fingernail

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fingernail

(fingernail [noun] (BODY PART

US

/ˈfɪŋ.ɡɚ.neɪl/

UK

/ˈfɪŋ.ɡə.neɪl/

Example:

I have beautiful fingernails.

Any of the hard smooth parts that cover the ends of your fingers

Persian equivalent:

Example:

I have beautiful fingernails.

Theme, CEFR level & Tags

Theme:

Level:

B2 (Upper-intermediate)

Region:

American English

British English

Oxford Essential Dictionary

fingernail

noun
the thin hard part at the end of your finger

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

fingernail

fin‧ger‧nail /ˈfɪŋɡəneɪl $ -ɡər-/ noun [countable]
the hard flat part that covers the top end of your finger SYN nail

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fingernail

fin·ger·nail [fingernail fingernails] [ˈfɪŋɡəneɪl] [ˈfɪŋɡərneɪl] noun

the thin hard layer that covers the outer tip of each finger

Example Bank:

• ‘Actually, I'm leaving you’, she said, continuing to examine her fingernails.

• ‘Actually, I'm leaving,’ she said, examining her fingernails.

• I noticed I had dirt under my fingernails.

• She dug her fingernails into my neck.

• She tapped her fingernails against the table impatiently.

• the horrible sound of fingernails scraping across a blackboard

• the sound of fingernails being dragged down a blackboard

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fingernail

fingernail /ˈfɪŋ.gə.neɪl/ US /-gɚ-/
noun [C] (ALSO nail)
the hard slightly curved part that covers and protects the top of the end of a finger:
dirty fingernails
She had long red fingernails.

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

fingernail

/fɪŋgə(r)neɪl/
also finger-nail
(fingernails)

Your fingernails are the thin hard areas at the end of each of your fingers.

= nail

N-COUNT

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

fingernail

fin·ger·nail /ˈfɪŋgɚˌneɪl/ noun, pl -nails [count] : the hard covering at the end of your fingers
• I trimmed and filed my fingernails.
• He had dirt under his fingernails.
• Quit biting/chewing your fingernails.

American English

British English

B2 (Upper-intermediate)