fingertip

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US/ˈfɪŋɡɚˌtɪp/

noun

The tip of the human finger.

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Meanings

nounfingertip (plural fingertips)

plural fingertips

  1. The tip of the human finger.

    They were all professional to their fingertips, knew each other very well, and knew their disciplines backwards.

    2021 January 27, “Open Access: How to run a railway”, in RAIL, issue 923, page 38
    1 more example

    The traditional Thai greeting, the wai, is generally offered first by the youngest of the two people meeting, with their hands pressed together, fingertips pointing upwards as the head is bowed to touch their face to the hands.

    2007, Wikipedia:Thailand
verbfingertip (third-person singular simple present fingertips, present participle fingertipping, simple past and past participle fingertipped)

present singular third person fingertips · participle present fingertipping · participle past fingertipped · past fingertipped

  1. transitiveTo move or deflect with the fingertips.

    Then Rogne released Forrest with a diagonal ball and the winger tormented Broadfoot again before blasting a shot which McGregor managed to fingertip over his bar.

    2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record

Origin

From finger + tip. Compare tiptoe and toetip.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἄκρον δακτύλου
  • ἄκρον δακτύλου (ákron daktúlou)the end of the finger
Arabic بَنَان, أُنْمُلَة
  • بَنَان (banān)the end of the finger
  • أُنْمُلَة (ʔunmula)the end of the finger
Catalan punta dels dits
  • punta dels ditsthe end of the finger
Chinese Mandarin 指尖
  • 指尖 (zhǐjiān)the end of the finger
Danish fingerspids
  • fingerspidsthe end of the finger
Dutch vingertop
  • vingertopthe end of the finger
Esperanto fingropinto
  • fingropintothe end of the finger
Finnish sormenpää
  • sormenpääthe end of the finger
French bout des doigts, bout de doigt
  • bout des doigtsthe end of the finger
  • bout de doigtthe end of the finger
German Fingerspitze
  • Fingerspitzethe end of the finger
Hungarian ujjhegy
  • ujjhegythe end of the finger
Italian punta del dito
  • punta del ditothe end of the finger
Japanese 指先
  • 指先 (yubisaki)the end of the finger
Korean 손끝
  • 손끝 (sonkkeut)the end of the finger
Lithuanian nagai
  • nagaithe end of the finger
Polish opuszka
  • opuszkathe end of the finger
Portuguese ponta do dedo
  • ponta do dedothe end of the finger
Russian ко́нчик па́льца
  • ко́нчик па́льца (kónčik pálʹca)the end of the finger
Spanish yema del dedo
  • yema del dedothe end of the finger
Swedish fingerspets
  • fingerspetsthe end of the finger
Thai ปลายนิ้ว
  • ปลายนิ้วthe end of the finger
Turkish parmak ucu
  • parmak ucuthe end of the finger
Cite this entry
APA

fingertip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fingertip

MLA

“fingertip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fingertip. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fingertip,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fingertip.

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