forefinger

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːˌfɪŋ.ɡə/
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• General-American: /ˈfɔɹˌfɪŋ.ɡɚ/
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• CMU ARPABET: F AO1 R F IH2 NG G ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Mid-15th century, from Middle English forefynger; equivalent to fore- + finger.

174 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: wysvinger — first finger next to the thumb
• Albanian: gisht tregues — first finger next to the thumb
• Arabic: سَبَّابَة (sabbāba) — first finger next to the thumb
• Arabic: سبابة (sabbāba) — first finger next to the thumb
• Aramaic: ܡܛܘܚܬܐ (maṭoḥtāʾ) — first finger next to the thumb
• Armenian: ցուցամատ (cʻucʻamat) — first finger next to the thumb
• West Coast Bajau: temboro' — first finger next to the thumb
• Basque: hatz erakusle — first finger next to the thumb
• Belarusian: паказа́льны па́лец (pakazálʹny páljec) — first finger next to the thumb
• Bengali: শাহাদাত আঙ্গুল (śahadat aṅgul) — first finger next to the thumb
• Central Bikol: muro — first finger next to the thumb
• Breton: biz-yod — first finger next to the thumb
• Bulgarian: показа́лец (pokazálec) — first finger next to the thumb
• Burmese: လက်ညှိုး (lakhnyui:) — first finger next to the thumb
• Catalan: índex — first finger next to the thumb
• Cebuano: tudlo — first finger next to the thumb
• Chinese Cantonese: 食指 (sik6 zi2) — first finger next to the thumb
• Hakka Chinese: 蛇頭指 /蛇头指 (sà-thèu-chṳ́) — first finger next to the thumb
• Hakka Chinese: 指人指 (chṳ́-ngìn-chṳ́, chí-ngìn-chí) — first finger next to the thumb
• Hakka Chinese: 拈食指 (ngiâm-sṳ̍t-chṳ́, ngiâm-si̍t-chí) — first finger next to the thumb
• Chinese: 二指 (zh-min-nan) — first finger next to the thumb
• Chinese: 指指 (zh-min-nan) — first finger next to the thumb
• Chinese: 食指 (si̍t-chí) — first finger next to the thumb
• Chinese: 報路 /报路 (pò-lō͘) — first finger next to the thumb
• Chinese Mandarin: 食指 (shízhǐ) — first finger next to the thumb
• Chinese Mandarin: 二拇指 (èrmǔzhǐ) — first finger next to the thumb
• Chinese Mandarin: 二指 (èrzhǐ) — first finger next to the thumb
• Chinese Mandarin: 示指 (shìzhǐ) — first finger next to the thumb
• Chinese Mandarin: 二拇哥 (èrmǔgē) — first finger next to the thumb
• Ngazidja Comorian: sha shahada — first finger next to the thumb
• Coptic: ⲧⲏⲃ ⲛⲡⲛⲓ (tēb npni) — first finger next to the thumb
• Cornish: bys rag — first finger next to the thumb
• Czech: ukazovák — first finger next to the thumb
• Czech: ukazováček — first finger next to the thumb
• Danish: pegefinger — first finger next to the thumb
• Dolgan: ыйар чөмүйэ (ıyar çömüye) — first finger next to the thumb
• Dolgan: иистэнэр чөмүйэ (iistener çömüye) — first finger next to the thumb
• Dutch: wijsvinger — first finger next to the thumb
• Esperanto: montra fingro — first finger next to the thumb
• Esperanto: montrofingro — first finger next to the thumb
• Estonian: nimetissõrm — first finger next to the thumb
• Faroese: fremstifingur — first finger next to the thumb
• Finnish: etusormi — first finger next to the thumb
• French: index — first finger next to the thumb
• West-Frisian: foarste finger — first finger next to the thumb
• West-Frisian: wiisfinger — first finger next to the thumb
• Galician: furabolos — first finger next to the thumb
• Galician: índice — first finger next to the thumb
• Georgian: სალოკი თითი (saloḳi titi) — first finger next to the thumb
• Georgian: საჩვენებელი თითი (sačvenebeli titi) — first finger next to the thumb
• German: Zeigefinger — first finger next to the thumb
• Greek: δείκτης (deíktis) — first finger next to the thumb
