Thumb

//θʌm//

Synonyms for "thumb" (85 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (17)

Verb(3 words)
leafperusebrowse
Noun(1 words)
pollex

Strong matches (26)

Noun(2 words)
digit ifirst digit

Related words (42)

Related word relations

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11 relation types

More general

8 entries

More specific

1 entries

Synonyms

9 entries

Related terms

1 entries

capable of

1 entries

derived

93 entries

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distinct from

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has context

3 entries

is a

4 entries

part of

1 entries

related to

33 entries

Showing 16 of 33 words.

Translations

256 translations across 171 languages.

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Abkhaz

1 entries
  • анацәаду noun (digit)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • duim noun (digit)

Ahtna

1 entries
  • lacotsʼ noun (digit)

Alabama

1 entries
  • ilbossiki noun (digit)

Albanian

3 entries
  • gisht i madh noun (digit)
  • gisht i madh i dorës noun (digit)
  • pulqer noun (digit)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἀντίχειρ noun (digit)

Arabic

2 entries
  • إبهام noun (digit)
  • إِبْهَام noun (digit)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • pulgar noun (digit)

Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܟܪܬܐ noun (digit)

Armenian

1 entries
  • բութ մատ noun (digit)

Aromanian

2 entries
  • pilicar noun (digit)
  • pulicar noun (digit)

Asturian

4 entries
  • deda noun (digit)
  • dedón noun (digit)
  • matapioyos noun (digit)
  • pulgar noun (digit)

Avar

1 entries
  • буртӏинкилищ noun (digit)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • baş barmaq noun (digit)

Baatonum

1 entries
  • atankparu noun (digit)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • баш бармаҡ noun (digit)

Basque

2 entries
  • erpuru noun (digit)
  • hatz lodi noun (digit)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • вялі́кі па́лец noun (digit)

Bengali

2 entries
  • অঙ্গুষ্ঠ noun (digit)
  • বুড়া আঙ্গুল noun (digit)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • अंगूठा noun (digit)

Bikol Central

3 entries
  • tangan noun (digit)
  • tanggugurang noun (digit)
  • tanggurangan noun (digit)

Bolinao

1 entries
  • tangan noun (digit)

Breton

4 entries
  • biz-meud noun (digit)
  • bizied-meud noun (digit)
  • meud noun (digit)
  • meudoù noun (digit)

Brunei Malay

1 entries
  • ibu jari noun (digit)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • па́лец noun (digit)
  • прелиствам verb (turn the pages of (a book) in order to read it cursorily)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ဒေါက်တို noun (digit)
  • လက်မ noun (digit)

Catalan

1 entries
  • polze noun (digit)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • kumagko noun (digit)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • ئەسپێکوژە noun (digit)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • mphatakala noun (digit)

Chinese

4 entries
  • 大富翁 noun (digit)
  • 大拇公 noun (digit)
  • 大拇翁 noun (digit)
  • 大拇頭 /大拇头 noun (digit)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 手指公 noun (digit)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 大拇哥 noun (digit)
  • 大拇指 noun (digit)
  • 大指 noun (digit)
  • 拇指 noun (digit)

Classical Nahuatl

1 entries
  • huēyi mahpilli noun (digit)

Coptic

1 entries
  • ⲧⲏⲃ ⲛⲧⲓⲛⲓ noun (digit)

Czech

1 entries
  • palec noun (digit)

Danish

2 entries
  • tommelfinger noun (digit)
  • tommeltot noun (digit)

Daur

1 entries
  • xereg noun (digit)

Dhivehi

1 entries
  • ބޮޑުވައި އިގިލި noun (digit)

Dolgan

2 entries
  • улакан чөмүйэ noun (digit)
  • эрбэк noun (digit)

Dupaningan Agta

1 entries
  • agradis noun (digit)

Dutch

1 entries
  • duim noun (digit)

Erzya

1 entries
  • пелька noun (digit)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • dikfingro noun (digit)
  • polekso noun (digit)

Estonian

1 entries
  • pöial noun (digit)

Faroese

2 entries
  • tummil noun (digit)
  • tummilfingur noun (digit)

Finnish

4 entries
  • liu’utin noun (part of a slider)
  • peukalo noun (digit)
  • koskea peukalolla verb (touch with the thumb)
  • peukaloida verb (touch with the thumb)

