: -ɪkəl

Noun

cuticle (plural cuticles)

1. The outermost layer of the skin of vertebrates; the epidermis.
2. The strip of hardened skin at the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
3. Dead or cornified epidermis.
4. (zoology, botany) A noncellular protective covering outside the epidermis of many invertebrates and plants.
5. A thin skin formed on the surface of a liquid.

Synonyms

• (zoology, botany) (outer protective covering): cuticula

Derived terms

Derived terms

• cuticular
• epicuticle
• exocuticle

• mescocuticle
• procuticle

Translations

outermost layer of skin of vertebrates — see epidermis

strip of hardened skin at the base of the finger and toenail

• Arabic: بُشَيْرَة (ar) f (bušayra)
• Bulgarian: живец (bg) m (živec)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 角質層／角质层 (jiǎozhìcéng), 角质层 (jiǎozhìcéng)

• Dutch: nagelriem (nl)
• Finnish: kynsivalli, kynsinauha (fi)
• French: cuticule (fr) f
• Galician: cutícula f
• German: Nagelhaut (de) f
• Irish: cúitineach m
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: neglebånd n, negleband n

  Nynorsk: nagleband n

• Portuguese: cutícula f
• Russian: кути́кула (ru) f (kutíkula)
• Scottish Gaelic: cneas m
• Spanish: cutícula (es) f
• Swedish: nagelband (sv) n

dead or cornified epidermis

• Finnish: kuollut iho
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Scottish Gaelic: cneas m

protective covering outside epidermis

• Finnish: kutikula (fi); pintakelmu (plants)
• French: cuticule (fr) f
• German: Cuticula f, Kutikula f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: kutikula
• Japanese: クチクラ
• Spanish: cutícula (es) f

See also

• nail
• thumbnail
• toenail
• quick