I always keep a set of fingernail clippers in my guitar case.
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Fingernail
//ˈfɪŋɡɚˌneɪl//
Synonyms for "fingernail" (1 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
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1 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesat location
1 entriesderived
8 entriesderived from
2 entriesis a
2 entriesmeronym
2 entriespart of
2 entriesreceives action
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
203 translations across 163 languages.
Abkhaz
1 entries- анапхыц noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Afrikaans
2 entries- nael noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- vingernael noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Ainu
1 entries- アㇺ noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Albanian
1 entries- thua noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Amharic
1 entries- ጥፍር noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὄνυξ noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Arabic
2 entries- ظُفْر noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- ظِفِر noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Armenian
1 entries- եղունգ noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Assamese
1 entries- নখ noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Asturian
1 entries- uña noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Avar
1 entries- малъ noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Aymara
1 entries- sillu noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- dırnaq noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Bashkir
1 entries- тырнаҡ noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Belarusian
2 entries- но́гаць noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- пазно́гаць noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Bengali
1 entries- নখ noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Bulgarian
1 entries- но́кът noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Burmese
1 entries- လက်သည်း noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Buryat
1 entries- хюмһан noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- нохоть noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Catalan
1 entries- ungla noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- نینۆک noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Chakma
1 entries- 𑄚𑄮𑄇𑄴 noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Chechen
1 entries- мӏара noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Chichewa
1 entries- khadabo noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Chickasaw
1 entries- ilbakchosh noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Chinese
4 entries- зыҗя noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- зыҗягэзы noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- зыҗягэр noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- җиҗя noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 手指甲 noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- 指甲 noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 手指甲 noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- 指甲 noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Church Slavic
2 entries- ногъть noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- ⱀⱁⰳⱏⱅⱐ noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Chuvash
1 entries- чӗрне noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Classical Nahuatl
1 entries- iztetl noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- tırnak noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Czech
1 entries- nehet noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Danish
2 entries- fingernegl noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- negl noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Dari
1 entries- نَاخُن noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Dolgan
1 entries- тыҥырак noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Dutch
2 entries- nagel noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- vingernagel noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- кӱч noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 掌甲 noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Egyptian
2 entries- a:n-t:D51 noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- iAb-b-qs-Z1-F51 noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Erzya
1 entries- кенже noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Estonian
1 entries- küüs noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Finnish
2 entries- sormen kynsi noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- sormenkynsi noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Franco-Provençal
1 entries- ongla noun (covering near the tip of finger)
French
2 entries- ongle noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- ongle de main noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Gagauz
1 entries- tırnak noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Galician
2 entries- unlla noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- uña noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Gan Chinese
1 entries- 指甲 noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Georgian
1 entries- ფრჩხილი noun (covering near the tip of finger)
German
1 entries- Fingernagel noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Greek
1 entries- νύχι noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Gujarati
1 entries- નખ noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Hausa
1 entries- farce noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Hawaiian
1 entries- maiʻao noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Hebrew
1 entries- ציפורן \ צִפֹּרֶן noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Hindi
1 entries- नाख़ुन noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Hungarian
1 entries- köröm noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Icelandic
2 entries- fingurnögl noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- nögl noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Indonesian
1 entries- kuku noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Ingush
1 entries- мӏара noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- ناخُن noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Irish
1 entries- ionga méire noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Italian
1 entries- unghia noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Japanese
2 entries- ツメ noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- 爪 noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Jin Chinese
1 entries- 指甲 noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Kalmyk
1 entries- хумсн noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Kannada
1 entries- ಉಗುರು noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Kapampangan
1 entries- kuku noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Karachay-Balkar
1 entries- тырнакъ noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Karakalpak
1 entries- tırnaq noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Karelian
1 entries- kynzi noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Kashubian
2 entries- nokc noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- paznokc noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Kazakh
1 entries- тырнақ noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Khakas
1 entries- тырғах noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Khmer
2 entries- ក្រចក noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- ក្រចកដៃ noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Korean
1 entries- 손톱 noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Koryak
1 entries- вагылӈын noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Kumyk
1 entries- тырнакъ noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- тырмак noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Lao
