thimble

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. A pitted, now usually metal, cup-shaped cap worn on the tip of a finger, which is used in sewing to push the needle through material.
2. As much as fills a thimble (sense 1); a thimbleful.
3. (also, attributive) An object which resembles a thimble (sense 1) in shape or size.
4. (also, attributive) An object which resembles a thimble (sense 1) in shape or size.
5. A metal ring which a cable or rope intended for attaching to other things is looped around as a protection against chafing.
6. A ring- or tube-shaped component such as a ferrule.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To use a thimble (noun sense 1).
2. (broadly, intransitive) To sew.

Conceptes

didal

Sinònims

thimbleful

hanger

ring

💍

socket

fingerstall

Traduccions

Fingerhut

ditale

vingerhoed

dedal

dé à coudre

δαχτυλίθρα

dedal

yüksük

vingerhoedje

δακτυλήθρα

doigt de gant

dedal

bussola

🧭

chaussette

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈθɪmb(ə)l/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: thymbyll

Heretat de anglès antic: þȳmel

Heretat de anglès antic: þūma

Cognat amb neerlandès: duimeling

Cognat amb alemany: Däumling

Cognat amb Saterfriesisch: Düümelke

Cognat amb escocès: thummle

In summary

The noun is derived from Middle English thymbyll, thimel (“thimble”) [and other forms], from Old English þȳmel (“thimble, thumbstall; fingerstall”), then either:
* from Old English þūma (“thumb”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”)) + -el (suffix forming agent nouns and the names of instruments); or
* from Proto-Germanic *þūmilaz (“thumb-covering, thumb-sheath”), from *þūmô (“thumb”) (ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root mentioned above) + *-ilaz (suffix forming agent nouns).
The English word is analysable as thumb + -le (suffix forming agent nouns), and is cognate with Dutch duimeling (“thumbstall”), German Däumling (“thumbstall”), German Low German Dümelke (“thumbstall”), Saterland Frisian Düümelke (“thumbstall”), Scots thummle, thumble (“thimble”).
The verb is derived from the noun.