fingernail
The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for…The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.
» Tom clipped his fingernails.
Том підстриг нігті.
Том підстриг нігті на руках.
Meaning
1 sensesThe hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.
Fingernagel
но́готьnógotʹ, но́гтиnógti
ні́готьníhotʹ
- the nail at the end of a finger
Examples
80 sentencesTom clipped his fingernails.
Том підстриг нігті.
Tom is chewing his fingernails.
Том гризе нігті.
ruТом грызёт ногти.
I broke my fingernail.
Я зламав ніготь.
ruЯ сломал ноготь.
Cut your fingernails.
Підстрижи нігті.
ruПостриги ногти.
Tom is always biting his fingernails.
deTom kaut immer an seinen Fingernägeln.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English finger neil(e); equivalent to finger + nail. Compare Middle English naFrom 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”).
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