Finger

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.3 Translations 1.2.3.1 Translations to be checked 1.3 Transitive verb 1.3.1 Translations 2 Swedish 2.1 Noun

English

Pronunciation

fĭng'gə, /ˈfɪŋgə/, /"fINg@/

Noun

finger (fingers )

1. (anatomy) One of the long extremities of the hand.

   Human hands have 5 fingers: the thumb, the forefinger, the middle finger, the ring finger and the little finger.

2. A piece of food resembling a finger.

   chocolate fingers

Synonyms

• digit

Derived terms

• finger bowl
• fingernail
• fingerprint
• fingertip
• five-finger discount
• forefinger
• give the finger to
• little finger
• middle finger
• ring finger

Translations

extremity of the hand

French: doigt m Greek: δάχτυλο n  : fingro Italian: dito m (plural dita f) Kurdish: til f

Portuguese: dedo m Slovene: prst m Spanish: dedo m Swedish: finger n Turkish: parmak

piece of food

Italian: barretta f

Translations to be checked

The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above, removing any numbers. Any numbering associating translations with definitions is unreliable.

• Basque: hatz
• Breton: biz m -ied pl
• Bulgarian: пръст? (prəst) m
• Catalan : dit m (ca)
• Chinese: 手指 (shouzhi)
• Czech: prst
• Danish: finger c
• Dutch: vinger m
• Esperanto: fingro
• Finnish: sormi
• Frisian: Finger
• German: Finger m (de)
• Guaraní: kuã
• Hebrew: אצבע f
• Hungarian: ujj
• Indonesian: jari
• Interlingua: digito
• Japanese: 指 (ゆび , yubi)
• Latin: digitus m
• Korean: 손가락 (son-ga-rak)
• Pitjantjatjara: maṟa parka
• Polish: palec m
• Romanian: deget n
• Russian: перст m (perst), палец m (pálets)
• Slovak: prst m
• Tupinambá: poã
• Vietnamese: ngón tay

Transitive verb

to finger (fingers , fingered , fingering )

1. To identify or point out.
2. To poke, probe, or fondle with a finger.

Translations

to identify or point out

osoittaa French: tripoter

to poke

Finnish: sormeilla , näpelöidä

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Swedish

Noun

finger (plural fingrar , definite singular fingret , definite plural fingrarna )

1. finger (anatomy)