• Greek: λιχανός (lichanós) — first finger next to the thumb
• Paraguayan Guarani: kuãmbo'e — first finger next to the thumb
• Hebrew: אצבע מורה (étzba moré) — first finger next to the thumb
• Hindi: देशिनी (deśinī) — first finger next to the thumb
• Hindi: तर्जनी अँगुली (tarjanī aṅgulī) — first finger next to the thumb
• Hindi: तर्जनी (tarjanī) — first finger next to the thumb
• Hungarian: mutatóujj — first finger next to the thumb
• Hunsrik: Zeichefinger — first finger next to the thumb
• Icelandic: vísifingur — first finger next to the thumb
• Icelandic: sleikifingur — first finger next to the thumb
• Icelandic: bendifingur — first finger next to the thumb
• Icelandic: vísiputti — first finger next to the thumb
• Ilocano: tammudo — first finger next to the thumb
• Indonesian: jari telunjuk — first finger next to the thumb
• Indonesian: tarjani — first finger next to the thumb
• Ingrian: ensimäin sormi — first finger next to the thumb
• Ingrian: reunimain sormi — first finger next to the thumb
• Interlingua: digito indice — first finger next to the thumb
• Interlingua: indice — first finger next to the thumb
• Italian: indice — first finger next to the thumb
• Italian: dito indice — first finger next to the thumb
• Japanese: 人差し指 (hitosashiyubi) — first finger next to the thumb
• Japanese: 食指 (shokushi) — first finger next to the thumb
• Javanese: driji panuduh — first finger next to the thumb
• Javanese: driji panuding — first finger next to the thumb
• Southern Kalinga: pattuchu — first finger next to the thumb
• Kapampangan: panuldu — first finger next to the thumb
• Korean: 검지 (geomji) — first finger next to the thumb
• Korean: 집게손가락 (jipgeson'garak) — first finger next to the thumb
• Korean: 인지 (inji) — first finger next to the thumb
• Central Kurdish: دۆشاومِژە (doşawmije) — first finger next to the thumb
• Latin: index — first finger next to the thumb
• Latin: digitus salūtāris — first finger next to the thumb
• Latvian: rādītājpirksts — first finger next to the thumb
• Lotud: gontuduk — first finger next to the thumb
• Macedonian: показа́лец (pokazálec) — first finger next to the thumb
• Malay: jari telunjuk — first finger next to the thumb
• Brunei Malay: jari talunjuk — first finger next to the thumb
• Malayalam: ചൂണ്ടുവിരൽ (cūṇṭuviral) — first finger next to the thumb
• Maltese: saba’ l-werrej — first finger next to the thumb
• Manchu: ᡩ᠋ᡝ᠋ᡵᡤᡝ ᠰᡳᠮᡥᡠᠨ (derge simhun) — first finger next to the thumb
• Manchu: ᠮᠣᠴᠣ ᠰᡳᠮᡥᡠᠨ (moco simhun) — first finger next to the thumb
• Manchu: ᠵᠣᡵᡳᡵᡝ ᠰᡳᠮᡥᡠᠨ (jorire simhun) — first finger next to the thumb
• Māori: kōroa — first finger next to the thumb
• Māori: takoroa — first finger next to the thumb
• Māori: takonui — first finger next to the thumb
• Marshallese: addi-ko̧o̧tot — first finger next to the thumb
• Middle English: forefynger — first finger next to the thumb
• Middle English: likpot — first finger next to the thumb
• Mokilese: jaidsomw — first finger next to the thumb
• Mongolian: долоовор хуруу (doloovor xuruu) — first finger next to the thumb
• Mongolian: ᠳᠣᠯᠤᠭᠤᠪᠤᠷ ᠬᠤᠷᠤᠭᠤ (doluɣubur kuruɣu) — first finger next to the thumb
• Khiamniungan Naga: phōhkhò pàu — first finger next to the thumb
• Navajo: álaʼ tsostsʼidí — first finger next to the thumb
• Nias: turu luo — first finger next to the thumb
• Norman: preunmié dé — first finger next to the thumb
• Norman: arideigt — first finger next to the thumb
• Norwegian Bokmål: pekefinger — first finger next to the thumb
• Norwegian Nynorsk: peikefinger — first finger next to the thumb
• Old English: sċytefinger — first finger next to the thumb
• Pangasinan: tamuro — first finger next to the thumb
