fingernail

English

Fingernails

Etymology

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

• 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 (af), 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) (eġung)
• Asturian: uña (ast) f
• Avar: малъ (malˢ)
• Aymara: sillu
• Azerbaijani: dırnaq (az)
• Bashkir: тырнаҡ (tırnaq)
• Belarusian: пазно́гаць m (paznóhacʹ), но́гаць m (nóhacʹ)
• Bengali: নখ (bn) (nokh)
• Bulgarian: но́кът (bg) m (nókǎt)
• Burmese: လက်သည်း (my) (laksany:)
• Buryat: хюмһан (xjumhan)
• Catalan: ungla (ca) f
• Chakma: 𑄚𑄮𑄇𑄴 (nok)
• Chechen: мӏара (mˀara)
• 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
• 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) (tyrnaq)
• Khakas: тырғах (tırğax)
• Khmer: ក្រចកដៃ (krɑchɑɑk day)
• Korean: 손톱 (ko) (sontop)
• Koryak: вагылӈын (vagəlŋən)
• Kumyk: тырнакъ (tırnaq)
• Kurdish:

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• Kyrgyz: тырмак (ky) (tırmak)
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• 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) (xums)
• 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)
• Rusyn: нохоть m (noxotʹ)
• 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
• 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 (tıñıraq)
• Yami: koko
• Yiddish: נאָגל m (nogl)
• Zealandic: naegel m
• Zulu: uzipho (zu) class 11/10