Definition for: finger

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English

Pronunciation

fĭng'gə, /ˈfɪŋgə/, / "fINg@ /

• Rhymes: -ɪŋɡə(r)

Noun

finger ( plural: fingers)

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

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

2. A piece of food resembling a finger.

   chocolate fingers

3. (also finger pier) A walkway extending from a dock, an airport terminal, etc, used by passengers to board a waiting ship or aeroplane.

Synonyms

• digit

Translations

extremity of the hand

piece of food

• Basque : hatz
• Breton : biz m . , bizied pl .
• Frisian : finger
• Guaraní : kuã
• Indonesian : jari
• Interlingua : digito
• Latin : digitus m .
• Pitjantjatjara : maṟa parka
• Romanian : deget n .
• Tupinambá : poã

Transitive verb

to finger ( third-person singular simple present fingers , present participle fingering , simple past fingered , past participle fingered )

1. To identify or point out. Ex.: put the finger on To report to or identify for the authorities, rat on, rat out, squeal on, tattle on, turn in, to finger.
2. To poke, probe, or fondle with a finger.
3. ( music ) (a) To use specified finger positions in producing notes on a musical instrument, (b) To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages.

Translations

to identify or point out

to poke

to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music

Derived terms

Related terms

• artiodactyl
• dactyl
• dactylography
• dactylology
• fingle
• macrodactyly
• perissodactyl
• prestidigitation
• pterodactyl
• terradactyl

Norwegian

Noun

finger m . ( definite singular fingeren ; indefinite plural fingre ; definite plural fingrene )

1. finger

Old English

Etymology

Common Germanic * fingraz

Noun

finger m

1. finger

Swedish

Noun

finger n .

1. ( anatomy ) finger; a body part

Derived terms

• fingerled
• fingra
• lillfinger
• långfinger
• pekfinger
• ringfinger

See also

• hand
• knoge
• nagel
• tumme

Other Translations for "finger"

Braille 6 Dot
Braille 8 Dot
Sign Language Spelling
Morse Code		..-. .. -. --. . .-.
Binary		1100110 1101001 1101110 1100111 1100101 1110010
Hex		66696E676572
Pig Latin		ingerfay

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