Tom had hangnail problems.
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Hangnail
//ˈhæŋneɪl//
Synonyms for "hangnail" (4 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (1)
Related words (2)
Noun(1 words)
Related word relations
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Translations
55 translations across 37 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- سَأْفَة noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Basque
1 entries- hatz-bizar noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Belarusian
3 entries- жыві́ца noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
- завусе́ніца noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
- задзі́рына noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Catalan
1 entries- repeló noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 倒刺 noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
- 肉刺 noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Czech
1 entries- záděra noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Danish
1 entries- neglerod noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Dutch
4 entries- dwangnagel noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
- nijdnagel noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
- nijnagel noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
- stroopnagel noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Finnish
1 entries- kynsipiikki noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
French
2 entries- envie noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
- petite peau noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Galician
2 entries- espigo noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
- respigo noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
German
2 entries- Neidnagel noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
- Niednagel noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Greek
1 entries- παρωνυχίδα noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Hungarian
2 entries- körömbőr noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
- körömszálka noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Icelandic
1 entries- annögl noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Italian
1 entries- pipita noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Japanese
2 entries- さかむけ noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
- ささくれ noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Kannada
1 entries- ಕುಂಚ noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Korean
1 entries- 거스러미 noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Latin
1 entries- reduvia noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Limburgish
1 entries- nagelren noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Macedonian
1 entries- зано́ктица noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Malay
1 entries- kuku betul noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Old English
1 entries- angnæġl noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- شیطان طرناغی noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Polish
2 entries- skórka noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
- zadzior noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Portuguese
2 entries- espiga noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
- pelinha noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Romansch
2 entries- spina da charn noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
- spina da latg noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Russian
2 entries- заусе́нец noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
- заусе́ница noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- zànoktica noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
- за̀ноктица noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Slovak
1 entries- záder noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Spanish
2 entries- padrastro noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
- uñero noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Swedish
1 entries- nagelband noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Tagalog
1 entries- taingandaga noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Turkish
1 entries- şeytan tırnağı noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Ukrainian
2 entries- за́дерень noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
- за́дирка noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Welsh
1 entries- ewinbil noun (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
I've got a hangnail.
Source: tatoeba (12192467)
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