toenail

See also: toe nail and toe-nail

English

Alternative forms

• toe nail, toe-nail

Etymology

From toe +‎ nail.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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Noun

toenail (plural toenails)

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

   Synonym: (uncommon) footnail

   toenail clippings

Derived terms

• big toenail
• devil's toenail
• great toenail
• large toenail
• little toenail
• make one's toenails curl
• mermaid's toenail

Related terms

• fingernail
• nail
• toe

Translations

the plate covering the end of a toe

• Ainu: アㇺ (am)
• Bashkir: тырнаҡ (tırnaq)
• Bulgarian: нокът на крака (nokǎt na kraka)
• Burmese: ခြေသည်း (my) (hkresany:)
• Chickasaw: iyyakchosh
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 腳甲 / 脚甲 (goek³ gaap³), 腳指甲 / 脚指甲 (goek³ zi² gaap³)

  Mandarin: 腳指甲 / 脚指甲 (zh) (jiǎozhǐjia), 趾甲 (zh) (zhǐjiǎ)

• Danish: tånegl (da) c
• Dutch: teennagel (nl) m
• Egyptian: (ꜥnt f)
• 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

• Frisian:

  West Frisian: teanneil c

• German: Zehennagel (de) m, Zehnagel m (less common), Fußnagel (de) m
• Hawaiian: maiʻao
• Hunsrik: Zehenaaghel m
• Icelandic: tánögl f
• Italian: unghia del piede
• Japanese: (足指の) 爪 (ja) (つめ, tsume)
• Khmer: ក្រចកជើង (krɑcɑɑk cəəng)
• Korean: 발톱 (ko) (baltop)
• Lao: ເລັບຕີນ (lep tīn)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: kojos piršto nagas m
• Luxembourgish: Zéiwennol m
• Macedonian: нокт (mk) m (nokt)
• Malay: kuku kaki
• Māori: maikuku
• Marathi: पायाचे नख n (pāyāce nakh)
• Mokilese: kikin e
• Navajo: akéshgaan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tånegl m

• Polish: paznokieć (pl) m
• Portuguese: unha do pé f
• Russian: но́готь (ru) m (nógotʹ) (на пальце ноги)
• Sinhalese: පයැඟිලි (payæⁿgili)
• Spanish: uña del dedo del pie f (more specific), uña de dedo de pie f (less specific), uña de pie f, uña podal f, uña de ortejo f
• Swedish: tånagel (sv) c
• Telugu: కాలిగోరు (kāligōru)
• Vietnamese: móng chân
• Volapük: teananuel
• Welsh: ewin (y troed) m
• Zulu: uzipho (zu) class 11/10

Verb

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

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

Anagrams

• Oltenia, elation