little toe

noun

The smallest toe of the human foot.

Meanings

nounlittle toe (plural little toes)

plural little toes

  1. The smallest toe of the human foot.

    Synonyms: baby toe, digitus minimus pedis, fifth toe, pinky toe, tiny toe

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see little, toe.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe smallest toe of the human foot.

Origin

  1. Old Englishlȳtle tā
  2. Middle Englishlitel to
  3. Englishlittle toe

From Middle English litel to, lyttylle towe, from Old English lȳtle tā.

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Translations

Catalan dit petit del peu
  • dit petit del peusmallest toe of the foot
Chinese Cantonese 腳趾尾 /脚趾尾
  • 腳趾尾 /脚趾尾smallest toe of the foot
Chinese Mandarin 小指
  • 小指 (xiǎozhǐ)smallest toe of the foot
Czech malíček
  • malíčeksmallest toe of the foot
Danish lilletå
  • lilletåsmallest toe of the foot
Finnish pikkuvarvas
  • pikkuvarvassmallest toe of the foot
French petit doigt de pied, petit orteil
  • petit doigt de piedsmallest toe of the foot
  • petit orteilsmallest toe of the foot
German kleine Zehe, kleiner Zeh
  • kleine Zehesmallest toe of the foot
  • kleiner Zehsmallest toe of the foot
Irish laidhricín, lúidín
  • laidhricínsmallest toe of the foot
  • lúidínsmallest toe of the foot
  • lúidín coisesmallest toe of the foot
Italian quinto dito, mignolo
  • quinto ditosmallest toe of the foot
  • mignolosmallest toe of the foot
  • dito mignolosmallest toe of the foot
Korean 새끼발가락
  • 새끼발가락 (saekkibalgarak)smallest toe of the foot
Latin digitulus
  • digitulussmallest toe of the foot
Māori kōiti
  • kōitismallest toe of the foot
Russian мизи́нец
  • мизи́нец (mizínec)smallest toe of the foot
Spanish dedo meñique del pie
  • dedo meñique del piesmallest toe of the foot
Swedish lilltå
  • lilltåsmallest toe of the foot
Turkish ayak serçe parmağı
  • ayak serçe parmağısmallest toe of the foot
Cite this entry
APA

little toe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/little%20toe

MLA

“little toe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/little%20toe. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “little toe,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/little%20toe.

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