fingernail

English

Fingernails

Etymology

From finger +‎ nail. Compare German Fingernagel, Dutch vingernagel, Danish fingernegl, Norwegian fingernegl, Swedish fingernagel, Icelandic fingurnögl.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪŋɡɚˌneɪl/
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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, vingernael
Ainu: アㇺ (am)
Albanian: thua (sq) f
Amharic: ጥፍር (ṭəfr)
Arabic: ظُفْر‎ (ar) m (ẓufr)
Gulf Arabic: ظِفِر‎ (ðˤɪ.fɪr)
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)
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:
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)
Maori: kuku, maikuku
Mongolian: хумс (mn) (hums)
Mundurukú: ibunũ
Navajo: áláshgaan
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fingernegl m, negl (no) m
Old Turkic: 𐱃𐰃𐰺𐰭𐰴‎ (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 (tırmaq)
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

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