forefinger

English

Etymology

fore- +‎ finger

Noun

forefinger (plural forefingers)

(human anatomy) The index finger: the first finger next to the thumb.

Synonyms

(index finger): arrow-finger, demonstrator, index, index finger, insignitor, lickpot, pointer, pointer finger, pointling, showing finger, teacher, trigger finger
See also 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) (cʿucʿamat)
Basque: hatz erakusle
Belarusian: паказа́льны па́лец m (pakazálʹny páljec)
Breton: biz-yod (br) m
Bulgarian: показа́лец (bg) m (pokazálec)
Catalan: índex (ca) m
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)

Mandarin: 食指 (zh) (shízhǐ), 二拇指 (zh) (èrmǔzhǐ), 二指 (zh) (èrzhǐ)

Min Nan: 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)
Coptic: ⲧⲏⲃ ⲛⲡⲛⲓ m (tēb npni)
Cornish: bys rag m
Czech: ukazovák (cs) m, ukazováček (cs) m
Danish: pegefinger (da)
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
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)
Hungarian: mutatóujj (hu)
Icelandic: vísifingur m, sleikifingur m, bendifingur m, vísiputti m
Ilocano: tammudo
Indonesian: jari telunjuk (id), tarjani
Interlingua: digito indice, indice
Italian: indice (it) m, dito indice m
Japanese: 人差し指 (ja) (ひとさしゆび, hitosashiyubi)
Kannada: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 집게손가락 (ko) (jipge-songarak), 검지 (geomji)
Latin: index c, digitus salūtāris m
Latvian: rādītājpirksts m
Lotud: gontuduk
Lule Sami: tjutjuk

Macedonian: показа́лец m (pokazálec)
Malay: jari telunjuk
Maltese: saba’ l-werrej m
Maori: kōroa
Navajo: álaʼ tsostsʼidí
Ngazidja Comorian: sha shahada class 7/8
Norman: preunmié dé m (Jersey), arideigt m (Guernsey)
Northern Sami: čuvdi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: pekefinger m

Nynorsk: peikefinger m
Ottoman Turkish: سبابه‎‎ (sebbâbe), شهادت پرمغي‎‎ (šahadet barmaği)
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: sgealbag 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
Sundanese: curuk
Swahili: kidole cha shahada
Swedish: pekfinger (sv) n
Tagalog: hintuturo
Telugu: చూపుడువేలు (cūpuḍuvēlu), తర్జని (te) (tarjani)
Tetum: liman fuan hatudu
Thai: นิ้วชี้ (th) (níu-chíi)
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
Westrobothnian: slipperbókk m
Yup'ik: keniun, tekeq, tengayuq

Anagrams

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