Meaning

4 senses
  1. The fingernail on the thumb.

    Daumennagel

    но́готь большо́го па́льцаnógotʹ bolʹšóvo pálʹca

    the nail of the thumb

  2. A rough sketch (e.g., the size of one's thumbnail).

    набро́сокnabrósok, эски́зeskíz

  3. A small picture, used as a compact representation of a larger image.

    Vorschaubild, Thumbnail, Bildvorschau

    миниатю́раminiatjúra, карти́нкаkartínka, превьюprevʹju

    мініатю́раminiatjúra, карти́нкаkartýnka

  4. A small picture representing a post or a video in a list.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. I had my thumbnail torn off.

    deIch habe mir den Daumennagel abgerissen. — raggione

  2. Tom clicked on the thumbnail so he could see a larger version of the same image.

    deTom klickte auf die Bildvorschau, um sich eine größere Fassung anzeigen zu lassen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. The thumbnail answers the question in the title.

  4. You should've learned that thumbnails with women wearing plunging necklines are just click bait.

  5. My thumbnail ripped off.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
chiefly computing: small picture:
Русский
By meaning 3
fingernail on the thumb:
rough sketch:
chiefly computing: small picture:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
fingernail on the thumb:
chiefly computing: small picture:

Origin

From thumb + nail. Compare West Frisian tommeneil (“thumbnail”), Dutch duimnagel (“thumbna

From thumb + nail. Compare West Frisian tommeneil (“thumbnail”), Dutch duimnagel (“thumbnail”), German Daumennagel (“thumbnail”).

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Forms

plural: thumbnails
Singularthumbnail
Pluralthumbnails

regular

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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