little finger

noun

The outermost and smallest finger of the hand, next to the ring finger, farthest from the thumb.

Similar
auriculardigit Vear fingerfifth digitfourth fingermercurial fingerpinkiepinkie finger
OriginMiddle English litel fynger ← Old English lȳtel finger →
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Meanings

nounlittle finger (plural little fingers)

plural little fingers

  1. The outermost and smallest finger of the hand, next to the ring finger, farthest from the thumb.

    Synonyms: auricular, digit V, ear finger, fifth digit, fourth finger, mercurial finger, pinkie, pinkie finger

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe outermost and smallest finger of the hand, next to the ring finger, farthest from the thumb.

Similar
auriculardigit Vear fingerfifth digitfourth fingermercurial fingerpinkiepinkie fingerauricularbaby fingerear fingerfourth fingerleast fingermercurial fingerminimuspinkiepinkie finger

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe finger farthest from the thumb

Similar
pinkiepinky
Broader
fingerminimus
Also see
auricularbaby fingerear fingerleast fingermercurial fingerpinkiepinky

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Englishlȳtel finger
  2. Middle Englishlitel fynger
  3. Englishlittle finger

From Middle English litel fynger, from Old English lȳtel finger.

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Translations

Arabic خِنْصِر
  • خِنْصِر (ḵinṣir)outermost and smallest finger of the hand
Basque atxiki
  • atxikioutermost and smallest finger of the hand
Bulgarian ку́тре, ма́лък пръ́ст
  • ку́тре (kútre)outermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • ма́лък пръ́ст (málăk prắst)outermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • мале́шка (maléška)outermost and smallest finger of the hand
Catalan dit petit, menovell
  • dit petitoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • menovelloutermost and smallest finger of the hand
Chinese Cantonese 小指, 手指尾
  • 小指 (siu² zi²)outermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • 手指尾outermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • 尾指outermost and smallest finger of the hand
Chinese Mandarin 小指, 小拇指
  • 小指 (xiǎozhǐ)outermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • 小拇指 (xiǎomǔzhǐ)outermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • 小拇哥 (xiǎomǔgē)outermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • 小手指 (xiǎoshǒuzhǐ)outermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • 尾指 (wěizhǐ)outermost and smallest finger of the hand
Czech malík, malíček
  • malíkoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • malíčekoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
Danish lillefinger
  • lillefingeroutermost and smallest finger of the hand
Dutch pink
  • pinkoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
Esperanto malgranda fingro, etfingro
  • malgranda fingrooutermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • etfingrooutermost and smallest finger of the hand
Estonian väike sõrm
  • väike sõrmoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
Finnish pikkusormi, pikkurilli
  • pikkusormioutermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • pikkurillioutermost and smallest finger of the hand
French petit doigt, auriculaire
  • petit doigtoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • auriculaireoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
German kleiner Finger
  • kleiner Fingeroutermost and smallest finger of the hand
Greek μικρός
  • μικρός (mikrós)outermost and smallest finger of the hand
Hebrew זרת
  • זרת (zéret)outermost and smallest finger of the hand
Hindi कानी उँगली, कानी
  • कानी उँगली (kānī uṅglī)outermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • कानी (kānī)outermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • छिगुनी (chigunī)outermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • कनिष्ठिका (kaniṣṭhikā)outermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • कनिष्ठा (kaniṣṭhā)outermost and smallest finger of the hand
Hungarian kisujj
  • kisujjoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
Icelandic litlifingur
  • litlifinguroutermost and smallest finger of the hand
Indonesian jari kelingking
  • jari kelingkingoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
Irish méar bheag, laidhricín
  • méar bheagoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • laidhricínoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • lúidínoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
Italian mignolo, dito mignolo
  • mignolooutermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • dito mignolooutermost and smallest finger of the hand
Japanese 小指
  • 小指 (koyubi)outermost and smallest finger of the hand
Korean 소지, 새끼손가락
  • 소지 (soji)outermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • 새끼손가락 (saekkison'garak)outermost and smallest finger of the hand
Latin digitulus
  • digitulusoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
Malay jari kelengkeng
  • jari kelengkengoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
Māori kōiti
  • kōitioutermost and smallest finger of the hand
Norwegian Bokmål lillefinger
  • lillefingeroutermost and smallest finger of the hand
Polish mały palec
  • mały palecoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
Portuguese dedo mínimo, mínimo
  • dedo mínimooutermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • mínimooutermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • dedo auricularoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • mindinhooutermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • minguinhooutermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • mendinhooutermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • meiminhooutermost and smallest finger of the hand
Romanian deget mic
  • deget micoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
Russian мизи́нец
  • мизи́нец (mizínec)outermost and smallest finger of the hand
Scottish Gaelic lùdag, luad
  • lùdagoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • luadoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • corra-mheuroutermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • gilceagoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • lùideanoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • brideagaidhoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • cuisteagoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • lùdanoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
Slovak malíček
  • malíčekoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
Spanish dedo meñique de la mano, meñique de la mano
  • dedo meñique de la manooutermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • meñique de la manooutermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • dedo auricularoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • meñiqueoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
Swahili kidole cha mwisho
  • kidole cha mwishooutermost and smallest finger of the hand
Swedish lillfinger
  • lillfingeroutermost and smallest finger of the hand
Tagalog kalingkingan, hinliliit
  • kalingkinganoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • hinliliitoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
Thai นิ้วก้อย
  • นิ้วก้อย (níu-gɔ̂ɔi)outermost and smallest finger of the hand
Turkish serçe parmak, küçük parmak
  • serçe parmakoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • küçük parmakoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
Ukrainian мізи́нець
  • мізи́нець (mizýnecʹ)outermost and smallest finger of the hand
Vietnamese ngón út, ngón tay út
  • ngón útoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • ngón tay útoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
Welsh bys bach, clustfys
  • bys bachoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
  • clustfysoutermost and smallest finger of the hand
Cite this entry
APA

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Chicago

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