finger

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb.
2. Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals, particularly
3. Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals
4. Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals
5. Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals
6. Something similar in shape to the human finger, particularly
7. Something similar in shape to the human finger
8. Something similar in shape to the human finger
9. (UK, obsolete, plural-normally, regional) Something similar in shape to the human finger
10. Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body, particularly
11. Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body
12. (obsolete) Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body
13. (historical) Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body
14. Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body
15. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body
16. Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body
17. Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body
18. Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing.
19. (obsolete) Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing.
20. (US, obsolete, slang) Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing.
21. (US, rare, slang) Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing.
22. (US, rare, slang) Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing.
23. (figuratively) Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing.
24. (historical) Various units of measure based or notionally based on the adult human finger, particularly
25. (historical) Various units of measure based or notionally based on the adult human finger, particularly
26. (historical) Various units of measure based or notionally based on the adult human finger, particularly
27. Various units of measure based or notionally based on the adult human finger, particularly
28. A part of a glove intended to cover a finger.
29. (informal, obsolete) Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument.
30. (informal, rare) Someone skilled in the use of their fingers, (especially) a pickpocket.
31. (UK, slang) A person.
32. (especially) An obscene or insulting gesture made by raising one's middle finger towards someone with the palm of one's hand facing inwards.
33. Any of the individual receivers used in a rake receiver to decode signal components.
34. (vulgar) An act of fingering (inserting a finger into someone's vagina or rectum for sexual pleasure).

Verb

1. (transitive) To identify or point out; to blame for something.
2. (transitive) To report to or identify for the authorities; to inform on.
3. (transitive) To poke, probe, feel, or fondle with a finger or fingers.
4. (transitive) To use the fingers to penetrate or sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vulva, vagina, or anus.
5. (transitive) To use specified finger positions in producing notes on a musical instrument.
6. (transitive) To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages.
7. (Internet, transitive) To query (a user's status) using the Finger protocol.
8. (obsolete) To steal; to purloin.
9. (obsolete, transitive) To execute, as any delicate work.

Concepts

doigt

orteil

sentir

👃

tâter

doigter

annulaire

auriculaire

index

médius

🖕

palper

petit doigt

pointer

toucher

tripoter

ressentir

égrener

🐚

chiffre

indiquer le doigté

manier

Finger

doigts

doigttoucher

pouce

Synonymes

toe

digit

touch

feel

hand

✋

handle

thumb

grope

fingers

forefinger

arm

claw

smell

👃

finger’s breadth

middle finger

🖕

fingerbreadth

reek

index finger

little finger

sense

ring finger

give off an odour

elbow

pat

nudge

middle

dactyl

little

stroke

point out

identify

pinky

cam

pin

rub

middle toe

grip

go along

extremity

fumble

branch

foreleg

footprint

👣

palpate

five

dentate

bother

annulet

paw

one

Traductions

dedo

Finger

dito

vinger

dedo

δάχτυλο

digitus

dit

parmak

Zehe

betasten

bevoelen

til

befühlen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈfɪŋɡə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: fynger

Appartenant à frison occidental: finger

Appartenant à allemand: Finger

Appartenant à néerlandais: vinger

Appartenant à Classical Armenian: հինգերորդ

In summary

PIE word
*pénkʷe
From Middle English fynger, finger, from Old English finger (“finger”), from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz (“finger”), from Proto-Indo-European *penkʷrós, from *pénkʷe (“five”). Compare West Frisian finger, Low German/German Finger, Dutch vinger, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish finger; also Old Armenian հինգեր-որդ (hinger-ord, “fifth”). More at five.

Phrases

Pedipalp movable finger consists with six rows of granules .

Le doigt mobile Pedipalp se compose de six rangées de granules.