doigt

From Latin digitus.

doigt m (plural doigts)

1. finger

From Middle French doigt, from Old French doit, doi, from Latin digitus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyǵ- (“to show, point out, pronounce solemnly”). The g was added back in Middle French to reflect the Classical Latin spelling and distinguish from the verb form doit.

• IPA^(key): /dwa/

• "un doigt" pronounced (France, Paris)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a
• Homophones: doigts, dois, doit, doua, douas, douât

doigt m (plural doigts)

1. finger
2. toe

   Je vais me tremper les doigts de pied.

   I'll dip my toes in the water.

3. (by extension) small quantity, especially of a beverage (about a finger in height)

   un doigt de whiskey ― a bit of whiskey (literally, “a finger of whiskey”)

• doigter
• doigt d'honneur
• petit doigt
• au doigt mouillé
• au doigt et à l'œil

• orteil

• “doigt” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Old French doit, with the g added back to reflect the original Latin digitus.

doigt m (plural doigts)

1. (anatomy) finger

• French: doigt