"fingerprint" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɪŋɡɚˌpɹɪnt/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-fingerprint.ogg Forms: fingerprints [plural]
Etymology: From finger + print. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|finger|print}} finger + print Head templates: {{en-noun}} fingerprint (plural fingerprints)
  1. The natural pattern of ridges on the tips of human fingers, unique to each individual. Wikidata QID: Q178022 Categories (topical): Fingers Translations (the pattern of ridges on the tips of the fingers): بَصْمَة (baṣma) [feminine] (Arabic), մատնահետք (matnahetkʻ) (Armenian), адбі́так (adbítak) [masculine] (Belarusian), пръстов отпечатък (prǎstov otpečatǎk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), empremta [feminine] (Catalan), 指紋 /指纹 (zhǐwén) (Chinese Mandarin), otisk prstu [masculine] (Czech), fingrospuro (Esperanto), fingramerki [neuter] (Faroese), sormenjälki (Finnish), empreinte digitale [feminine] (French), dedada [dual] (Galician), pegada dixital [feminine] (Galician), Fingerabdruck [masculine] (German), δακτυλικό αποτύπωμα (daktylikó apotýpoma) [neuter] (Greek), ujjlenyomat (Hungarian), fingrafar [neuter] (Icelandic), méarlorg [masculine] (Irish), impronta digitale [feminine] (Italian), 指紋 (shimon) (alt: しもん) (Japanese), 지문 (jimun) (alt: 指紋) (Korean), бармак тагы (barmak tagı) (Kyrgyz), pirštų atspaudas [masculine] (Lithuanian), cap jari (Malay), makaurangi (Maori), tapukara (Maori), fingeravtrykk [neuter] (Norwegian), detada [feminine] (Occitan), emprenta digitala [feminine] (Occitan), odcisk palca [masculine] (Polish), impressão digital [feminine] (Portuguese), amprentă digitală [feminine] (Romanian), отпеча́ток па́льца (otpečátok pálʹca) [masculine] (Russian), отпеча́ток (otpečátok) (alt: па́льца) [masculine] (Russian), meur-lorg [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), huella digital (note: as in "digit" or "finger") [feminine] (Spanish), huella dactilar [feminine] (Spanish), alama ya kidole (Swahili), fingeravtryck [neuter] (Swedish), tatak ng daliri (Tagalog), diit (Tagalog), bakas-daliri (Tagalog), tatak-daliri (Tagalog), கைரேகை (kairēkai) (Tamil), ลายนิ้วมือ (laai-níu-mʉʉ) (Thai), parmak izi (Turkish), відби́ток (vidbýtok) [masculine] (Ukrainian), vân tay (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-fingerprint-en-noun-en:Q178022 Disambiguation of Fingers: 40 13 7 11 6 12 10 Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 11 30 5 30 3 6 15 Disambiguation of 'the pattern of ridges on the tips of the fingers': 83 13 1 2 1
  2. The patterns left on surfaces where uncovered fingertips have touched, especially as used to identify the person who touched the surface. Translations (the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched): vingerafdruk (Afrikaans), بَصْمَة (baṣma) [feminine] (Arabic), մատնահետք (matnahetkʻ) (Armenian), отпечатъци от пръсти (otpečatǎci ot prǎsti) [plural] (Bulgarian), 指紋 /指纹 (zhǐwén) (Chinese Mandarin), 指印 (zhǐyìn) (Chinese Mandarin), otisk prstu [masculine] (Czech), fingeraftryk [neuter] (Danish), vingerafdruk [masculine] (Dutch), sormenjälki (Finnish), empreinte digitale [feminine] (French), pegada dixital [feminine] (Galician), Fingerabdruck [masculine] (German), δακτυλικό αποτύπωμα (daktylikó apotýpoma) [neuter] (Greek), ujjlenyomat (Hungarian), méarlorg [masculine] (Irish), impronta digitale [feminine] (Italian), 指紋 (shimon) (alt: しもん) (Japanese), 지문 (jimun) (alt: 指紋) (Korean), бармак тагы (barmak tagı) (Kyrgyz), pirštų atspaudas [masculine] (Lithuanian), cap jari (Malay), makaurangi (Maori), tapukara (Maori), fingeravtrykk [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), fingeravtrykk [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), detada [feminine] (Occitan), odcisk palca [masculine] (Polish), impressão digital [feminine] (Portuguese), amprentă digitală [feminine] (Romanian), отпеча́ток па́льца (otpečátok pálʹca) [masculine] (Russian), отпеча́тки па́льцев (otpečátki pálʹcev) [masculine, plural] (Russian), отпеча́ток (otpečátok) (alt: па́льца) [masculine] (Russian), meur-lorg [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), huella digital (note: as in "digit" or "finger") [feminine] (Spanish), huella dactilar [feminine] (Spanish), alama ya kidole (Swahili), fingeravtryck [neuter] (Swedish), ลายนิ้วมือ (laai-níu-mʉʉ) (Thai), parmak izi (Turkish), dấu vân tay (Vietnamese), ôl bys (nontechincal) [masculine] (Welsh), bysbrint (techincal) [masculine] (Welsh)
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  3. (by extension) A unique combination of features that serves as an identification of something. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-fingerprint-en-noun-jw0ZCJ~M Categories (other): English terms with collocations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 31 10 27 3 6 14
  4. (cryptography) A unique identification for a public key in asymmetric cryptography. Categories (topical): Cryptography Translations (unique identification for public key in asymmetric cryptosystem): بَصْمَة (baṣma) [feminine] (Arabic), 指紋碼 /指纹码 (zhǐwénmǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), otisk [masculine] (Czech), miniatura [feminine] (Czech), digitalt fingeraftryk (Danish), digitale vingerafdruk [masculine] (Dutch), tunniste (Finnish), ψηφιακό αποτύπωμα (psifiakó apotýpoma) [neuter] (Greek), odcisk palca [masculine] (Polish), huella digital (note: as in "not analog") [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fingerprint-en-noun-yoZF4Z~~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Kyrgyz translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Tamil translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 33 7 39 1 2 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 22 4 46 2 4 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 34 4 37 2 3 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 37 3 36 2 2 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 9 34 5 27 3 6 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 7 28 5 34 3 6 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 9 34 5 27 3 6 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 8 28 5 31 3 7 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 27 7 30 3 7 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 8 26 5 34 3 7 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 11 30 5 30 3 6 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 5 25 3 44 2 4 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 4 27 6 32 4 6 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 3 29 4 34 3 4 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 9 34 5 27 3 6 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 26 5 35 3 7 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 4 26 6 36 3 6 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 8 27 5 30 3 7 19 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 4 28 5 38 3 4 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 6 24 6 38 3 5 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 