different between fingernail vs lunula

English

Etymology

From finger +? nail. Compare Middle English nayl of fynger (“fingernail”) and Old English handnæ?l (“fingernail”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Fingernail (“fingernail”), West Frisian fingerneil (“fingernail”), Dutch vingernagel (“fingernail”), German Fingernagel (“fingernail”), Danish fingernegl (“fingernail”), Swedish fingernagel (“fingernail”), Norwegian fingernegl (“fingernail”), Icelandic fingurnögl (“fingernail”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?f?????ne?l/

Noun

fingernail (plural fingernails)

1. The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.

Meronyms

• cuticle
• quick

Derived terms

Related terms

• nail
• nail polish
• nail varnish
• thumbnail
• toenail

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• lunule

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin l?nula.

Noun

lunula (plural lunulae)

1. Something shaped like a crescent or half-moon; especially the pale area at the base of the fingernail.

Derived terms

• lunular
• lunulate

Translations

See also

• eponychium

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin l?nula.

Noun

lunula

1. (anatomy) lunula (pale area at the base of a fingernail)

Declension

Synonyms

• puolikuu

Anagrams

• laulun

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin l?nula.

Noun

lunula f (plural lunule)

1. lunette, half-moon, lunula

Latin

Etymology

l?na (“moon”) +? -ula

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?lu?.nu.la/, [???u?n???ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?lu.nu.la/, [?lu?nul?]

Noun

l?nula f (genitive l?nulae); first declension

1. an ornament in the form of a little moon

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• English: lunule, lunula
• French: lunule
• Italian: lunula

References

• lunula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lunula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• lunula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette