forefinger

English

Etymology

Mid-15th century, from Middle English forefyngure; equivalent to fore- +‎ finger.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːˌfɪŋ.ɡə/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹˌfɪŋ.ɡɚ/

Noun

forefinger (plural forefingers)

(human anatomy) The index finger: the first finger next to the thumb.
- 1866, Charles Dickens, The Signal-Man‎^[1]:
  He touched me on the arm with his forefinger twice or thrice giving a ghastly nod each time:- […]

Synonyms

(index finger): See Thesaurus:index finger

Translations

first finger next to the thumb

Albanian: gisht tregues m
Arabic: سَبَّابَة f (sabbāba)
Egyptian Arabic: سبابة f (sabbāba)
Aramaic: ܡܛܘܚܬܐ f (maṭoḥtāʾ)
Armenian: ցուցամատ (hy) (cʻucʻamat)
Basque: hatz erakusle
Belarusian: паказа́льны па́лец m (pakazálʹny páljec)
Bengali: শাহাদাত আঙ্গুল (bn) (śahadat aṅgul)
Bikol Central: muro (bcl)
Breton: biz-yod (br) m
Brunei Malay: jari talunjuk
Bulgarian: показа́лец (bg) m (pokazálec)
Burmese: လက်ညှိုး (my) (lakhnyui:)
Catalan: índex (ca) m
Cebuano: tudlo
Chinese:
Cantonese: 食指 (sik⁶ zi²)

Hakka: 蛇頭指 / 蛇头指 (sà-thèu-chṳ́), 指人指 (chṳ́-ngìn-chṳ́, chí-ngìn-chí), 拈食指 (ngiâm-sṳ̍t-chṳ́, ngiâm-si̍t-chí)

Hokkien: 二指 (zh-min-nan) (jī-cháiⁿ, lī-cháiⁿ), 指指 (zh-min-nan) (kí-cháiⁿ, kí-chúiⁿ, kí-chái, kí-chán), 食指 (si̍t-chí), 報路 / 报路 (pò-lō͘)

Mandarin: 食指 (zh) (shízhǐ), 二拇指 (zh) (èrmǔzhǐ), 二指 (zh) (èrzhǐ), 示指 (zh) (shìzhǐ), 二拇哥 (zh) (èrmǔgē) (slang)
Coptic: ⲧⲏⲃ ⲛⲡⲛⲓ m (tēb npni)
Cornish: bys rag m
Czech: ukazovák (cs) m, ukazováček (cs) m
Danish: pegefinger (da)
Dolgan: ыйар чөмүйэ (ıyar çömüye), иистэнэр чөмүйэ (iistener çömüye)
Dutch: wijsvinger (nl) m
Esperanto: montra fingro, montrofingro (eo)
Estonian: nimetissõrm
Faroese: fremstifingur m
Finnish: etusormi (fi)
French: index (fr) m
Galician: furabolos (gl) m, índice (gl) m
Georgian: სალოკი თითი (saloḳi titi), საჩვენებელი თითი (sačvenebeli titi)
German: Zeigefinger (de) m
Greek: δείκτης (el) m (deíktis), λιχανός (el) m (lichanós)
Hebrew: אצבע מורה m (étzba moré)
Hindi: देशिनी (hi) f (deśinī), तर्जनी अँगुली f (tarjanī aṅgulī), तर्जनी (hi) f (tarjanī)
Hungarian: mutatóujj (hu)
Hunsrik: Zeichefinger m
Icelandic: vísifingur m, sleikifingur m, bendifingur m, vísiputti m
Ilocano: tammudo
Indonesian: jari telunjuk (id), tarjani
Ingrian: ensimäin sormi, reunimain sormi
Interlingua: digito indice, indice
Italian: indice (it) m, dito indice m
Japanese: 人差し指 (ja) (ひとさしゆび, hitosashiyubi), 食指 (ja) (しょくし, shokushi)
Javanese: driji panuduh, driji panuding
Kannada: please add this translation if you can
Kapampangan: panuldu
Khiamniungan Naga: phōhkhò pàu
Korean: 검지 (geomji), 집게손가락 (ko) (jipgeson'garak)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دۆشاومِژە (ckb) (doşawmije)
Latin: index c, digitus salūtāris m
Latvian: rādītājpirksts m
Lotud: gontuduk
Lule Sami: tjutjuk
Macedonian: показа́лец m (pokazálec)
Malay: jari telunjuk (ms)
Malayalam: ചൂണ്ടുവിരൽ (ml) (cūṇṭuviral)
Maltese: saba’ l-werrej m
Manchu: ᡩ᠋ᡝ᠋ᡵᡤᡝ
ᠰᡳᠮᡥᡠᠨ (derge simhun), ᠮᠣᠴᠣ
ᠰᡳᠮᡥᡠᠨ (moco simhun), ᠵᠣᡵᡳᡵᡝ
ᠰᡳᠮᡥᡠᠨ (jorire simhun)
Maori: kōroa, takoroa, takonui
Mokilese: jaidsomw
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: долоовор хуруу (doloovor xuruu)

