fingernail

EnglishEdit

Fingernails

EtymologyEdit

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”).

PronunciationEdit

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪŋɡɚˌneɪl/
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NounEdit

fingernail (plural fingernails)

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

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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 (ẓifir)
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: хюмһан (xjumhan)
Catalan: ungla (ca) f
Chakma: 𑄚𑄮𑄇𑄴 (nok)
Chechen: мӏара (mʿara)
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) (tırnaq)
Khakas: тырғах (tırğax)
Khmer: ក្រចកដៃ (krɑchɑɑk day)
Korean: 손톱 (ko) (sontop)
Koryak: вагылӈын (vagəlŋən)
Kumyk: тырнакъ (tırnaq)
Kurdish: nînok (ku) f
Sorani: نینۆک‎ (ku) (nînok)
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)
Manchu: ᡥᡳᡨᠠᡥᡡᠨ (hitahūn)
Maori: kuku, maikuku
Mongolian: хумс (mn) (hums)
Mundurukú: ibunũ
Navajo: áláshgaan
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fingernegl m, negl (no) m
Old Polish: nogieć m, nokieć m
Old Turkic: 𐱃𐰃𐰺𐰭𐰴‎ (t¹ir¹ŋq /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 (tïrmak)
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)
Yami: koko
Yiddish: נאָגל‎ m (nogl)
Zealandic: naegel m
Zulu: uzipho (zu) class 11/10