ongle
French
Etymology
From Old French, from Vulgar Latin *ungla, syncopated form of Latin ungula, from unguis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃negʰ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ̃ɡl/
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Noun
ongle m (plural ongles)
- nail, fingernail
Derived terms
- bec et ongles
- ciseaux à ongles
- lime à ongles
- onglerie
- onglet
- rubis sur l'ongle
- sur l'ongle
- vernis à ongles
Related terms
- ongulé
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: zong
- Mauritian Creole: zong
Further reading
- “ongle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.