forefinger

English

Etymology

Mid 15th century, from fore- +‎ finger

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːˌfɪŋ.ɡə/
• 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 (hy) (cʻucʻamat)
• Basque: hatz erakusle
• Belarusian: паказа́льны па́лец m (pakazálʹny páljec)
• Breton: biz-yod (br) m
• Brunei Malay: jari talunjuk
• Bulgarian: показа́лец (bg) m (pokazálec)
• Catalan: índex (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 食指 (sik⁶ zi²)

  Hakka: 蛇頭指／蛇头指, 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 (shìzhǐ), 二拇哥 (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, 报路 (pò-lō͘)

• Coptic: ⲧⲏⲃ ⲛⲡⲛⲓ m (tēb npni)
• Cornish: bys rag m
• Czech: ukazovák (cs) m, ukazováček (cs) m
• Danish: pegefinger (da)
• Dolgan: ыйар чөмүйэ (ıyar çömüye), иистэнэр чөмүйэ (iistener çömüye)
• Dutch: wijsvinger (nl) m
• Esperanto: montra fingro, montrofingro (eo)
• Estonian: nimetissõrm
• Faroese: fremstifingur m
• Finnish: etusormi (fi)
• French: index (fr) m
• Galician: furabolos (gl) m
• Georgian: სალოკი თითი (saloḳi titi), საჩვენებელი თითი (sačvenebeli titi)
• German: Zeigefinger (de) m
• Greek: δείκτης (el) m (deíktis), λιχανός (el) m (lichanós)
• Hebrew: אצבע מורה m (étzba moré)
• Hungarian: mutatóujj (hu)
• Hunsrik: Zeichefinger m
• Icelandic: vísifingur m, sleikifingur m, bendifingur m, vísiputti m
• Ilocano: tammudo
• Indonesian: jari telunjuk (id), tarjani
• Interlingua: digito indice, indice
• Italian: indice (it) m, dito indice m
• Japanese: 人差し指 (ja) (ひとさしゆび, hitosashiyubi)
• Kannada: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 집게손가락 (ko) (jipge-songarak), 검지 (geomji)
• Latin: index c, digitus salūtāris m
• Latvian: rādītājpirksts m
• Lotud: gontuduk
• Lule Sami: tjutjuk
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• Macedonian: показа́лец m (pokazálec)
• Malay: jari telunjuk
• 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
• 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)
• Polish: palec wskazujący (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: dedo indicador (pt) m, indicador (pt) m, índice m (Portugal), dedo índex m (Portugal), índex m (Portugal)
• Romanian: deget arătător n, arătător (ro) n
• Russian: указа́тельный па́лец (ru) 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 (sl) m
• Southern Kalinga: pattuchu
• Spanish: índice (es) m, dedo índice m
• Sundanese: curuk
• Swahili: kidole cha shahada
• Swedish: pekfinger (sv) n
• Tagalog: hintuturo
• Telugu: చూపుడువేలు (cūpuḍuvēlu), తర్జని (te) (tarjani)
• Tetum: liman fuan hatudu
• Thai: นิ้วชี้ (th) (níu-chíi)
• Turkish: işaret parmağı (tr)
• Turkmen: süýem barmak
• Ukrainian: вказі́вний па́лець m (vkazívnyj pálecʹ)
• Vietnamese: ngón tay trỏ (vi)
• Welsh: mynegfys (cy)
• West Coast Bajau: temboro'
• West Frisian: foarste finger, wiisfinger
• Westrobothnian:
• Yakut: сөмүйэ (sömüye)
• Yup'ik: keniun, tekeq, tengayuq
• Zhuang: lwgfwngzyinx, fwngzyinx

Anagrams

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