noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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noun
Meaning 1
The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
the nail at the end of a finger
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nail
Narrower terms: thumbnail
History
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”).
Across languages
Translations
204 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Abkhaz:
анапхыц
(anapʼxəc)
— covering near the tip of finger
Afrikaans:
nael
— covering near the tip of finger
Afrikaans:
vingernael
— covering near the tip of finger
Ainu:
アㇺ
(am)
— covering near the tip of finger
Albanian:
thua
— covering near the tip of finger
Southern Altai:
тырмак
(tïrmak)
— covering near the tip of finger
Amharic:
ጥፍር
(ṭəfr)
— covering near the tip of finger
Arabic:
ظُفْر
(ẓufr)
— covering near the tip of finger
Arabic:
ظِفِر
(ẓifir)
— covering near the tip of finger
Armenian:
եղունգ
(eġung)
— covering near the tip of finger
Assamese:
নখ
(nokh)
— covering near the tip of finger
Asturian:
uña
— covering near the tip of finger
Avar:
малъ
(mals)
— covering near the tip of finger
Aymara:
sillu
— covering near the tip of finger
Azerbaijani:
dırnaq
— covering near the tip of finger
Bashkir:
тырнаҡ
(tırnaq)
— covering near the tip of finger
Belarusian:
пазно́гаць
(paznóhacʹ)
— covering near the tip of finger
Belarusian:
но́гаць
(nóhacʹ)
— covering near the tip of finger
Bengali:
নখ
(nokh)
— covering near the tip of finger
Bulgarian:
но́кът
(nókǎt)
— covering near the tip of finger
Burmese:
လက်သည်း
(laksany:)
— covering near the tip of finger
Buryat:
хюмһан
(xjumhan)
— covering near the tip of finger
Carpathian Rusyn:
нохоть
(noxotʹ)
— covering near the tip of finger
Catalan:
ungla
— covering near the tip of finger
Chakma:
𑄚𑄮𑄇𑄴
(nok)
— covering near the tip of finger
Chechen:
мӏара
(mˀara)
— covering near the tip of finger
Chichewa:
khadabo
— covering near the tip of finger
Chickasaw:
ilbakchosh
— covering near the tip of finger
Chinese Cantonese:
指甲
(zi2 gaap3)
— covering near the tip of finger
Chinese Cantonese:
手指甲
(sau2 zi2 gaap3)
— covering near the tip of finger
Chinese:
зыҗя
(zɨjia)
— covering near the tip of finger
Chinese:
җиҗя
(jijia)
— covering near the tip of finger
Chinese:
зыҗягэзы
(zɨjiagezɨ)
— covering near the tip of finger
Chinese:
зыҗягэр
(zɨjiager)
— covering near the tip of finger
Eastern Min Chinese:
掌甲
(ciēng-gák)
— covering near the tip of finger
Gan Chinese:
指甲
(ziit6 gat)
— covering near the tip of finger
Chinese:
掌甲
(chéng-kah)
— covering near the tip of finger
Jin Chinese:
指甲
(zeh4 jiah4)
— covering near the tip of finger
Chinese Mandarin:
指甲
(zhǐjia)
— covering near the tip of finger
Chinese Mandarin:
手指甲
(shǒuzhǐjia)
— covering near the tip of finger
Wu Chinese:
手節掐 /手节掐
(5seu-ciq-khaq)
— covering near the tip of finger
Xiang Chinese:
指甲子
(zhr6 ga6 zr)
— covering near the tip of finger
Chuvash:
чӗрне
(čĕrne)
— covering near the tip of finger
Crimean Tatar:
tırnak
— covering near the tip of finger
Czech:
nehet
— covering near the tip of finger
Danish:
negl
— covering near the tip of finger
Danish:
fingernegl
— covering near the tip of finger
Dolgan:
тыҥырак
— covering near the tip of finger
Dutch:
vingernagel
— covering near the tip of finger
Dutch:
nagel
— covering near the tip of finger
Egyptian:
a:n-t:D51
(ꜥnt)
— covering near the tip of finger
Egyptian:
iAb-b-qs-Z1-F51
(ꜣb)
— covering near the tip of finger
Erzya:
кенже
(kenže)
— covering near the tip of finger
Estonian:
küüs
— covering near the tip of finger
Finnish:
sormen kynsi
— covering near the tip of finger
Finnish:
sormenkynsi
— covering near the tip of finger
Franco-Provençal:
ongla
— covering near the tip of finger
French:
ongle
— covering near the tip of finger
French:
ongle de main
— covering near the tip of finger
Gagauz:
tırnak
— covering near the tip of finger
Galician:
uña
— covering near the tip of finger
Galician:
