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fingertip

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈfɪŋɡɚˌtɪp/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: F IH1 NG G ER0 T IH2 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The tip of the human finger.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To move or deflect with the fingertips.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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3

noun

Meaning 3

the end (tip) of a finger

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tip

History

Etymology

From finger + tip. Compare tiptoe and toetip.

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَنَان (banān) — the end of the finger
  • Arabic: أُنْمُلَة (ʔunmula) — the end of the finger
  • Armenian: մատի ծայր (mati cayr) — the end of the finger
  • Catalan: punta dels dits — the end of the finger
  • Chinese Mandarin: 指尖 (zhǐjiān) — the end of the finger
  • Danish: fingerspids — the end of the finger
  • Dutch: vingertop — the end of the finger
  • Esperanto: fingropinto — the end of the finger
  • Finnish: sormenpää — the end of the finger
  • French: bout des doigts — the end of the finger
  • French: bout de doigt — the end of the finger
  • German: Fingerspitze — the end of the finger
  • Ancient Greek: ἄκρον δακτύλου (ákron daktúlou) — the end of the finger
  • Hungarian: ujjhegy — the end of the finger
  • Italian: punta del dito — the end of the finger
  • Japanese: 指先 (yubisaki) — the end of the finger
  • Lithuanian: nagai — the end of the finger
  • Old English: fōreweard finger — the end of the finger
  • Old English: ȳtmest finger — the end of the finger
  • Polish: opuszka — the end of the finger
  • Portuguese: ponta do dedo — the end of the finger
  • Russian: ко́нчик па́льца (kónčik pálʹca) — the end of the finger
  • Serbo-Croatian: vrh prsta — the end of the finger
  • Serbo-Croatian: jagodica prsta — the end of the finger
  • Spanish: yema del dedo — the end of the finger
  • Swedish: fingerspets — the end of the finger
  • Thai: ปลายนิ้ว — the end of the finger
  • Turkish: parmak ucu — the end of the finger
  • West Frisian: fingerplaske — the end of the finger
  • West Frisian: plaske — the end of the finger
  • Yoruba: ọmọnríìka — the end of the finger