ungle

Old French

Alternative forms

• ongle

Etymology

Latin ungula. The change from feminine to masculine is unexplained.

Noun

ungle oblique singular, m (oblique plural ungles, nominative singular ungles, nominative plural ungle)

1. 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