forefinger

English

Etymology

Mid-15th century, from Middle English forefyngure; equivalent to fore- +‎ finger.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːˌfɪŋ.ɡə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹˌfɪŋ.ɡɚ/

Noun

forefinger (plural forefingers)

1. (human anatomy) The index finger: the first finger next to the thumb.
   • 1866, Charles Dickens, The Signal-Man‎^[1]:

     He touched me on the arm with his forefinger twice or thrice giving a ghastly nod each time:- […]

Synonyms

• (index finger): See Thesaurus:index finger

Translations

first finger next to the thumb

• Albanian: gisht tregues m
• Arabic: سَبَّابَة‎ f (sabbāba)

  Egyptian Arabic: سبابة‎ f (sabbāba)

• Aramaic: ܡܛܘܚܬܐ‎ f (maṭoḥtāʾ)
• Armenian: ցուցամատ (cʿucʿamat)
• Basque: hatz erakusle
• Belarusian: паказа́льны па́лец m (pakazálʹny páljec)
• Bengali: শাহাদাত আঙ্গুল (śahadat aṅgul)
• Bikol Central: muro
• Breton: biz-yod m
• Brunei Malay: jari talunjuk
• Bulgarian: показа́лец m (pokazálec)
• Burmese: လက်ညှိုး (lakhnyui:)
• Catalan: índex m
• Cebuano: tudlo
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 食指 (sik⁶ zi²)

  Hakka: 蛇頭指／蛇头指 (sà-thèu-chṳ́), 指人指 (chṳ́-ngìn-chṳ́, chí-ngìn-chí), 拈食指 (ngiâm-sṳ̍t-chṳ́, ngiâm-si̍t-chí)

  Mandarin: 食指 (zh) (shízhǐ), 二拇指 (zh) (èrmǔzhǐ), 二指 (zh) (èrzhǐ), 示指 (zh) (shìzhǐ), 二拇哥 (zh) (èrmǔgē) (slang)

  Min Nan: 二指 (zh-min-nan) (jī-cháiⁿ, lī-cháiⁿ), 指指 (zh-min-nan) (kí-cháiⁿ, kí-chúiⁿ, kí-chái, kí-chán), 食指 (si̍t-chí), 報路／报路 (pò-lō͘)

• Coptic: ⲧⲏⲃ ⲛⲡⲛⲓ m (tēb npni)
• Cornish: bys rag m
• Czech: ukazovák m, ukazováček m
• Danish: pegefinger
• Dolgan: ыйар чөмүйэ (ıyar çömüye), иистэнэр чөмүйэ (iistener çömüye)
• Dutch: wijsvinger m
• Esperanto: montra fingro, montrofingro
• Estonian: nimetissõrm
• Faroese: fremstifingur m
• Finnish: etusormi
• French: index m
• Galician: furabolos m, índice m
• Georgian: სალოკი თითი (saloḳi titi), საჩვენებელი თითი (sačvenebeli titi)
• German: Zeigefinger m
• Greek: δείκτης m (deíktis), λιχανός m (lichanós)
• Hebrew: אצבע מורה‎ m (étzba moré)
• Hindi: देशिनी f (deśinī), तर्जनी अँगुली f (tarjanī aṅgulī), तर्जनी f (tarjanī)
• Hungarian: mutatóujj
• Hunsrik: Zeichefinger m
• Icelandic: vísifingur m, sleikifingur m, bendifingur m, vísiputti m
• Ilocano: tammudo
• Indonesian: jari telunjuk, tarjani
• Ingrian: ensimäin sormi
• Interlingua: digito indice, indice
• Italian: indice m, dito indice m
• Japanese: 人差し指 (ひとさしゆび, hitosashiyubi)
• Javanese: driji panuduh, driji panuding
• Kannada: please add this translation if you can
• Kapampangan: panuldu
• Korean: 집게손가락 (jipgeson'garak), 검지 (geomji)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: دۆشاومِژە‎ (doşawmije)

• Latin: index c, digitus salūtāris m
• Latvian: rādītājpirksts m
• Lotud: gontuduk
• Lule Sami: tjutjuk
• Macedonian: показа́лец m (pokazálec)
• Malay: jari telunjuk
• Malayalam: ചൂണ്ടുവിരൽ (cūṇṭuviral)
• Maltese: saba’ l-werrej m
• Manchu: ᡩ᠋ᡝ᠋ᡵᡤᡝ
  ᠰᡳᠮᡥᡠᠨ (derge simhun), ᠮᠣᠴᠣ
  ᠰᡳᠮᡥᡠᠨ (moco simhun), ᠵᠣᡵᡳᡵᡝ
  ᠰᡳᠮᡥᡠᠨ (jorire simhun)
• Maori: kōroa, takoroa, takonui
• Navajo: álaʼ tsostsʼidí
• Ngazidja Comorian: sha shahada class 7/8
• Nias: turu luo
• Norman: preunmié dé m (Jersey), arideigt m (Guernsey)
• Northern Sami: čuvdi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pekefinger m

  Nynorsk: peikefinger m

• Old English: sċytefinger m
• Ottoman Turkish: سبابه‎ (sebbâbe), شهادت پرمغی‎ (šahadet barmaği)
• Pangasinan: tamuro
• Plautdietsch: Wiesfinja m
• Polish: palec wskazujący m inan
• Portuguese: dedo indicador m, indicador m, índice m (Portugal), dedo índex m (Portugal), índex m (Portugal)
• Romanian: deget arătător n, arătător n
• Russian: указа́тельный па́лец m (ukazátelʹnyj pálec)
• Scottish Gaelic: sgealbag f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ка̀жипрст m

  Roman: kàžiprst (sh) m

• Sindhi: ڏسڻي‎ f
• Skolt Sami: čuõjjiǩ
• Slovak: ukazovák m
• Slovene: kazalec m
• Southern Kalinga: pattuchu
• Spanish: índice m, dedo índice m
• Sundanese: curuk
• Swahili: kidole cha shahada
• Swedish: pekfinger n
• Tagalog: hintuturo
• Telugu: చూపుడువేలు (cūpuḍuvēlu), తర్జని (tarjani)
• Tetum: liman fuan hatudu
• Thai: นิ้วชี้ (níu-chíi)
• Tigrinya: ኣመልካቲቶ (ʾamälkatito)
• Turkish: işaret parmağı
• Turkmen: süýem barmak
• Ukrainian: вказі́вний па́лець m (vkazívnyj pálecʹ)
• Vietnamese: ngón tay trỏ
• Welsh: mynegfys
• West Coast Bajau: temboro'
• West Frisian: foarste finger, wiisfinger
• Westrobothnian: slipperbókk m
• Yakut: сөмүйэ (sömüye)
• Yup'ik: keniun, tekeq, tengayuq
• Zhuang: lwgfwngzyinx, fwngzyinx

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