ring finger

See also: ringfinger, Ringfinger, and ring-finger

English

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Palm

palm

wrist

thumb

index finger

middle finger

ring finger

pinky (US)

little finger

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Etymology

From Middle English ring fynger. So named from the wearing of wedding rings on this finger, originating from medieval belief that a nerve or artery ran from it to the heart.

Pronunciation

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Noun

ring finger (plural ring fingers)

2. The finger between the middle finger and the little finger; the "third finger" (UK) or the "fourth finger" (US), especially of the left hand. (The ring finger is the left hand; a ring finger is either hand.)

   Synonyms: digit IV, fourth digit, fourth finger, gold-finger, leech-finger, marriage finger, medical finger, medicinal finger, physic finger, physical finger, physician finger, ring-man, third finger, wedding finger

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Translations

finger between the middle finger and little finger

• Arabic: بِنْصِر m (binṣir)

  Egyptian Arabic: بنصر m (bínṣar)

• Aramaic: ܒܨܪܐ (beṣrāʾ)
• Armenian: մատնեմատ (hy) (matnemat)
• Basque: haznagi
• Belarusian: безназо́ўны па́лец m (bjeznazóŭny páljec)
• Bikol Central: singsingan
• Breton: biz-gwalenn (br) m
• Brunei Malay: jari manis
• Bulgarian: безиме́нен пръст m (beziménen prǎst)
• Burmese: လက်သူကြွယ် (my) (laksu-krwai)
• Catalan: dit anular (ca) m, anular (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 無名指／无名指 (mou⁴ ming⁴ zi²)

  Hakka: 無名指／无名指 (mò-miàng-chṳ́, mò-miàng-chí), 矮㑁指 (ái-tut-chṳ́, ái-tut-chí), 蘸藥指／蘸药指 (chiám-yo̍k-chṳ́, chiám-yo̍k-chí)

  Hokkien: 尾二指 (zh-min-nan) (bóe-jī-cháiⁿ, bóe-lī-cháiⁿ, bé-jī-cháiⁿ, bé-lī-cháiⁿ), 䆀指 (zh-min-nan) (bái-cháiⁿ), 愛媠／爱媠 (zh-min-nan) (ài-súi), 佬仔 (zh-min-nan) (láu--á), 佬仔指 (láu-á-cháiⁿ), 無名指／无名指 (bû-bêng-cháiⁿ), 老指 (ló-cháiⁿ)

  Mandarin: 無名指／无名指 (zh) (wúmíngzhǐ), 四指 (sìzhǐ), 環指／环指 (zh) (huánzhǐ), 藥指／药指 (zh) (yàozhǐ)

• Coptic: ⲁⲛⲕⲟⲕⲓ m (ankoki)
• Czech: prsteník (cs) m, prsteníček (cs) m
• Danish: ringfinger (da)
• Dolgan: аата һуок чөмүйэ (aata huok çömüye)
• Dongxiang: oliechin ghurun
• Dutch: ringvinger (nl) m
• Esperanto: ringofingro (eo)
• Finnish: nimetön (fi)
• French: annulaire (fr) m
• Galician: padriño m, anular (gl) m, compañeiriño m, sobriño (gl) m
• Georgian: არათითი (aratiti)
• German: Ringfinger (de) m
• Greek: παράμεσος (el) m (parámesos)
• Hebrew: קמיצה (he) f (kmítza)
• Hindi: अंगूठी (hi) f (aṅgūṭhī), अनामिका (hi) f (anāmikā)
• Hungarian: gyűrűsujj (hu)
• Icelandic: baugfingur (is) m
• Ilocano: sisingsingan
• Indonesian: jari manis (id)
• Ingrian: nimetöin sormi
• Interlingua: digito anular, anular
• Irish: méar an fháinne f, sisile f, mac an daba m (familiar)
• Italian: anulare (it) m
• Japanese: 薬指 (ja) (くすりゆび, kusuriyubi), くすりゆび (ja) (kusuriyubi), 無名指 (ja) (むめいし, mumeishi)
• Javanese: driji manis, jenthik manis, klilingan (jv)
• Korean: 약지(藥指) (ko) (yakji), 약손가락 (ko) (yakson'garak), 무명지(無名指) (ko) (mumyeongji)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: بِراتووتە (ckb) (biratûte)

• Macedonian: домал прст m (domal prst)
• Malay: jari manis (ms)
• Maltese: saba’ taċ-ċurkett m
• Manchu: ᡤᡝᠪᡠ
  ᠠᡴᡡ
  ᠰᡳᠮᡥᡠᠨ (gebu akū simhun)
• Maori: mānawa
• Marathi: अनामिका (anāmikā)
• Navajo: álaʼataʼí, álaʼ náhástʼéíígíí
• Nias: turu mani (nia)
• Norman: Jean des sceas m (Jersey), Jean des sceaus m (Guernsey)
• Northern Sami: orbbeš
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ringfinger m

  Nynorsk: ringfinger m

• Old English: hringfinger m
• Ottoman Turkish: یوزكلو پرمق (yüzüklü parmak), پرمغی یوزكلو (parmaği yüzüklü)
• Pannonian Rusyn: персценьови палєц m (perscenʹovi paljec)
• Polish: palec serdeczny (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: dedo anular (pt) m, anular (pt) m, dedo anelar m, anelar (pt) m
• Romanian: inelar (ro) n
• Russian: безымя́нный па́лец (ru) m (bezymjánnyj pálec)
• Scottish Gaelic: mac-an-aba m, nic-an-aba f (of a woman), mac an t-sagairt, mac an t-sradaich, nic an t-sradaich (of a woman), màthair na lùdaig, madadh fada
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: прстѐња̄к m, домали прст m

  Roman: prstènjāk (sh) m, domali prst m

• Sindhi: ٻاچَ f
• Slovak: prstenník m
• Slovene: prstanec (sl) m
• Southern Altai: јӱстӱк бармак (ǰüstük barmak)
• Southern Kalinga: paochong
• Spanish: dedo anular m, anular (es) m
• Sundanese: jariji (su)
• Swedish: ringfinger (sv) n
• Tagalog: palasingsingan, paninsingan
• Telugu: ఉంగరపు వేలు (te) (uṅgarapu vēlu)
• Thai: นิ้วนาง (th) (níu-naang)
• Tigrinya: ቀለቤቶ (ḳäläbeto)
• Turkish: yüzük parmağı (tr)
• Turkmen: ogulhajat
• Ukrainian: безіме́нний па́лець (uk) m (beziménnyj pálecʹ), підмізи́нний па́лець m (pidmizýnnyj pálecʹ)
• Vietnamese: ngón áp út (vi), ngón đeo nhẫn (vi)
• Walloon: doet a l' anea (wa) m, damanet (wa) m (in children sayings)
• Waray-Waray: singsingan
• Welsh: bys y fodrwy m, bys modrwy m, cwtfys m
• West Coast Bajau: jari mamis
• West Frisian: ringfinger
• Yakut: аата суох тарбах (aata suoq tarbaq)
• Yup'ik: atrilnguq, aliqiliqiaq, ekiliq

Anagrams

• finger ring, refringing