fingernails
USFING-gur-naylz/ˈfɪŋɡɚˌneɪlz/UKFING-guh-naylz/ˈfɪŋɡəˌneɪlz/
- 1Plural of fingernail.
He dug his fingernails into the armrest as the plane took off.
Years of gardening had left dirt under her fingernails.
Note
A compound plural that marks only its last element. The -s attaches to nail, the head of the word, while finger stays singular, so the form is never fingersnails. Toenails and thumbnails follow the same pattern. Spelled closed as one word, the plural keeps the meaning of the singular unchanged: several of the hard, flat coverings at the fingertips.
fingernails is a form of fingernail
fingernail, noun: The hard, flat, slightly see-through covering at the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and handling small things. Full entry
- Forms
- fingernailfingernails plural
- Spelling
- fingernail → fingernails: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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