Word.ws English Dictionary

ring-finger nail

ring-finger nail is the alternative form of ring fingernail.

Meaning of ring fingernail

Noun

ring fingernail (plural ring fingernails)

  1. The nail of the ring finger.
    • Josephine Mysowski, of Wapwallopen RD 2, was treated in Berwick Hospital dispensary this morning for a splinter under the right ring fingernail.1950 September 27, “Lady Ester Employee Suffers Finger Injury”, in Berwick Enterprise, volume XLVIII, number 147, Berwick, Pa., →OCLC, page 7, column 6

Forms of ring-finger nail

pluralring-finger nails

Questions about ring-finger nail

What is ring-finger nail the alternative form of?
Ring-finger nail is the alternative form of ring fingernail.

Words near ring-finger nail in the dictionary

  1. ring-fence
  2. ring-fenced
  3. ring-fences
  4. ring-fencing
  5. ring-finger
  6. ring-finger nail
  7. ring-finger nails
  8. ring-fingernail
  9. ring-fingernails
  10. ring-fingers
  11. ring-giver

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ring-finger nail (page history and authors); ring fingernail (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “ring-finger nail.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/ring-finger_nail. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.