ring finger
The finger between the middle finger and the little fingerThe 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.)
» Tom took the ring off his finger.
Tom nahm den Ring vom Finger.
Том снял кольцо с пальца.
Meaning
1 sensesThe 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.)
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Ringfinger
безымя́нный па́лецbezymjánnyj pálec
безіме́нний па́лецьbeziménnyj pálecʹ, підмізи́нний па́лецьpidmizýnnyj pálecʹ
the third finger (especially of the left hand)
Examples
53 sentencesTom took the ring off his finger.
ruТом снял кольцо с пальца.
deTom nahm den Ring vom Finger.
Tom pulled the ring off his finger.
Mary put the ring on her finger.
ruМэри надела себе на палец кольцо.
deMaria steckte sich den Ring an den Finger.
Tom can't get his ring off his finger.
ruТом не может снять со своего пальца кольцо.
deTom bekommt den Ring nicht vom Finger.
I can't get my ring off my finger.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English ring fynger. So named from the wearing of wedding rings on this fingerFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: ring fingers| Singular | ring finger |
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Synonyms
17 synonyms- the third finger (especially of the left hand):annualry