fin·ger·nail

(fĭng′gər-nāl′)

The thin, horny, transparent plate covering the upper surface of the end of a finger.

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fingernail

(ˈfɪŋɡəˌneɪl)

(Anatomy) a thin horny translucent plate covering part of the dorsal surface of the end joint of each finger.

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fin•ger•nail

(ˈfɪŋ gərˌneɪl)

n.

1. the nail at the end of a finger.

2. Print. Informal. parenthesis (def. 1).

[1200–50]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

fingernail - the nail at the end of a finger

finger - any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb); "her fingers were long and thin"

nail - horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits

thumbnail - the nail of the thumb

fingernail

noun

Related words
technical name unguis
adjective ungual, ungular

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Translations

ظُفْر

nehet

fingernegl

sormen kynsi

nokat

fingurnögl

unghia

指の爪

손톱

noht

fingernagel

เล็บมือ

tırnak

móng tay

手指甲指甲

fingernail

[ˈfɪŋgəneɪl] N → uña f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

fingernail

[ˈfɪŋgə^rneɪl] n → ongle m (de la main)finger painting n → peinture f avec les doigts

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

fingernail

[ˈfɪŋgəˌneɪl] n → unghia

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

finger

(ˈfiŋgə) noun

1. one of the five end parts of the hand, sometimes excluding the thumb. She pointed a finger at the thief.

2. the part of a glove into which a finger is put.

3. anything made, shaped, cut etc like a finger. a finger of toast.

verb

to touch or feel with the fingers. She fingered the material.

ˈfingernail noun

the nail at the tip of the finger.

ˈfingerprint noun

the mark made by the tip of the finger, often used by the police etc as a means of identification. The thief wiped his fingerprints off the safe.

ˈfingertip noun

the very end of a finger. He cut his fingertip by accident while preparing the salad.

be all fingers and thumbs / my etc fingers are all thumbs

to be very awkward or clumsy in handling or holding things. He was so excited that his fingers were all thumbs and he dropped the cup.

have (something) at one's fingertips

to know all the details of (a subject) thoroughly. He has the history of the firm at his fingertips.

have a finger in the pie / in every pie

to be involved in everything that happens. She likes to have a finger in every pie in the village.

put one's finger on

to point out or describe exactly; to identify. She put her finger on the cause of our financial trouble.

fingernail

→ ظُفْر nehet fingernegl Fingernagel νύχι χεριού uña sormen kynsi ongle nokat unghia 指の爪 손톱 vingernagel fingernegl paznokieć unha do dedo da mão ноготь fingernagel เล็บมือ tırnak móng tay 指甲

fin·ger·nail

n. uña.

fingernail

n uña (de la mano)

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The Time Traveller pushed his glass towards the Silent Man and rang it with his fingernail; at which the Silent Man, who had been staring at his face, started convulsively, and poured him wine.

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By'r Lady, my arm doth tingle yet from fingernail to elbow.

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Then they met Sikandar Khan coming down with a few unsaleable screws - remnants of his string -and Mahbub, who has more of horse-coping in his little fingernail than Sikandar Khan in all his tents, must needs buy two of the worst, and that meant eight hours' laborious diplomacy and untold tobacco.

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Then there's another kind of bug that burrows under your fingernails, and if you don't get 'em out, your fingers drop off."

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Look at his legs, mamma, and his hands and fingernails,--real finger-nails.

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"Seein' you love your sister so much better than your wife, wby did you want to marry me, that's borne your children for you, an' slaved for you, an' toiled for you, an' worked her fingernails off for you, with no thanks, an 'insultin' me before the children, an' sayin' I'm crazy to their faces.

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His hands, which were of a rough, coarse grain, were very dirty; his fingernails were crooked, long, and yellow.

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Valentin behind his tree was tearing his fingernails with silent fury.

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The usual dosage is 250 mg/day for 90 days for toenail infections and 250 mg/day for 6 weeks for fingernail infections.

Onychomycosis

And he was a little miffed at yesterday's Press preview at the pre-opening publicity his fingernail pictures have generated in other newspapers.

There won't be a toenail in sight

Often times the artificial nails "lift" from the fingernail, providing a dark, moist place to potentiate growth.

It's in your hands ..

Each chip included 330 million transistors in an area measuring only 109 square millimeters--about the size of a fingernail.

Intel announcement signals confidence in industry rebound. (First In/First Out)