Forefinger

//ˈfɔːˌfɪŋ.ɡə//

Synonyms for "forefinger" (13 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Noun(1 words)
index finger

Strong matches (4)

Noun(1 words)
index

Related words (6)

Noun(1 words)
lickpot

Related word relations

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Synonyms

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derived from

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has context

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is a

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related to

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Translations

169 translations across 108 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • wysvinger noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Albanian

1 entries
  • gisht tregues noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Arabic

2 entries
  • سبابة noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • سَبَّابَة noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܡܛܘܚܬܐ noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ցուցամատ noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Basque

1 entries
  • hatz erakusle noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • паказа́льны па́лец noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Bengali

1 entries
  • শাহাদাত আঙ্গুল noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • muro noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Breton

1 entries
  • biz-yod noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Brunei Malay

1 entries
  • jari talunjuk noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • показа́лец noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Burmese

1 entries
  • လက်ညှိုး noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Catalan

1 entries
  • índex noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • tudlo noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • دۆشاومِژە noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Chinese

4 entries
  • 二指 noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • 報路 /报路 noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • 指指 noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • 食指 noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 食指 noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 二拇哥 noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • 二拇指 noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • 二指 noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • 示指 noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Coptic

1 entries
  • ⲧⲏⲃ ⲛⲡⲛⲓ noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Cornish

1 entries
  • bys rag noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Czech

2 entries
  • ukazovák noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • ukazováček noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Danish

1 entries
  • pegefinger noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Dolgan

2 entries
  • иистэнэр чөмүйэ noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • ыйар чөмүйэ noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Dutch

1 entries
  • wijsvinger noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • montra fingro noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • montrofingro noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Estonian

1 entries
  • nimetissõrm noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Faroese

1 entries
  • fremstifingur noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Finnish

1 entries
  • etusormi noun (first finger next to the thumb)

French

1 entries
  • index noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Galician

2 entries
  • furabolos noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • índice noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Georgian

2 entries
  • სალოკი თითი noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • საჩვენებელი თითი noun (first finger next to the thumb)

German

1 entries
  • Zeigefinger noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Greek

2 entries
  • δείκτης noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • λιχανός noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Hakka Chinese

3 entries
  • 拈食指 noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • 指人指 noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • 蛇頭指 /蛇头指 noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • אצבע מורה noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Hindi

3 entries
  • तर्जनी noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • तर्जनी अँगुली noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • देशिनी noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • mutatóujj noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Hunsrik

1 entries
  • Zeichefinger noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • bendifingur noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • sleikifingur noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • vísifingur noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • vísiputti noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Ilocano

1 entries
  • tammudo noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • jari telunjuk noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • tarjani noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • ensimäin sormi noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • reunimain sormi noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • digito indice noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • indice noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Italian

2 entries
  • dito indice noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • indice noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 人差し指 noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • 食指 noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Javanese

2 entries
  • driji panuding noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • driji panuduh noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • panuldu noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • phōhkhò pàu noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Korean

3 entries
  • 검지 noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • 인지 noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • 집게손가락 noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Latin

2 entries
  • digitus salūtāris noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • index noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Latvian

1 entries
  • rādītājpirksts noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Lotud

1 entries
  • gontuduk noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Lule Sami

1 entries
  • tjutjuk noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • показа́лец noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Malay

1 entries
  • jari telunjuk noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ചൂണ്ടുവിരൽ noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Maltese

1 entries
  • saba’ l-werrej noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Manchu

3 entries
  • ᠮᠣᠴᠣ ᠰᡳᠮᡥᡠᠨ noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • ᠵᠣᡵᡳᡵᡝ ᠰᡳᠮᡥᡠᠨ noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • ᡩ᠋ᡝ᠋ᡵᡤᡝ ᠰᡳᠮᡥᡠᠨ noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Mokilese

1 entries
  • jaidsomw noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • долоовор хуруу noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • ᠳᠣᠯᠤᠭᠤᠪᠤᠷ ᠬᠤᠷᠤᠭᠤ noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Māori

3 entries
  • kōroa noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • takonui noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • takoroa noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Navajo

1 entries
  • álaʼ tsostsʼidí noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • sha shahada noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Nias

1 entries
  • turu luo noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Norman

2 entries
  • arideigt noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • preunmié dé noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • čuvdi noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • pekefinger noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • peikefinger noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Old English

1 entries
  • sċytefinger noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • سبابه noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • شهادت پرمغی noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Pangasinan

1 entries
  • tamuro noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • указуюци палєц noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Wiesfinja noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Polish

1 entries
  • palec wskazujący noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • dedo indicador noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • dedo índex noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • indicador noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • índex noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Romanian

2 entries
  • arătător noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • deget arătător noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Russian

1 entries
  • указа́тельный па́лец noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • colgag noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • corrag noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • meur-meomhair noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • meurag noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • kàžiprst noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • ка̀жипрст noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Sindhi

1 entries
  • ڏسڻي noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Skolt Sami

1 entries
  • čuõjjiǩ noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Slovak

1 entries
  • ukazovák noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Slovene

1 entries
  • kazalec noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Southern Kalinga

1 entries
  • pattuchu noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Spanish

4 entries
  • dedo mostrador noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • dedo saludador noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • dedo índice noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • índice noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • curuk noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kidole cha shahada noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Swedish

1 entries
  • pekfinger noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • hintuturo noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Tamil

4 entries
  • ஆட்காட்டி noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • ஆள்காட்டி விரல் noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • சுட்டாமுட்டி noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • சுட்டுவிரல் noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Telugu

2 entries
  • చూపుడువేలు noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • తర్జని noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Tetum

1 entries
  • liman fuan hatudu noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Thai

1 entries
  • นิ้วชี้ noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ኣመልካቲቶ noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Turkish

1 entries
  • işaret parmağı noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • süýem barmak noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Udmurt

1 entries
  • азьчиньы noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • вказі́вний па́лець noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • ngón tay trỏ noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Volapük

1 entries
  • nädäg noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Welsh

1 entries
  • mynegfys noun (first finger next to the thumb)

West Coast Bajau

1 entries
  • temboro' noun (first finger next to the thumb)

West-Frisian

2 entries
  • foarste finger noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • wiisfinger noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Woiwurrung

2 entries
  • dan-tŭn noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • urnung-meluk noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Yakut

1 entries
  • сөмүйэ noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Yup'ik

3 entries
  • keniun noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • tekeq noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • tengayuq noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Zhuang

2 entries
  • fwngzyinx noun (first finger next to the thumb)
  • lwgfwngzyinx noun (first finger next to the thumb)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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I burned my forefinger on fire tongs.

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The policeman beckoned to me with his forefinger.

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He picked up a butterfly between his thumb and forefinger.

Source: tatoeba (300010)

She tapped the box with her forefinger.

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