ungle
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Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin ungula. The change from feminine to masculine is unexplained.
Noun[edit]
ungle oblique singular, m (oblique plural ungles, nominative singular ungles, nominative plural ungle)
- nail (finger or toenail)
- 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):
- Et de ce nous dirons plus au chapitre des maladies des ungles
- And of this, we will speak more in the chapter about diseases of the nails