10 28 5 36 3 5 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 8 26 5 35 3 7 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 9 28 5 31 3 7 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 3 29 5 35 3 4 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 3 27 4 39 3 4 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 8 28 5 31 3 7 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Kyrgyz translations: 8 28 5 31 3 7 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 9 34 5 27 3 6 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 9 34 5 27 3 6 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 6 26 5 38 3 4 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 8 28 5 31 3 7 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 9 27 6 30 3 8 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 3 37 3 31 1 2 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 8 28 5 31 3 7 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 5 31 5 33 3 4 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 8 28 6 29 3 9 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 31 10 27 3 6 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 8 28 5 31 3 7 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 27 4 39 3 4 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 9 28 5 31 3 7 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 32 4 32 2 4 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 4 29 5 35 3 4 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 8 27 5 35 2 7 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 9 28 5 31 3 7 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Tamil translations: 10 34 5 27 3 6 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 10 34 5 27 3 6 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 8 27 5 35 2 7 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 8 28 5 31 3 7 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 9 34 5 27 3 6 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 4 28 5 33 3 6 20 Topics: computing, cryptography, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'unique identification for public key in asymmetric cryptosystem': 7 9 13 71 1
  5. (figurative) A trace that gives evidence of someone's involvement. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-fingerprint-en-noun-SDFCMMwZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: finger-print Hyponyms: thumbprint Derived forms: chemical fingerprint, fingerprintability, fingerprintable, fingerprint analysis, fingerprinting, fingerprint powder, fingerprint recognition, latent fingerprint, Rabin fingerprint Related terms: hash [computing, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences]

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɪŋɡɚˌpɹɪnt/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-fingerprint.ogg Forms: fingerprints [present, singular, third-person], fingerprinting [participle, present], fingerprinted [participle, past], fingerprinted [past]
Etymology: From finger + print. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|finger|print}} finger + print Head templates: {{en-verb}} fingerprint (third-person singular simple present fingerprints, present participle fingerprinting, simple past and past participle fingerprinted)
  1. (transitive) To take somebody's fingerprints. Tags: transitive Translations (to take fingerprints): vingerafdrukken nemen (Dutch), vingerafdrukken maken (Dutch), ottaa sormenjäljet (Finnish), δακτυλοσκοπώ (daktyloskopó) (Greek), tirar as digitais (Portuguese), дактилоскопи́ровать (daktiloskopírovatʹ) (Russian), снима́ть отпеча́тки па́льцев (snimátʹ otpečátki pálʹcev) (Russian), ta fingeravtryck på (någon) (Swedish), ta någons fingeravtryck (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fingerprint-en-verb-dS2RdxZu Disambiguation of 'to take fingerprints': 94 6
  2. (transitive) To identify something uniquely by a combination of measurements. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-fingerprint-en-verb-j43jMfvm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Kyrgyz translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Tamil translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 33 7 39 1 2 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 34 4 37 2 3 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 37 3 36 2 2 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 9 34 5 27 3 6 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 7 28 5 34 3 6 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 9 34 5 27 3 6 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 8 28 5 31 3 7 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 27 7 30 3 7 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 11 30 5 30 3 6 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 4 27 6 32 4 6 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 3 29 4 34 3 4 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 9 34 5 27 3 6 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 8 27 5 30 3 7 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 9 28 5 31 3 7 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 3 29 5 35 3 4 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 8 28 5 31 3 7 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Kyrgyz translations: 8 28 5 31 3 7 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 9 34 5 27 3 6 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 9 34 5 27 3 6 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 8 28 5 31 3 7 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 9 27 6 30 3 8 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 3 37 3 31 1 2 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 8 28 5 31 3 7 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 5 31 5 33 3 4 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 8 28 6 29 3 9 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 31 10 27 3 6 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 8 28 5 31 3 7 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 9 28 5 31 3 7 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 32 4 32 2 4 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 4 29 5 35 3 4 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 9 28 5 31 3 7 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Tamil translations: 10 34 5 27 3 6 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 10 34 5 27 3 6 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 8 28 5 31 3 7 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 9 34 5 27 3 6 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 4 28 5 33 3 6 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: finger-print Related terms: dactylography, biometrics

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "the pattern of ridges on the tips of the fingers",
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      "word": "отпеча́ток"
