ring finger
ring finger noun: 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.).
Noun
ring finger (plural ring fingers)
- 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.)
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ring finger meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
ring finger in Hindi
- finger between the middle finger and little finger
- अनामिका anāmikā
ring finger in Tamil
- மோதிரவிரல், ஆழிவிரல்
ring finger in Marathi
- finger between the middle finger and little finger
- अनामिका anāmikā
ring finger in Bengali
- the ring finger
- অনামিকা onamika
More languagesFewer languages
- ring finger in Telugu
- ఉంగరపు వేలు uṅgarapu vēlu
- ring finger in Malayalam
- മോതിരവിരൽ mōtiraviral
- ring finger in Kannada
- ಅನಾಮಿಕೆ, ಅನಾಮೆ
- ring finger in Sanskrit
- अनामिका ánāmikā
- ring finger in Tagalog
- palasingsingan, paninsingan
- ring finger in Arabic
- بِنْصِر binṣir
- ring finger in Malay
- jari manis
- ring finger in Indonesian
- jari manis
- ring finger in Thai
- นิ้วนาง níu-naang
- ring finger in Vietnamese
- ngón áp út, ngón đeo nhẫn
- ring finger in Myanmar
- လက်သူကြွယ် laksu-krwai
- Sindhi
- ٻاچَ ḇāca
Synonyms of ring finger
- digit IV
- fourth digit
- fourth finger
- gold-finger
- leech-finger
- marriage finger
- medical finger
- medicinal finger
- physic finger
- physical finger
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Forms of ring finger
| plural | ring fingers |
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Origin of ring finger
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.
Questions about ring finger
- What does ring finger mean?
- Ring finger means 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.).
- What is ring finger in Hindi?
- Ring finger in Hindi is अनामिका (anāmikā). See Ring finger meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ring finger?
- Ring finger is a noun.
- What is the plural of ring finger?
- The plural of ring finger is ring fingers.
Words near ring finger in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ring finger (page history and authors); ring finger (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অনামিকা (Bengali) (page history and authors); മോതിരവിരൽ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ring finger (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अनामिका (Sanskrit) (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.
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