fingerprint

Meaning

Noun

1. The natural pattern of ridges on the tips of human fingers, unique to each individual.
2. The patterns left on surfaces where uncovered fingertips have touched, especially as used to identify the person who touched the surface.
3. (broadly) A unique combination of features that serves as an identification of something.
4. A unique identification for a public key in asymmetric cryptography.
5. (figuratively) A trace that gives evidence of someone's involvement.

Verb

1. (transitive) To take somebody's fingerprints.
2. (transitive) To identify something uniquely by a combination of measurements.

Synonyms

fingermark

dactylogram

trace

track

trail

spoor

finger mark

lines

loop

➿

pinpoint

streaks

stripe

thumbprint

handprint

finger-print

dactylograph

lift fingerprints

take fingerprints

big

dactylographic

capability

checksum

footprint

👣

identify

impression

imprint

Translations

empreinte digitale

Fingerabdruck

huella digital

impronta digitale

huella dactilar

impressão digital

δακτυλικό αποτύπωμα

vingerafdruk

parmak izi

huella

👣

tirar as digitais

بصمة الإصبع

بَصْمَة

impronta digitali

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɪŋɡɚˌpɹɪnt/

Etymology

From finger + print.