# fingernail
## English
### Alternative forms

* finger nail, finger-nail

### 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”).

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /ˈfɪŋɡɚˌneɪl/
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### Noun

fingernail (plural fingernails)
* The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.

#### Synonyms

* handnail (uncommon)

#### Meronyms

* cuticle
* quick

#### Derived terms

* fingernail clam
* fingernailed
* fingernailful
* fingernaillike
* fingernail moon
* fingernaily

#### Related terms

* nail
* nail polish
* nail varnish
* thumbnail
* toenail

#### Translations

Abkhaz: анапхыц (anapʼxəc)
Afrikaans: nael (af), vingernael
Ainu: アㇺ (am)
Albanian: thua (sq) f
Amharic: ጥፍር (ṭəfr)
Arabic: ظُفْر (ar) m (ẓufr)
Gulf Arabic: ظِفِر (ẓifir)
Armenian: եղունգ (hy) (eġung)
Assamese: নখ (nokh)
Asturian: uña (ast) f
Avar: малъ (malˢ)
Aymara: sillu (ay)
Azerbaijani: dırnaq (az)
Bashkir: тырнаҡ (tırnaq)
Belarusian: пазно́гаць m (paznóhacʹ), но́гаць m (nóhacʹ)
Bengali: নখ (bn) (nokh)
Bulgarian: но́кът (bg) m (nókǎt)
Burmese: လက်သည်း (my) (laksany:)
Buryat: хюмһан (xjumhan)
Carpathian Rusyn: нохоть m (noxotʹ)
Catalan: ungla (ca) f
Chakma: 𑄚𑄮𑄇𑄴 (nok)
Chechen: мӏара (mˀara)
Chichewa: khadabo
Chickasaw: ilbakchosh
Chinese:
Cantonese: 指甲 (zi$^2$ gaap$^3$), 手指甲 (sau$^2$ zi$^2$ gaap$^3$)
Dungan: зыҗя (zɨži͡a), җиҗя (žiži͡a), зыҗягэзы (zɨži͡agezɨ), зыҗягэр (zɨži͡ager)
Eastern Min: 掌甲 (ciēng-gák)
Gan: 指甲 (ziit$^6$ gat)
Hokkien: 掌甲 (chéng-kah)
Jin: 指甲 (zeh$^4$ jiah$^4$)
Mandarin: 指甲 (zh) (zhǐjia), 手指甲 (zh) (shǒuzhǐjia)
Wu: 手節掐 / 手节掐 ($^5$seu-ciq-khaq)
Xiang: 指甲子 (zhr$^6$ ga$^6$ zr)
Chuvash: чӗрне (čĕrne)
Classical Nahuatl: iztetl
Crimean Tatar: tırnak
Czech: nehet (cs) m
Danish: negl (da) c, fingernegl (da) c
Dolgan: тыҥырак
Dutch: vingernagel (nl) m, nagel (nl) m
Egyptian: (ꜥnt f), (ꜣb m)
Erzya: кенже (kenže)
Estonian: küüs (et)
Finnish: sormen kynsi, sormenkynsi
Franco-Provençal: ongla f
French: ongle (fr) m, ongle de main m
Gagauz: tırnak
Galician: uña (gl) f, unlla (gl) f
Georgian: ფრჩხილი (ka) (prčxili)
German: Fingernagel (de) m
Greek: νύχι (el) n (nýchi)
Ancient Greek: ὄνυξ m (ónux)
Guaraní: poapen
Gujarati: નખ (gu) m (nakh)
Hausa: farce
Hawaiian: maiʻao
Hebrew: ציפורן \ צִפֹּרֶן (he) (tsipóren)
Hindi: नाख़ुन m (nāxun)
Hungarian: köröm (hu)
Icelandic: nögl (is) f, fingurnögl f
Indonesian: kuku (id)
Ingush: мӏара (mˀara)
Irish: ionga méire f
Italian: unghia (it) f
Japanese: 爪 (ja) (つめ, tsume), ツメ (tsume)
Kalmyk: хумсн (xumsn)
Kannada: ಉಗುರು (kn) (uguru)
Kapampangan: kuku
Karachay-Balkar: тырнакъ (tırnaq)
Karakalpak: tırnaq
Karelian: kynzi
Kashubian: paznokc m, nokc m
Kazakh: тырнақ (kk) (tyrnaq)
Khakas: тырғах (tırğax)
Khmer: ក្រចកដៃ (krɑcɑɑk day), ក្រចក (km) (krɑcɑɑk)
