toenail

English

Etymology

toe +‎ nail

Pronunciation

enPR: tō'nāl", IPA^(key): /ˈtəʊˌneɪl/
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Noun

toenail (plural toenails)

The thin, horny, transparent plate covering the upper surface of the end of a toe.

Related terms

Translations

the plate covering the end of a toe

Ainu: アㇺ (am)
Bashkir: тырнаҡ (tïrnaq)
Burmese: ခြေသည်း (my) (hkresany:)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 腳甲 (goek³ gaap³), 腳指甲, 脚指甲 (goek³ zi² gaap³)

Mandarin: 腳指甲 (zh), 脚指甲 (zh) (jiǎozhǐjia), 趾甲 (zh) (zhǐjiǎ)
Dutch: teennagel (nl) m
Estonian: varbaküüs
Faroese: naglur á tá m or f pl
Finnish: varpaankynsi (fi), kynsi (fi)
French: ongle de pied m, ongle d'orteil m
Old French: ongle del pié
German: Zehennagel (de) m, Zehnagel m (less common)
Icelandic: tánögl f
Italian: unghia del piede
Japanese: (足指の) 爪 (ja) (つめ, tsume)
Khmer: ក្រចក ជើង (krɑcɑɑk cəəng)
Korean: 발톱 (ko) (baltop)

Lao: ເລັບຕີນ (lep tīn)
Luxembourgish: Zéiwennol m
Macedonian: нокт m (nokt)
Malay: kuku kaki
Maori: maikuku
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tånegl m
Polish: paznokieć u nogi m
Portuguese: unha do pé f
Russian: но́готь (ru) m (nógotʹ) (на пальце ноги)
Sinhalese: පයැඟිලි (payæn̆gili)
Spanish: uña del dedo del pie f
Swedish: tånagel (sv) c
Telugu: కాలిగోరు (kāligōru)
Vietnamese: móng chân
Volapük: teananuel
Zulu: uzipho (zu) class 11/10

Verb

toenail (third-person singular simple present toenails, present participle toenailing, simple past and past participle toenailed)

(transitive) To fasten two pieces of lumber together by applying nails or screws into both boards at an angle.

Anagrams

Oltenia, elation

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