French

2 entries
  • pouce noun (digit)
  • feuilleter verb (turn the pages of (a book) in order to read it cursorily)

Friulian

1 entries
  • poleâr noun (digit)

Galician

3 entries
  • escachapiollos noun (digit)
  • matapiollos noun (digit)
  • polgar noun (digit)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ცერი noun (digit)

German

2 entries
  • Daumen noun (digit)
  • durchblättern verb (turn the pages of (a book) in order to read it cursorily)

Greek

2 entries
  • αντίχειρας noun (digit)
  • εγκοπή ευρετηρίασης noun (part of a slider)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • kulloq noun (digit)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • અંગૂઠો noun (digit)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • pous noun (digit)

Hakka Chinese

2 entries
  • 手指公 noun (digit)
  • 手指頭 /手指头 noun (digit)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • אגודל noun (digit)

Hindi

1 entries
  • अंगूठा noun (digit)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • hüvelykujj noun (digit)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • þumalfingur noun (digit)
  • þumall noun (digit)

Ido

1 entries
  • polexo noun (digit)

Ilocano

1 entries
  • tangan noun (digit)

Inari Sami

1 entries
  • pelgi noun (digit)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • biang jari noun (digit)
  • empu jari noun (digit)
  • ibu jari noun (digit)
  • induk jari noun (digit)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • peukalo noun (digit)
  • täintappaja noun (digit)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • pollice noun (digit)

Inuktitut

1 entries
  • ᑯᓪᓗ noun (digit)

Irish

1 entries
  • ordóg noun (digit)

Italian

2 entries
  • dito grosso noun (digit)
  • pollice noun (digit)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 親指 noun (digit)

Javanese

1 entries
  • jempol noun (digit)

Kabuverdianu

2 entries
  • dedon noun (digit)
  • dedóna noun (digit)

Kalasha

1 entries
  • ǰeṣṭ ạ́ŋgu noun (digit)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • эркә noun (digit)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • tindaragul noun (digit)

Karelian

1 entries
  • peigalo noun (digit)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • бас бармақ noun (digit)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • phōhkhò nyù noun (digit)

Khmer

1 entries
  • មេដៃ noun (digit)

Korean

2 entries
  • 엄지 noun (digit)
  • 엄지손가락 noun (digit)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • баш бармак noun (digit)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • eikss noun (digit)

Latin

1 entries
  • pollex (manūs) noun (digit)

Latvian

1 entries
  • īkšķis noun (digit)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • nykštys noun (digit)

Low German

2 entries
  • Dumen noun (digit)
  • Duum noun (digit)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • wjeliki palc noun (digit)

Lower Tanana

1 entries
  • lochetth noun (digit)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Daum noun (digit)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • палец noun (digit)

Malay

4 entries
  • biang jari noun (digit)
  • empu jari noun (digit)
  • ibu jari noun (digit)
  • induk jari noun (digit)

Maltese

1 entries
  • saba’ l-kbir noun (digit)

Manchu

2 entries
  • ᡶᡝᡵᡥᡝ noun (digit)
  • ᡶᡝᡵᡥᡝ ᠰᡳᠮᡥᡠᠨ noun (digit)

Marathi

1 entries
  • अंगठा noun (digit)

Marwari

1 entries
  • अंगुठौ noun (digit)

Megleno-Romanian

1 entries
  • pulicar noun (digit)

Middle English

1 entries
  • thombe noun (digit)

Mokilese

1 entries
  • jaidlap noun (digit)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • эрхий noun (digit)
  • ᠡᠷᠡᠬᠡᠢ noun (digit)

Māori

1 entries
  • kōnui noun (digit)

Navajo

1 entries
  • álátsoh noun (digit)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • shaya sha koo noun (digit)

Nias

1 entries
  • turu sebua noun (digit)

Nogai

1 entries
  • бас бармак noun (digit)

Norman

1 entries
  • ponchet noun (digit)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • bealgi noun (digit)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • glidebryterhåndtak noun (part of a slider)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • tommel noun (digit)
  • tommelfinger noun (digit)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • tommel noun (digit)
  • tommelfinger noun (digit)

Occitan

2 entries
  • poce noun (digit)
  • pulgar noun (digit)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • midechininj noun (digit)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries
  • пальць noun (digit)

