fingernail

English[edit]

Fingernails

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English finger neil(e); equivalent to 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]

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪŋɡɚˌneɪl/
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Noun[edit]

fingernail (plural fingernails)

The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.

Synonyms[edit]

handnail (uncommon)

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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
Chickasaw: ilbakchosh
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:
Central Kurdish: نینۆک‎ (ku) (nînok)

Northern Kurdish: nînok (ku) f
Kyrgyz: тырмак (ky) (tırmaq)
Lao: ເລັບມື (lep mư̄)
Latgalian: nogs m