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Fingro Accusative Plural Null Wikt Etymology Pronunciation ˈfinɡro

The Esperanto word "fingro" refers to the anatomical part of the hand. It is derived from the English word "finger" and the German word "Finger".

La Esperanta vorto "fingro" signifas la anatomian parton de la mano. Ĝi deriviĝas el la vortoj "finger" (angla) kaj "Finger" (germana).

Frequency Rank of Word 1729
Word fingro
Meanings
    finger
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/finger
Pinyin null
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Example Sentences
Wiktionary Entry
finger
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/finger#English
,
German
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language
Finger
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Finger#German
, from
Proto-Germanic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language
*fingraz
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fingraz
, from
Proto-Indo-European
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language
*pénkʷrós
(fifth).

Pronunciation

  • IPA
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
    (
    key
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
    )
    : /ˈfinɡro/
  • Hyphenation: fin‧gro
  • Rhymes:
    -inɡro
  • (
    file
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:Eo-fingro.ogg
    )

Noun

fingro (accusative singular

fingron
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fingron#Esperanto
, plural
fingroj
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fingroj#Esperanto
, accusative plural
fingrojn
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fingrojn#Esperanto
)

  1. finger
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/finger
    Mi brulvundis miajn fingrojn sur la rostkrado.I burned my fingers on the barbecue.
    Hyponym:
    polekso
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/polekso#Esperanto

Derived terms

  • alfingrigi
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alfingrigi#Esperanto
    (to put (a ring) on someone’s finger)
  • fingringo
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fingringo#Esperanto
    (thimble)
  • piedfingro
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/piedfingro#Esperanto
    (toe)
  • terpomfingro
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/terpomfingro#Esperanto
    (french fry)

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