• Pannonian Rusyn: указуюци палєц (ukazujuci paljec) — first finger next to the thumb
• Plautdietsch: Wiesfinja — first finger next to the thumb
• Polish: palec wskazujący — first finger next to the thumb
• Portuguese: dedo indicador — first finger next to the thumb
• Portuguese: indicador — first finger next to the thumb
• Portuguese: índice — first finger next to the thumb
• Portuguese: dedo índex — first finger next to the thumb
• Portuguese: índex — first finger next to the thumb
• Rapa Nui: tuhi henua — first finger next to the thumb
• Romanian: deget arătător — first finger next to the thumb
• Romanian: arătător — first finger next to the thumb
• Russian: указа́тельный па́лец (ukazátelʹnyj pálec) — first finger next to the thumb
• Lule-Sami: tjutjuk — first finger next to the thumb
• Northern Sami: čuvdi — first finger next to the thumb
• Skolt-Sami: čuõjjiǩ — first finger next to the thumb
• Scottish Gaelic: corrag — first finger next to the thumb
• Scottish Gaelic: sgealbag — first finger next to the thumb
• Scottish Gaelic: sgealb — first finger next to the thumb
• Scottish Gaelic: colgag — first finger next to the thumb
• Scottish Gaelic: meurag — first finger next to the thumb
• Scottish Gaelic: meur-meomhair — first finger next to the thumb
• Scottish Gaelic: sgolgag — first finger next to the thumb
• Serbo-Croatian: ка̀жипрст — first finger next to the thumb
• Serbo-Croatian: kàžiprst — first finger next to the thumb
• Sindhi: ڏسڻي (ḏsṇe) — first finger next to the thumb
• Slovak: ukazovák — first finger next to the thumb
• Slovene: kazalec — first finger next to the thumb
• Southern Altai: ус салага (us salaga) — first finger next to the thumb
• Spanish: dedo saludador — first finger next to the thumb
• Spanish: dedo mostrador — first finger next to the thumb
• Spanish: lameplatos — first finger next to the thumb
• Sundanese: curuk — first finger next to the thumb
• Swahili: kidole cha shahada — first finger next to the thumb
• Swedish: pekfinger — first finger next to the thumb
• Tagalog: hintuturo — first finger next to the thumb
• Tamil: சுட்டுவிரல் (cuṭṭuviral) — first finger next to the thumb
• Tamil: ஆட்காட்டி (āṭkāṭṭi) — first finger next to the thumb
• Tamil: ஆள்காட்டி விரல் (āḷkāṭṭi viral) — first finger next to the thumb
• Tamil: சுட்டாமுட்டி (cuṭṭāmuṭṭi) — first finger next to the thumb
• Telugu: చూపుడువేలు (cūpuḍuvēlu) — first finger next to the thumb
• Telugu: తర్జని (tarjani) — first finger next to the thumb
• Tetum: liman fuan hatudu — first finger next to the thumb
• Thai: นิ้วชี้ (níu-chíi) — first finger next to the thumb
• Tigrinya: ኣመልካቲቶ (ʾamälkatito) — first finger next to the thumb
• Turkish: işaret parmağı — first finger next to the thumb
• Ottoman Turkish: سبابه (sebbâbe) — first finger next to the thumb
• Ottoman Turkish: شهادت پرمغی (šahadet barmaği) — first finger next to the thumb
• Turkmen: süýem barmak — first finger next to the thumb
• Udmurt: азьчиньы (aźćińy) — first finger next to the thumb
• Ukrainian: вказі́вний па́лець (vkazívnyj pálecʹ) — first finger next to the thumb
• Vietnamese: ngón tay trỏ — first finger next to the thumb
• Volapük: nädäg — first finger next to the thumb
• Welsh: mynegfys — first finger next to the thumb
• Woiwurrung: dan-tŭn — first finger next to the thumb
• Woiwurrung: urnung-meluk — first finger next to the thumb
• Yakut: сөмүйэ (sömüye) — first finger next to the thumb
• Yup'ik: keniun — first finger next to the thumb
• Yup'ik: tekeq — first finger next to the thumb
• Yup'ik: tengayuq — first finger next to the thumb
• Zhuang: lwgfwngzyinx — first finger next to the thumb
• Zhuang: fwngzyinx — first finger next to the thumb