Mongolian: ᠳᠣᠯᠤᠭᠤᠪᠤᠷ
ᠬᠤᠷᠤᠭᠤ (doluɣubur quruɣu)
Navajo: álaʼ tsostsʼidí
Ngazidja Comorian: sha shahada class 7/8
Nias: turu luo (nia)
Norman: preunmié dé m (Jersey), arideigt m (Guernsey)
Northern Sami: čuvdi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: pekefinger m

Nynorsk: peikefinger m
Old English: sċytefinger m
Ottoman Turkish: سبابه (sebbâbe), شهادت پرمغی (šahadet barmaği)
Pangasinan: tamuro
Pannonian Rusyn: указуюци палєц m (ukazujuci paljec)
Plautdietsch: Wiesfinja m
Polish: palec wskazujący (pl) m inan
Portuguese: dedo indicador (pt) m, indicador (pt) m, índice m (Portugal), dedo índex m (Portugal), índex m (Portugal)
Romanian: deget arătător n, arătător (ro) n
Russian: указа́тельный па́лец (ru) m (ukazátelʹnyj pálec)
Scottish Gaelic: corrag f, sgealbag f, sgealb f, colgag f, meurag f, meur-meomhair, sgolgag f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ка̀жипрст m

Roman: kàžiprst (sh) m
Sindhi: ڏسڻي f
Skolt Sami: čuõjjiǩ
Slovak: ukazovák m
Slovene: kazalec (sl) m
Southern Kalinga: pattuchu
Spanish: índice (es) m, dedo índice m, dedo saludador m, dedo mostrador m
Sundanese: curuk (su)
Swahili: kidole cha shahada
Swedish: pekfinger (sv) n
Tagalog: hintuturo
Tamil: சுட்டுவிரல் (ta) (cuṭṭuviral), ஆட்காட்டி (ta) (āṭkāṭṭi), ஆள்காட்டி விரல் (ta) (āḷkāṭṭi viral), சுட்டாமுட்டி (ta) (cuṭṭāmuṭṭi)
Telugu: చూపుడువేలు (cūpuḍuvēlu), తర్జని (te) (tarjani)
Tetum: liman fuan hatudu
Thai: นิ้วชี้ (th) (níu-chíi)
Tigrinya: ኣመልካቲቶ (ʾamälkatito)
Turkish: işaret parmağı (tr)
Turkmen: süýem barmak
Ukrainian: вказі́вний па́лець m (vkazívnyj pálecʹ)
Vietnamese: ngón tay trỏ (vi)
Welsh: mynegfys (cy)
West Coast Bajau: temboro'
West Frisian: foarste finger, wiisfinger
Yakut: сөмүйэ (sömüye)
Yup'ik: keniun, tekeq, tengayuq
Zhuang: lwgfwngzyinx, fwngzyinx

Anagrams

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