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fingernail

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
18
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈfɪŋɡɚˌneɪl/(US)

Definition of fingernail

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.

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Etymology

From 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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