Korean: 손톱 (ko) (sontop)
Koryak: вагылӈын (vagəlŋən)
Kumyk: тырнакъ (tırnaq)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: نینۆک (ckb) (nînok)
Northern Kurdish: nînok (ku) f
Kyrgyz: тырмак (ky) (tırmak)
Lao: ເລັບມື (lep mư̄)
Latgalian: nogs m
Latin: unguis m
Latvian: nags (lv) m
Linngithigh: a'alan
Luhya: litere
Luxembourgish: Fangernol m
Macedonian: нокт (mk) m (nokt)
Malay: kuku (ms)
Malayalam: നഖം (ml) (nakhaṁ)
Manchu: ᡥᡳᡨᠠᡥᡡᠨ (hitahūn), ᡤᠠᠯᠠ ᡥᡠᡵᡠ (gala huru)
Maori: kuku, maikuku
Marathi: नख (mr) (nakh)
Mari:
Eastern Mari: кӱч (küč)
Mokilese: kikin poa
Moksha: кенже (kenže)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хумс (mn) (xums)
Mongolian: ᠬᠢᠮᠤᠰᠤ (kimusu)
Muak Sa-aak: p.sim³
Mundurukú: ibunũ
Navajo: áláshgaan
Nepali: नङ (naṅ)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fingernegl m
Nynorsk: fingernagl m
Odia: ନଖ (or) (nakha)
Ojibwe: (my fingernail) nishlanzh
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: ногъть m (nogŭtĭ)
Glagolitic: ⱀⱁⰳⱏⱅⱐ m (nogŭtĭ)
Old East Slavic: пазногъть m (paznogŭtĭ), ногъть m (nogŭtĭ)
Old English: næġl m (finger- or toenail)
Old Polish: nogieć m
Old Turkic: 𐱃𐰃𐰺𐰭𐰴 (t¹ir¹ŋq /⁠tïrŋaq⁠/)
Ossetian: ных (nyx)
Ottoman Turkish: طرناق (tırnaq), درنق (dırnaq)
Pannonian Rusyn: нохец m (noxec)
Pashto: نوک (ps) m (nuk)
Persian:
Dari: نَاخُن (nāxun)
Iranian Persian: ناخُن (nâxon)
Pirahã: xopói
Pitjantjatjara: maṟa piri, miltji
Polabian: nüďit m
Polish: paznokieć (pl) m
Portuguese: unha (pt) f
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਨਹੁੰ m (nahũ), ਨਾਖ਼ੁਨ m (nāxun)
Shahmukhi: نَون٘ہہ m (nauṉh), ناخُن m (nāxun)
Quechua: sillu
Rapa Nui: akikuku
Romanian: unghie (ro) f
Russian: но́готь (ru) m (nógotʹ), но́гти (ru) m pl (nógti)
Sanskrit: नख (sa) (nakha)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: но̏кат m
Roman: nȍkat (sh) m
Shor: тырбақ (tırbaq)
Slovak: necht (sk) m
Slovene: noht (sl) m inan
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: nokś m
Upper Sorbian: nochć m
Southern Altai: тырмак (tïrmak)
Spanish: uña (es) f
Sranan Tongo: nangra
Sundanese: tanggai
Swahili: kucha (sw)
Swedish: fingernagel (sv) m, nagel (sv) m
Tagalog: kuko
Tajik: нохун (tg) (noxun)
Tamil: விரல் நகம் (viral nakam), நகம் (ta) (nakam)
Taos: mą̏cʼélena
Tarifit: iššar m, aššar m
Tatar: тырнак (tt) (tırnaq)
Telugu: గోరు (te) (gōru), నఖము (te) (nakhamu)
Thai: เล็บมือ (lép-mʉʉ)
Tigrinya: ጽፍሪ (ṣəfri)
Turkish: tırnak (tr)
Turkmen: dyrnak
Tuvan: дыргак (dırgak)
Ukrainian: ні́готь m (níhotʹ)
Urdu: ناخُن m (nāxun)
Uyghur: تىرناق (tirnaq)
Uzbek: tirnoq (uz)
Vietnamese: móng (vi), móng tay
Volapük: doatanuel
Welsh: ewin (y llaw) m
Woiwurrung: dhirrip
Yakut: тыҥырах (tıñıraq)
Yami: koko
Yiddish: נאָגל m (nogl)
Zealandic: naegel m
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