toenail

English

Etymology

toe +‎ nail

Pronunciation

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

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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

2. (slang, derogatory) An unattractive person.
   • 2013 January 2, Jessica Crisler, Twitter:

     "I'm a toenail and you're labial flaps... We got together like two peas in a pod."

Derived terms

• devil's 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

• 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 m (nokt)
• Malay: kuku kaki
• Maori: maikuku
• Marathi: पायाचे नख n (pāyāce nakh)
• Mokilese: kikin e
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tånegl m

• Polish: paznokieć u nogi m
• Portuguese: unha do pé f
• Russian: но́готь (ru) m (nógotʹ) (на пальце ноги)
• Sinhalese: පයැඟිලි (payæⁿgili)
• Spanish: uña del dedo del pie f
• Swedish: tånagel (sv) c
• Telugu: కాలిగోరు (kāligōru)
• Vietnamese: móng chân
• Volapük: teananuel
• West Frisian: teanneil c
• 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