fingernail

English

Fingernails

Etymology

From finger +‎ nail. Compare German Fingernagel, Dutch vingernagel, Danish fingernegl, Norwegian fingernegl, Swedish fingernagel, Icelandic fingurnögl.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪŋɡɚˌneɪl/

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Noun

fingernail (plural fingernails)

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

Meronyms

• cuticle
• quick

Derived terms

Derived terms

• fingernail clam
• fingernailful

• fingernail moon
• fingernaily

Related terms

• nail
• nail polish
• nail varnish
• thumbnail
• toenail

Translations

covering near the tip of finger

• Afrikaans: nael, vingernael
• Ainu: アㇺ (am)
• Albanian: thua (sq) f
• Amharic: ጥፍር (ṭəfr)
• Arabic: ظُفْر‎‎ (ar) m (ẓufr)

  Gulf Arabic: ظِفِر‎‎ (ðˤɪ.fɪr)

• 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: хюмhан (xjumhan)
• Catalan: ungla (ca) f
• Chakma: 𑄚𑄮𑄇𑄴 (nok)
• Chechen: мӏара (mʿara)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 指甲 (zi² gaap³), 手指甲 (sau² zi² gaap³)

  Mandarin: 指甲 (zh) (zhǐjia), 手指甲 (zh) (shǒuzhǐjia)

• Chuvash: чĕрне (čĕrne)
• Crimean Tatar: tırnak
• Czech: nehet (cs) m
• Danish: negl (da) c, fingernegl (da) c
• Dolgan: тыҥырак
• Dutch: vingernagel (nl) m, nagel (nl) m
• Estonian: küüs
• 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 (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)
• 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:

  Sorani: نینۆک‎‎ (ku)

• Kyrgyz: тырмак (ky) (tırmak)

• Lao: ເລັບມື (lep mư̄)
• Latgalian: nogs m
• Latin: unguis m
• Latvian: nags (lv) m
• Luhya: litere
• Luxembourgish: Fangernol m
• Macedonian: нокт m (nokt)
• Malay: kuku (ms)
• Maori: kuku, maikuku
• Mongolian: хумс (mn) (hums)
• Mundurukú: ibunũ
• Navajo: áláshgaan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fingernegl m, negl (no) m

• Old Turkic: 𐱃𐰃𐰺𐰭𐰴‎‎ (tïrŋaq)
• Ottoman Turkish: طرناق‎‎ (tırnaq), درنق‎‎ (dırnaq)
• Pashto: نوک‎‎ (ps) m
• Persian: ناخن‎‎ (fa) (nâxun)
• Pirahã: xopói
• Pitjantjatjara: maṟa piri, miltji
• Polish: paznokieć (pl) m
• Portuguese: unha (pt) f
• Quechua: sillu
• Rapa Nui: akikuku
• Romanian: unghie (ro) f
• Russian: но́готь (ru) m (nógotʹ), но́гти (ru) m pl (nógti)
• Sanskrit: नख (sa) (nakha)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: но̏кат m

  Roman: nȍkat (sh) m

• Shor: тырбақ (tırbaq)
• Slovak: necht (sk) m
• Slovene: noht (sl) m inan
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: nokś m

  Upper Sorbian: nochć m

• Southern Altai: тырмак (tırmaq)
• Spanish: uña (es) f
• Sundanese: tanggai
• Swahili: kucha (sw)
• Swedish: fingernagel (sv) m, nagel (sv) m
• Tagalog: kuko
• Tajik: нохун (tg) (noxun)
• Tamil: விரல் நகம் (viral nakam)
• Taos: mą̏c’élena
• Tatar: тырнақ (tırnaқ)
• Telugu: గోరు (te) (gōru)
• Thai: เล็บมือ (lép-mʉʉ)
• Turkish: tırnak (tr)
• Turkmen: dyrnak
• Tuvan: дыргак (dırgak)
• Ukrainian: ні́готь m (níhotʹ)
• Urdu: ناخن‎‎ m (nāxun)
• Uyghur: تىرناق‎‎ (tirnaq)
• Uzbek: tirnoq (uz)
• Vietnamese: móng (vi), móng tay
• Volapük: doatanuel
• Yakut: тыҥырах (tıŋırax)
• Yiddish: נאָגל‎‎ m (nogl)
• Zulu: uzipho (zu) class 11/10