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Old French
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)
- 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