ring finger
Meaning
The finger between the middle finger and the little finger; the "third finger" (UK) or the "fourth finger" (US), especially of the left hand. (The ring finger is the left hand; a ring finger is either hand.)
Synonyms
annualry
digitus annularis
leech-finger
medical finger
medicinal finger
medicinable finger
Translations
annulaire
Ringfinger
anulare
dedo anular
dit anular
dedo anular
ringvinger
παράμεσος
yüzük parmağı dit de l’anellEtymology
In summary
From Middle English ring fynger. So named from the wearing of wedding rings on this finger, originating from medieval belief that a nerve or artery ran from it to the heart.
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