1 entries- ເລັບມື noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Latgalian
1 entries- nogs noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Latin
1 entries- unguis noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Latvian
1 entries- nags noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Linngithigh
1 entries- a'alan noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- nokś noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Luhya
1 entries- litere noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Fangernol noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Macedonian
1 entries- нокт noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Malay
1 entries- kuku noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Malayalam
1 entries- നഖം noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Manchu
2 entries- ᡤᠠᠯᠠ ᡥᡠᡵᡠ noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- ᡥᡳᡨᠠᡥᡡᠨ noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Marathi
1 entries- नख noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Mokilese
1 entries- kikin poa noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Moksha
1 entries- кенже noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Mongolian
2 entries- хумс noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- ᠬᠢᠮᠤᠰᠤ noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Muak Sa-aak
1 entries- p.sim³ noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Mundurukú
1 entries- ibunũ noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Māori
2 entries- kuku noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- maikuku noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Navajo
1 entries- áláshgaan noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Nepali
1 entries- नङ noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- nînok noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fingernegl noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- fingernagl noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Odia
1 entries- ନଖ noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Ojibwe
1 entries- (my fingernail) nishlanzh noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Old East Slavic
2 entries- ногъть noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- пазногъть noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Old English
1 entries- næġl noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Old Polish
1 entries- nogieć noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Old Turkic
1 entries- 𐱃𐰃𐰺𐰭𐰴 noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Ossetian
1 entries- ных noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- درنق noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- طرناق noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- нохец noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Pashto
1 entries- نوک noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Pirahã
1 entries- xopói noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Pitjantjatjara
2 entries- maṟa piri noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- miltji noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Polabian
1 entries- nüďit noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Polish
1 entries- paznokieć noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Portuguese
1 entries- unha noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Punjabi
4 entries- ناخُن noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- نَون٘ہہ noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- ਨਹੁੰ noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- ਨਾਖ਼ੁਨ noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Quechua
1 entries- sillu noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Rapa Nui
1 entries- akikuku noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Romanian
1 entries- unghie noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Russian
2 entries- но́готь noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- но́гти noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Sanskrit
1 entries- नख noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- nȍkat noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- но̏кат noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Shor
1 entries- тырбақ noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Slovak
1 entries- necht noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Slovene
1 entries- noht noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Southern Altai
1 entries- тырмак noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Spanish
4 entries- quirouña noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- uña noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- uña dactilar noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- uña de dedo noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- nangra noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Sundanese
1 entries- tanggai noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Swahili
1 entries- kucha noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Swedish
2 entries- fingernagel noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- nagel noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Tagalog
1 entries- kuko noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Tajik
1 entries- нохун noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Tamil
2 entries- நகம் noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- விரல் நகம் noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Taos
1 entries- mą̏cʼélena noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Tarifit
2 entries- aššar noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- iššar noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Tatar
1 entries- тырнак noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Telugu
2 entries- గోరు noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- నఖము noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Thai
1 entries- เล็บมือ noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ጽፍሪ noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Turkish
1 entries- tırnak noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Turkmen
1 entries- dyrnak noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Tuvan
1 entries- дыргак noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ні́готь noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- nochć noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Urdu
1 entries- ناخُن noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Uyghur
1 entries- تىرناق noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Uzbek
1 entries- tirnoq noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Vietnamese
2 entries- móng noun (covering near the tip of finger)
- móng tay noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Volapük
1 entries- doatanuel noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Welsh
1 entries- ewin (y llaw) noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- dhirrip noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 手節掐 /手节掐 noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Xiang Chinese
1 entries- 指甲子 noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Yakut
1 entries- тыҥырах noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Yami
1 entries- koko noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Yiddish
1 entries- נאָגל noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Zealandic
1 entries- naegel noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Zulu
1 entries- uzipho class 11/10 noun (covering near the tip of finger)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Do you use fingernail clippers to cut your toenails?
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I broke my fingernail.
Source: tatoeba (3000867)
One of the most painful places to get a splinter is under the fingernail.
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