Phrase guide

ring finger

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The finger between the middle finger and the little finger; the "third finger" (UK) or the "fourth finger" (US), especially of the left hand. (The ring finger is the left hand; a ring finger is either hand.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • See Thesaurus:ring finger

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: digit IV, fourth digit, fourth finger, gold-finger, leech-finger, marriage finger, medical finger, medicinal finger, physic finger, physical finger, physician finger, ring-man, third finger, wedding finger

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the third finger (especially of the left hand)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: annualry

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: finger

History

Etymology

From Middle English ring fynger. So named from the wearing of wedding rings on this finger, originating from medieval belief that a nerve or artery ran from it to the heart.

Across languages

Translations

146 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: јӱстӱк бармак (ǰüstük barmak) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Southern Altai: ады јок (adï ǰok) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Arabic: بِنْصِر (binṣir) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Arabic: بنصر (bínṣar) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Aramaic: ܒܨܪܐ (beṣrāʾ) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Armenian: մատնեմատ (matnemat) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • West Coast Bajau: jari mamis — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Basque: haznagi — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Belarusian: безназо́ўны па́лец (bjeznazówny páljec) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Central Bikol: singsingan — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Breton: biz-gwalenn — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Bulgarian: безиме́нен пръст (beziménen prǎst) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Burmese: လက်သူကြွယ် (laksu-krwai) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Catalan: dit anular — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Catalan: anular — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Chinese Cantonese: 無名指 /无名指 (mou4 ming4 zi2) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Hakka Chinese: 無名指 /无名指 (mò-miàng-chṳ́, mò-miàng-chí) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Hakka Chinese: 矮㑁指 (ái-tut-chṳ́, ái-tut-chí) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Hakka Chinese: 蘸藥指 /蘸药指 (chiám-yo̍k-chṳ́, chiám-yo̍k-chí) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Chinese: 尾二指 (zh-min-nan) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Chinese: 䆀指 (zh-min-nan) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Chinese: 愛媠 /爱媠 (zh-min-nan) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Chinese: 佬仔 (zh-min-nan) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Chinese: 佬仔指 (láu-á-cháin) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Chinese: 無名指 /无名指 (bû-bêng-cháin) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Chinese: 老指 (ló-cháin) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無名指 /无名指 (wúmíngzhǐ) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Chinese Mandarin: 四指 (sìzhǐ) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Chinese Mandarin: 環指 /环指 (huánzhǐ) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Chinese Mandarin: 藥指 /药指 (yàozhǐ) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Coptic: ⲁⲛⲕⲟⲕⲓ (ankoki) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Czech: prsteník — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Czech: prsteníček — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Danish: ringfinger — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Dolgan: аата һуок чөмүйэ (aata huok çömüye) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Dongxiang: oliechin ghurun — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Dutch: ringvinger — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Esperanto: ringofingro — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Finnish: nimetön — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • French: annulaire — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • West-Frisian: ringfinger — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Galician: padriño — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Galician: anular — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Galician: compañeiriño — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Galician: sobriño — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Georgian: არათითი (aratiti) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • German: Ringfinger — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Greek: παράμεσος (parámesos) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Paraguayan Guarani: kuãirũ renda — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Hebrew: קמיצה (kmítza) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Hindi: अनामिका (anāmikā) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Hungarian: gyűrűsujj — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Icelandic: baugfingur — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Ilocano: sisingsingan — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Indonesian: jari manis — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Ingrian: nimetöin sormi — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Interlingua: digito anular — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Interlingua: anular — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Irish: méar an fháinne — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Irish: sisile — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Irish: mac an daba — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Italian: anulare — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Japanese: 薬指 (kusuriyubi) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Japanese: くすりゆび (kusuriyubi) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Japanese: 無名指 (mumeishi) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Javanese: driji manis — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Javanese: jenthik manis — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Javanese: klilingan — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Southern Kalinga: paochong — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Korean: 약지 (yakji) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Korean: 약손가락 (yakson'garak) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Korean: 무명지 (mumyeongji) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Central Kurdish: بِراتووتە (biratûte) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Macedonian: домал прст (domal prst) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Malay: jari manis — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Brunei Malay: jari manis — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Maltese: saba’ taċ-ċurkett — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Manchu: ᡤᡝᠪᡠ ᠠᡴᡡ ᠰᡳᠮᡥᡠᠨ (gebu akū simhun) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Māori: mānawa — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Marathi: अनामिका (anāmikā) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Middle English: ryng fynger — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Middle English: leche fynger — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Khiamniungan Naga: phōhkhòtshòu thā — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Navajo: álaʼataʼí — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Navajo: álaʼ náhástʼéíígíí — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Nias: turu mani — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Norman: Jean des sceas — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Norman: Jean des sceaus — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ringfinger — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ringfinger — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Old English: hringfinger — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Pannonian Rusyn: персценьови палєц (perscenʹovi paljec) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Polish: palec serdeczny — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Portuguese: dedo anular — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Portuguese: anular — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Portuguese: dedo anelar — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Portuguese: anelar — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Rapa Nui: ko maniri — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Romanian: inelar — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Russian: безымя́нный па́лец (bezymjánnyj pálec) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Northern Sami: orbbeš — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Scottish Gaelic: mac-an-aba — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Scottish Gaelic: nic-an-aba — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Scottish Gaelic: mac an t-sagairt — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Scottish Gaelic: mac an t-sradaich — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Scottish Gaelic: nic an t-sradaich — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Scottish Gaelic: màthair na lùdaig — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Scottish Gaelic: madadh fada — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Serbo-Croatian: прстѐња̄к — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Serbo-Croatian: домали прст — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Serbo-Croatian: prstènjāk — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Serbo-Croatian: domali prst — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Sindhi: ٻاچَ (ḇāca) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Slovak: prstenník — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Slovene: prstanec — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Spanish: dedo anular — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Spanish: anular — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Spanish: dedo médico — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Sundanese: jariji — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Swedish: ringfinger — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Tagalog: palasingsingan — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Tagalog: paninsingan — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Telugu: ఉంగరపు వేలు (uṅgarapu vēlu) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Thai: นิ้วนาง (níu-naang) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Tigrinya: ቀለቤቶ (ḳäläbeto) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Turkish: yüzük parmağı — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Turkish: adsız parmak — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Ottoman Turkish: یوزكلو پرمق (yüzüklü parmak) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Ottoman Turkish: پرمغی یوزكلو (parmaği yüzüklü) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Turkmen: ogulhajat — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Ukrainian: безіме́нний па́лець (beziménnyj pálecʹ) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Ukrainian: підмізи́нний па́лець (pidmizýnnyj pálecʹ) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Vietnamese: ngón áp út — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Vietnamese: ngón đeo nhẫn — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Volapük: linär — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Walloon: doet a l' anea — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Walloon: damanet — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Waray-Waray: singsingan — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Welsh: bys y fodrwy — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Welsh: bys modrwy — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Welsh: cwtfys — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Woiwurrung: tŭrnŭng — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Yakut: аата суох тарбах (aata suoq tarbaq) — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Yup'ik: atrilnguq — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Yup'ik: aliqiliqiaq — finger between the middle finger and little finger
  • Yup'ik: ekiliq — finger between the middle finger and little finger