unlla
— covering near the tip of finger
Georgian:
ფრჩხილი
(prčxili)
— covering near the tip of finger
German:
Fingernagel
— covering near the tip of finger
Greek:
νύχι
(nýchi)
— covering near the tip of finger
Ancient Greek:
ὄνυξ
(ónux)
— covering near the tip of finger
Gujarati:
નખ
(nakh)
— covering near the tip of finger
Hausa:
farce
— covering near the tip of finger
Hawaiian:
maiʻao
— covering near the tip of finger
Hebrew:
ציפורן \ צִפֹּרֶן
(tsipóren)
— covering near the tip of finger
Hindi:
नाख़ुन
(nāxun)
— covering near the tip of finger
Hungarian:
köröm
— covering near the tip of finger
Icelandic:
nögl
— covering near the tip of finger
Icelandic:
fingurnögl
— covering near the tip of finger
Indonesian:
kuku
— covering near the tip of finger
Ingush:
мӏара
(mˀara)
— covering near the tip of finger
Irish:
ionga méire
— covering near the tip of finger
Italian:
unghia
— covering near the tip of finger
Japanese:
爪
(tsume)
— covering near the tip of finger
Japanese:
ツメ
(tsume)
— covering near the tip of finger
Kalmyk:
хумсн
(xumsn)
— covering near the tip of finger
Kannada:
ಉಗುರು
(uguru)
— covering near the tip of finger
Kapampangan:
kuku
— covering near the tip of finger
Karachay-Balkar:
тырнакъ
(tırnaq)
— covering near the tip of finger
Karakalpak:
tırnaq
— covering near the tip of finger
Karelian:
kynzi
— covering near the tip of finger
Kashubian:
paznokc
— covering near the tip of finger
Kashubian:
nokc
— covering near the tip of finger
Kazakh:
тырнақ
(tyrnaq)
— covering near the tip of finger
Khakas:
тырғах
(tırğax)
— covering near the tip of finger
Khmer:
ក្រចកដៃ
(krɑɑcɑɑk day)
— covering near the tip of finger
Khmer:
ក្រចក
(krɑɑcɑɑk)
— covering near the tip of finger
Korean:
손톱
(sontop)
— covering near the tip of finger
Koryak:
вагылӈын
(vagəlŋən)
— covering near the tip of finger
Kumyk:
тырнакъ
(tırnaq)
— covering near the tip of finger
Central Kurdish:
نینۆک
(nînok)
— covering near the tip of finger
Northern Kurdish:
nînok
— covering near the tip of finger
Kyrgyz:
тырмак
(tırmak)
— covering near the tip of finger
Lao:
ເລັບມື
(lep mư̄)
— covering near the tip of finger
Latgalian:
nogs
— covering near the tip of finger
Latin:
unguis
— covering near the tip of finger
Latvian:
nags
— covering near the tip of finger
Linngithigh:
a'alan
— covering near the tip of finger
Lithuanian:
nagas
— covering near the tip of finger
Luhya:
litere
— covering near the tip of finger
Luxembourgish:
Fangernol
— covering near the tip of finger
Macedonian:
нокт
(nokt)
— covering near the tip of finger
Malay:
kuku
— covering near the tip of finger
Malayalam:
നഖം
(nakhaṁ)
— covering near the tip of finger
Manchu:
ᡥᡳᡨᠠᡥᡡᠨ
(hitahūn)
— covering near the tip of finger
Manchu:
ᡤᠠᠯᠠ ᡥᡠᡵᡠ
— covering near the tip of finger
Māori:
kuku
— covering near the tip of finger
Māori:
maikuku
— covering near the tip of finger
Marathi:
नख
(nakh)
— covering near the tip of finger
Eastern Mari:
кӱч
(küč)
— covering near the tip of finger
Mokilese:
kikin poa
— covering near the tip of finger
Moksha:
кенже
(kenže)
— covering near the tip of finger
Mongolian:
хумс
(xums)
— covering near the tip of finger
Mongolian:
ᠬᠢᠮᠤᠰᠤ
(qimusu)
— covering near the tip of finger
Muak Sa-aak:
p.sim3
— covering near the tip of finger
Mundurukú:
ibunũ
— covering near the tip of finger
Classical Nahuatl:
iztetl
— covering near the tip of finger
Navajo:
áláshgaan
— covering near the tip of finger
Nepali:
नङ
(naṅ)
— covering near the tip of finger
Norwegian Bokmål:
fingernegl
— covering near the tip of finger
Norwegian Nynorsk:
fingernagl
— covering near the tip of finger
Odia:
ନଖ
(nakha)
— covering near the tip of finger
Ojibwe:
(my fingernail) nishlanzh
— covering near the tip of finger
Church Slavic:
ногъть
(nogŭtĭ)
— covering near the tip of finger
Church Slavic:
ⱀⱁⰳⱏⱅⱐ
(nogŭtĭ)
— covering near the tip of finger
Old East Slavic:
пазногъть
(paznogŭtĭ)
— covering near the tip of finger
Old East Slavic:
ногъть
(nogŭtĭ)
