thumbnail
/ˈθʌm.neɪl/
thumbnail noun: the fingernail on the thumb.
Noun
thumbnail (plural thumbnails)
- The fingernail on the thumb.
- A rough sketch (e.g., the size of one's thumbnail).
- A small picture, used as a compact representation of a larger image.
- A small picture representing a post or a video in a list.
Verb
thumbnail (third-person singular simple present thumbnails, present participle thumbnailing, simple past and past participle thumbnailed)
- To describe concisely.
- To create a smaller representation of (a larger image).
thumbnail meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
thumbnail in Hindi
- थंबनेल, थंबनेइल
thumbnail in Tamil
- சிறுபடம், வில்லைப்படம், படத்தின் கட்டைவிரல் அளவு தோற்றம், சிறு தோற்றம், சின்னப்படம்
thumbnail in Marathi
- chiefly computing: small picture
- थंबनेल thambnel
thumbnail in Urdu
- تھمب نیل, تھمبنےل, تھمبنیل
More languagesFewer languages
- thumbnail in Bengali
- থাম্বনেইল, থাম্বনেল, থাম্বনেইলে
- thumbnail in Telugu
- సూక్ష్మచిత్రం
- thumbnail in Malayalam
- നഖചിത്രമായ, രേഖാചിത്രമായ, അവിസ്തര, ചുരുക്കിയ
- thumbnail in Kannada
- ತೀರಾ ಚಿಕ್ಕ, ಅಡಕವಾದ
- thumbnail in Punjabi
- ਥੰਬਨੇਲ, ਥੰਬਨੈਲ, ਥੰਬਨੇਇਲ
- thumbnail in Gujarati
- થંબનેલ, થંબનેઇલ
- thumbnail in Odia
- ଥମ୍ବନେଲ୍, ଥମ୍ବନେଇଲ, ଲଘୁଚିତ୍ର
- thumbnail in Nepali
- थम्बनेल, थम्बनेइल, थंबनेल
- thumbnail in Tagalog
- panhinlalaki
- thumbnail in Indonesian
- miniatur, gambar kecil, gambar mini, keluku
- thumbnail in Thai
- ภาพขนาดย่อ, รูปขนาดย่อ
- thumbnail in Vietnamese
- móng ngón tay cái, hình nhỏ
Examples of thumbnail in a sentence
- You can use this image rescaler to create thumbnails on your computer.
- With the thumbnails in place we can concentrate on the hero image.
- The dirty dog quickly pressed on the widget and then the thumbnail.
Forms of thumbnail
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | thumbnails |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | thumbnails |
| present participle | thumbnailing |
| past participle | thumbnailed |
| past | thumbnailed |
Origin of thumbnail
From thumb + nail. Compare West Frisian tommeneil (“thumbnail”), Dutch duimnagel (“thumbnail”), German Daumennagel (“thumbnail”). The phrase thumbnail sketch was first attested 1852. Verb sense attested 1930s.
Words formed from thumbnail
Phrases with thumbnail
Words that rhyme with thumbnail
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- veil
- pale
- avail
- wale
- whale
- bail
- hail
- yale
- bale
- snail
- travail
- brail
- exhale
- frail
- jail
- prevail
- swale
- vail
- wail
- derail
- dwale
- entail
- flail
- Gail
- gayle
- impale
- kale
- quail
- regale
- spale
- white whale
- ale
- curtail
- drail
- gale
- inhale
- retail
- shale
- tael
- unveil
- ail
- all hail
- assail
- ayel
- beyond the pale
- braille
- cakes and ale
- camail
Questions about thumbnail
- What does thumbnail mean?
- Thumbnail means the fingernail on the thumb.
- What is thumbnail in Hindi?
- Thumbnail in Hindi is थंबनेल, थंबनेइल. See Thumbnail meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is thumbnail?
- Thumbnail can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce thumbnail?
- Thumbnail is pronounced /ˈθʌm.neɪl/.
- What is the plural of thumbnail?
- The plural of thumbnail is thumbnails.
Words near thumbnail in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: thumbnail (page history and authors); thumbnail (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thumbnail (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thumbnail (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thumbnail (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thumbnail (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thumbnail (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); thumbnail (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thumbnail (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thumbnail (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thumbnail (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thumbnail (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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