English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From finger + nail. Compare Middle English nayl of fynger (“fingernail”) and Old English handnæġl (“fingernail”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Fingernail (“fingernail”), West Frisian fingerneil (“fingernail”), Dutch vingernagel (“fingernail”), German Fingernagel (“fingernail”), Danish fingernegl (“fingernail”), Swedish fingernagel (“fingernail”), Norwegian fingernegl (“fingernail”), Icelandic fingurnögl (“fingernail”).
Pronunciation[edit]
fingernail (plural fingernails)
- The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.
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Translations[edit]
covering near the tip of finger
- Afrikaans: nael (af), vingernael
- Ainu: アㇺ (am)
- Albanian: thua (sq) f
- Amharic: ጥፍር (ṭəfr)
- Arabic: ظُفْر (ar) m (ẓufr)
- Gulf Arabic: ظِفِر (ẓifir)
- Armenian: եղունգ (hy) (ełung)
- Asturian: uña (ast) f
- Avar: малъ (mał)
- Aymara: sillu
- Azerbaijani: dırnaq (az)
- Bashkir: тырнаҡ (tïrnaq)
- Belarusian: пазно́гаць m (paznóhacʹ), но́гаць m (nóhacʹ)
- Bengali: নখ (bn) (nôkh)
- Bulgarian: но́кът (bg) m (nókǎt)
- Burmese: လက်သည်း (my) (laksany:)
- Buryat: хюмһан (xjumhan)
- Catalan: ungla (ca) f
- Chakma: 𑄚𑄮𑄇𑄴 (nok)
- Chechen: мӏара (mʿara)
- Chichewa: khadabo
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 指甲 (zi2 gaap3), 手指甲 (sau2 zi2 gaap3)
- Mandarin: 指甲 (zh) (zhǐjia), 手指甲 (zh) (shǒuzhǐjia)
- Chuvash: чӗрне (čĕrne)
- Classical Nahuatl: iztetl
- Crimean Tatar: tırnak
- Czech: nehet (cs) m
- Egyptian: (ꜥnt f), (ꜣb m)
- Danish: negl (da) c, fingernegl (da) c
- Dolgan: тыҥырак
- Dutch: vingernagel (nl) m, nagel (nl) m
- Estonian: küüs (et)
- Finnish: sormen kynsi, sormenkynsi
- Franco-Provençal: ongla f
- French: ongle (fr) m, ongle de main m
- Gagauz: tırnak
- Galician: uña (gl) f, unlla (gl) f
- Georgian: ფრჩხილი (ka) (prčxili)
- German: Fingernagel (de) m
- Greek: νύχι (el) n (nýchi)
- Guaraní: poapen
- Gujarati: નખ (gu) m (nakh)
- Hausa: farce
- Hebrew: ציפורן \ צִפֹּרֶן (he) (tsipóren)
- Hindi: नाख़ुन m (nāxun)
- Hungarian: köröm (hu)
- Icelandic: nögl (is) f, fingurnögl f
- Indonesian: kuku (id)
- Irish: ionga méire f
- Italian: unghia (it) f
- Japanese: 爪 (ja) (つめ, tsume)
- Kalmyk: хумсн (xumsn)
- Kapampangan: kuku
- Karachay-Balkar: тырнакъ (tırnaq)
- Karakalpak: tırnaq
- Kazakh: тырнақ (kk) (tırnaq)
- Khakas: тырғах (tırğax)
- Khmer: ក្រចកដៃ (krɑchɑɑk day)
- Korean: 손톱 (ko) (sontop)
- Koryak: вагылӈын (vagəlŋən)
- Kumyk: тырнакъ (tırnaq)
- Kurdish: nînok (ku) f
- Sorani: نینۆک (ku) (nînok)
- Kyrgyz: тырмак (ky) (tırmak)
- Lao: ເລັບມື (lep mư̄)
- Latgalian: nogs m
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