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English
Fingernails
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Etymology
From Middle English finger neil(e) ; equivalent to 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 ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
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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Translations
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) ( eġung )
Asturian: uña (ast) f
Avar: малъ ( malˢ )
Aymara: sillu
Azerbaijani: dırnaq (az)
Bashkir: тырнаҡ ( tırnaq )
Belarusian: пазно́гаць m ( paznóhacʹ ) , но́гаць m ( nóhacʹ )
Bengali: নখ (bn) ( nokh )
Bulgarian: но́кът (bg) m ( nókǎt )
Burmese: လက်သည်း (my) ( laksany: )
Buryat: хюмһан ( xjumhan )
Carpathian Rusyn: нохоть m ( noxotʹ )
Catalan: ungla (ca) f
Chakma: 𑄚𑄮𑄇𑄴 ( nok )
Chechen: мӏара ( mˀara )
Chichewa: khadabo
Chickasaw: ilbakchosh
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
Egyptian: (ꜥnt f ), (ꜣb 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
Hawaiian: maiʻao
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) ( tyrnaq )
Khakas: тырғах ( tırğax )
Khmer: ក្រចកដៃ ( krɑchɑɑk day )
Korean: 손톱 (ko) ( sontop )
Koryak: вагылӈын ( vagəlŋən )
Kumyk: тырнакъ ( tırnaq )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: نینۆک (ckb) ( nînok )
Northern Kurdish: nînok (ku) f
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)
Malayalam: നഖം (ml) ( nakhaṁ )
Manchu: ᡥᡳᡨᠠᡥᡡᠨ ( hitahūn ) , ᡤᠠᠯᠠ ᡥᡠᡵᡠ ( gala huru )
Maori: kuku , maikuku
Mongolian: хумс (mn) ( xums )
Muak Sa-aak: p.sim³
Mundurukú: ibunũ
Navajo: áláshgaan
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fingernegl m
Nynorsk: fingernagl m
Ojibwe: ( my fingernail ) nishlanzh
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: ногъть m ( nogŭtĭ )
Old East Slavic: пазногъть m ( paznogŭtĭ ) , ногъть m ( nogŭtĭ )
Old Polish: nogieć m
Old Turkic: 𐱃𐰃𐰺𐰭𐰴 ( t¹ir¹ŋq /tïrŋaq/ )
Ottoman Turkish: طرناق ( tırnaq ) , درنق ( dırnaq )
Pashto: نوک (ps) m
Persian: ناخن (fa) ( nâxon )
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 )
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: mą̏cʼélena
Tarifit: iššar m , aššar m
Tatar: тырнақ
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 ( tıñıraq )
Yami: koko
Yiddish: נאָגל m ( nogl )
Zealandic: naegel m
Zulu: uzipho (zu) class 11 /10