Cuticle

//ˈkjuːtɪkəl//

Synonyms for "cuticle" (35 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (7)

buff carapace coat dermis epidermis

Noun(2 words)

carapace cuticula

Strong matches (11)

Noun(1 words)

epidermis

fell fleece flesh fur furring hide imitation fur imitation leather integument jacket

Related words (17)

leather leather paper leatherette leatheroid outer layer outer skin pelt peltry rawhide rind sheath skin skins tegument vair

Noun(2 words)

shell shield

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

5 entries

cutis scute skin stratum tegument

Synonyms

2 entries

carapace epidermis

Related terms

4 entries

nail quick thumbnail toenail

derived

8 entries

cuticleless cuticular endocuticle epicuticle exocuticle mesocuticle procuticle subcuticle

has context

2 entries

botany zoology

is a

1 entries

skin

part of

2 entries

fingernail nail

related to

11 entries

epidermis fingernail invertebrate liquid nail plant quick skin thumbnail toenail vertebrate

Translations

42 translations across 28 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

بُشَيْرَة noun (strip of hardened skin at the base of the finger and toenail)

Bulgarian

1 entries

живец noun (strip of hardened skin at the base of the finger and toenail)

Catalan

1 entries

cutícula noun (protective covering outside epidermis)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

角質層 /角质层 noun (strip of hardened skin at the base of the finger and toenail)

Czech

1 entries

kůžička noun (strip of hardened skin at the base of the finger and toenail)

Dutch

1 entries

nagelriem noun (strip of hardened skin at the base of the finger and toenail)

Esperanto

1 entries

kutiklo noun (strip of hardened skin at the base of the finger and toenail)

Finnish

4 entries

kuollut iho noun (dead or cornified epidermis)
kutikula noun (protective covering outside epidermis)
kynsinauha noun (strip of hardened skin at the base of the finger and toenail)
kynsivalli noun (strip of hardened skin at the base of the finger and toenail)

French

2 entries

cuticule noun (strip of hardened skin at the base of the finger and toenail)
cuticule noun (protective covering outside epidermis)

Galician

1 entries

cutícula noun (strip of hardened skin at the base of the finger and toenail)

German

3 entries

Cuticula noun (protective covering outside epidermis)
Kutikula noun (protective covering outside epidermis)
Nagelhaut noun (strip of hardened skin at the base of the finger and toenail)

Hungarian

1 entries

kutikula noun (protective covering outside epidermis)

Indonesian

1 entries

kutikula noun (protective covering outside epidermis)

Irish

1 entries

cúitineach noun (strip of hardened skin at the base of the finger and toenail)

Italian

2 entries

cuticola noun (strip of hardened skin at the base of the finger and toenail)
cuticola noun (protective covering outside epidermis)

Japanese

1 entries

クチクラ noun (protective covering outside epidermis)

Macedonian

2 entries

жи́вец noun (strip of hardened skin at the base of the finger and toenail)
кути́кула noun (strip of hardened skin at the base of the finger and toenail)

Malay

1 entries

kutikel noun (protective covering outside epidermis)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

negleband noun (strip of hardened skin at the base of the finger and toenail)
neglebånd noun (strip of hardened skin at the base of the finger and toenail)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

nagleband noun (strip of hardened skin at the base of the finger and toenail)

Polish

2 entries

kutykula noun (protective covering outside epidermis)
oskórek noun (protective covering outside epidermis)

Portuguese

2 entries

cutícula noun (strip of hardened skin at the base of the finger and toenail)
cutícula noun (protective covering outside epidermis)

Russian

1 entries

кути́кула noun (strip of hardened skin at the base of the finger and toenail)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

cneas noun (strip of hardened skin at the base of the finger and toenail)
cneas noun (dead or cornified epidermis)

Spanish

2 entries

cutícula noun (strip of hardened skin at the base of the finger and toenail)
cutícula noun (protective covering outside epidermis)

Swedish

1 entries

nagelband noun (strip of hardened skin at the base of the finger and toenail)

Turkish

1 entries

kütikula noun (protective covering outside epidermis)

Ukrainian

1 entries

кути́кула noun (strip of hardened skin at the base of the finger and toenail)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Desert plants coat themselves in a thick, waxy cuticle to keep in water.

Source: tatoeba (10888441)

By that time she has pushed back his cuticles, cleaned his nails and painted them with clear polish.

Source: wiktionary

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.