Old English

1 entries
  • þūma noun (digit)

Old French

2 entries
  • polz noun (digit)
  • pouz noun (digit)

Old Irish

1 entries
  • ordu noun (digit)

Oromo

1 entries
  • abbuudduu noun (digit)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • хистӕр ӕнгуылдз noun (digit)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • باش پرمق noun (digit)

Pangasinan

1 entries
  • tangan noun (digit)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • вельки палєц noun (digit)

Pennsylvania German

1 entries
  • Daume noun (digit)

Persian

2 entries
  • ابهام noun (digit)
  • شست noun (digit)

Piedmontese

1 entries
  • pòle noun (digit)

Pitjantjatjara

1 entries
  • maṟa mama noun (digit)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Düme noun (digit)

Polish

1 entries
  • kciuk noun (digit)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • dedo polegar noun (digit)
  • polegar noun (digit)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਅੰਗੂਠਾ noun (digit)

Romanian

2 entries
  • deget mare noun (digit)
  • policar noun (digit)

Russian

4 entries
  • большо́й па́лец noun (digit)
  • листа́ть verb (turn the pages of (a book) in order to read it cursorily)
  • мусо́лить verb (touch with the thumb)
  • перели́стывать verb (turn the pages of (a book) in order to read it cursorily)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • अङ्गुष्ठ noun (digit)

Scots

1 entries
  • thoum noun (digit)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • òrdag noun (digit)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • palac noun (digit)
  • палац noun (digit)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • puseri noun (digit)

Skolt Sami

1 entries
  • peä´lǧǧ noun (digit)

Slovak

1 entries
  • palec noun (digit)

Slovene

1 entries
  • palec noun (digit)

Southern Altai

2 entries
  • башпарак noun (digit)
  • эргек noun (digit)

Southern Kalinga

1 entries
  • paama noun (digit)

Southern Sami

1 entries
  • bielkie noun (digit)

Spanish

4 entries
  • dedo gordo noun (digit)
  • dedo pulgar noun (digit)
  • pulgar noun (digit)
  • pólice noun (digit)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • jempol noun (digit)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kidole gumba noun (digit)

Swedish

1 entries
  • tumme noun (digit)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • hinlalaki noun (digit)

Tarifit

2 entries
  • ikmez noun (digit)
  • iymez noun (digit)

Telugu

1 entries
  • బొటనవేలు noun (digit)

Thai

3 entries
  • นิ้วหัวแม่มือ noun (digit)
  • นิ้วโป้ง noun (digit)
  • หัวแม่มือ noun (digit)

Tibetan

2 entries
  • མཐེ་པོ noun (digit)
  • མཐེ་བོང noun (digit)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ዓባይ ዓባይቶ noun (digit)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • mokoce noun (digit)

Turkish

2 entries
  • başparmak noun (digit)
  • sayfaları karıştırmak verb (turn the pages of (a book) in order to read it cursorily)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • başam barmak noun (digit)

Tuvan

1 entries
  • матпаадыр noun (digit)

Udmurt

1 entries
  • пӧлы noun (digit)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • вели́кий па́лець noun (digit)

Venetan

3 entries
  • dedón noun (digit)
  • deolón noun (digit)
  • masapeoci noun (digit)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • ngón tay cái noun (digit)

Volapük

1 entries
  • döm noun (digit)

Waray-Waray

1 entries
  • tamuragko noun (digit)

Welsh

1 entries
  • bawd noun (digit)

West Coast Bajau

1 entries
  • indung noun (digit)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • tomme noun (digit)

Winnebago

1 entries
  • šaak hoxete noun (digit)

Woiwurrung

2 entries
  • ba-bourn marnang noun (digit)
  • djŭrt-djurt noun (digit)

Yakut

1 entries
  • эрбэх noun (digit)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • גראָבער פֿינגער noun (digit)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • àtàǹpàkò noun (digit)

Yup'ik

3 entries
  • asaun noun (digit)
  • ayaun noun (digit)
  • kul'u noun (digit)

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The glove has a hole in the thumb.

Source: tatoeba (46735)

As a rule of thumb, you should plan on one pound of beef for every two guests.

Source: tatoeba (62166)

I pricked my thumb with a needle.

Source: tatoeba (269858)

He accidentally hit his thumb with the hammer.

Source: tatoeba (294514)

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