— covering near the tip of finger
Old English:
næġl
— covering near the tip of finger
Old Turkic:
𐱃𐰃𐰺𐰭𐰴
— covering near the tip of finger
Ossetian:
ных
(nyx)
— covering near the tip of finger
Pannonian Rusyn:
нохец
(noxec)
— covering near the tip of finger
Pashto:
نوک
(nuk)
— covering near the tip of finger
Dari:
نَاخُن
(nāxun)
— covering near the tip of finger
Iranian Persian:
ناخُن
(nâxon)
— covering near the tip of finger
Pirahã:
xopói
— covering near the tip of finger
Pitjantjatjara:
maṟa piri
— covering near the tip of finger
Pitjantjatjara:
miltji
— covering near the tip of finger
Polabian:
nüďit
— covering near the tip of finger
Polish:
paznokieć
— covering near the tip of finger
Old Polish:
nogieć
— covering near the tip of finger
Portuguese:
unha
— covering near the tip of finger
Punjabi:
ਨਹੁੰ
(nahũ)
— covering near the tip of finger
Punjabi:
ਨਾਖ਼ੁਨ
(nāxun)
— covering near the tip of finger
Punjabi:
نَون٘ہہ
(nauṉh)
— covering near the tip of finger
Punjabi:
ناخُن
(nāxun)
— covering near the tip of finger
Quechua:
sillu
— covering near the tip of finger
Rapa Nui:
akikuku
— covering near the tip of finger
Romanian:
unghie
— covering near the tip of finger
Russian:
но́готь
(nógotʹ)
— covering near the tip of finger
Russian:
но́гти
(nógti)
— covering near the tip of finger
Sanskrit:
नख
(nakha)
— covering near the tip of finger
Serbo-Croatian:
но̏кат
— covering near the tip of finger
Serbo-Croatian:
nȍkat
— covering near the tip of finger
Shor:
тырбақ
(tırbaq)
— covering near the tip of finger
Slovak:
necht
— covering near the tip of finger
Slovene:
noht
— covering near the tip of finger
Lower Sorbian:
nokś
— covering near the tip of finger
Upper Sorbian:
nochć
— covering near the tip of finger
Spanish:
uña
— covering near the tip of finger
Spanish:
uña de dedo
— covering near the tip of finger
Spanish:
uña de mano
— covering near the tip of finger
Spanish:
uña dactilar
— covering near the tip of finger
Spanish:
quirouña
— covering near the tip of finger
Sranan Tongo:
nangra
— covering near the tip of finger
Sundanese:
tanggai
— covering near the tip of finger
Swahili:
kucha
— covering near the tip of finger
Swedish:
fingernagel
— covering near the tip of finger
Swedish:
nagel
— covering near the tip of finger
Tagalog:
kuko
— covering near the tip of finger
Tajik:
нохун
(noxun)
— covering near the tip of finger
Tamil:
விரல் நகம்
(viral nakam)
— covering near the tip of finger
Tamil:
நகம்
(nakam)
— covering near the tip of finger
Taos:
mą̏cʼélena
— covering near the tip of finger
Tarifit:
iššar
— covering near the tip of finger
Tarifit:
aššar
— covering near the tip of finger
Tatar:
тырнак
(tırnaq)
— covering near the tip of finger
Telugu:
గోరు
(gōru)
— covering near the tip of finger
Telugu:
నఖము
(nakhamu)
— covering near the tip of finger
Thai:
เล็บมือ
(lép-mʉʉ)
— covering near the tip of finger
Tigrinya:
ጽፍሪ
(ṣəfri)
— covering near the tip of finger
Turkish:
tırnak
— covering near the tip of finger
Ottoman Turkish:
طرناق
(tırnaq)
— covering near the tip of finger
Ottoman Turkish:
درنق
(dırnaq)
— covering near the tip of finger
Turkmen:
dyrnak
— covering near the tip of finger
Tuvan:
дыргак
(dırgak)
— covering near the tip of finger
Ukrainian:
ні́готь
(níhotʹ)
— covering near the tip of finger
Urdu:
ناخُن
(nāxun)
— covering near the tip of finger
Uyghur:
تىرناق
(tirnaq)
— covering near the tip of finger
Uzbek:
tirnoq
— covering near the tip of finger
Vietnamese:
móng
— covering near the tip of finger
Vietnamese:
móng tay
— covering near the tip of finger
Volapük:
doatanuel
— covering near the tip of finger
Welsh:
ewin (y llaw)
— covering near the tip of finger
Woiwurrung:
dhirrip
— covering near the tip of finger
Yakut:
тыҥырах
(tïŋïraq)
— covering near the tip of finger
Yami:
koko
— covering near the tip of finger
Yiddish:
נאָגל
(nogl)
— covering near the tip of finger
Zealandic:
naegel
— covering near the tip of finger
Zulu:
uzipho class 11/10
— covering near the tip of finger