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      "sense": "the pattern of ridges on the tips of the fingers",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "meur-lorg"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "the pattern of ridges on the tips of the fingers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "huella digital"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the pattern of ridges on the tips of the fingers",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "huella dactilar"
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      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "the pattern of ridges on the tips of the fingers",
      "word": "alama ya kidole"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the pattern of ridges on the tips of the fingers",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "fingeravtryck"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the pattern of ridges on the tips of the fingers",
      "word": "tatak ng daliri"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the pattern of ridges on the tips of the fingers",
      "word": "diit"
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      "sense": "the pattern of ridges on the tips of the fingers",
      "word": "bakas-daliri"
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      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the pattern of ridges on the tips of the fingers",
      "word": "tatak-daliri"
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      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "kairēkai",
      "sense": "the pattern of ridges on the tips of the fingers",
      "word": "கைரேகை"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "laai-níu-mʉʉ",
      "sense": "the pattern of ridges on the tips of the fingers",
      "word": "ลายนิ้วมือ"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the pattern of ridges on the tips of the fingers",
      "word": "parmak izi"
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidbýtok",
      "sense": "the pattern of ridges on the tips of the fingers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "відби́ток"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the pattern of ridges on the tips of the fingers",
      "word": "vân tay"
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "word": "vingerafdruk"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "baṣma",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "بَصْمَة"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "matnahetkʻ",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "word": "մատնահետք"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otpečatǎci ot prǎsti",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "отпечатъци от пръсти"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǐwén",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "word": "指紋 /指纹"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǐyìn",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "word": "指印"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "otisk prstu"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fingeraftryk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vingerafdruk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "word": "sormenjälki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "empreinte digitale"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pegada dixital"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fingerabdruck"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "daktylikó apotýpoma",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "δακτυλικό αποτύπωμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "word": "ujjlenyomat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "méarlorg"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "impronta digitale"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しもん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shimon",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "word": "指紋"
    },
    {
      "alt": "指紋",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jimun",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "word": "지문"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "barmak tagı",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "word": "бармак тагы"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pirštų atspaudas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "word": "cap jari"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "word": "makaurangi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "word": "tapukara"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fingeravtrykk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fingeravtrykk"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "detada"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "odcisk palca"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "impressão digital"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amprentă digitală"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otpečátok pálʹca",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "отпеча́ток па́льца"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otpečátki pálʹcev",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "отпеча́тки па́льцев"
    },
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      "alt": "па́льца",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otpečátok",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "отпеча́ток"
    },
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "meur-lorg"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "note": "as in \"digit\" or \"finger\"",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "huella digital"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "huella dactilar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "word": "alama ya kidole"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fingeravtryck"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "laai-níu-mʉʉ",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "word": "ลายนิ้วมือ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "word": "parmak izi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "word": "dấu vân tay"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ôl bys (nontechincal)"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "the patterns left on surfaces where fingertips have touched",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bysbrint (techincal)"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "baṣma",
      "sense": "unique identification for public key in asymmetric cryptosystem",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "بَصْمَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǐwénmǎ",
      "sense": "unique identification for public key in asymmetric cryptosystem",
      "word": "指紋碼 /指纹码"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "unique identification for public key in asymmetric cryptosystem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "otisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "unique identification for public key in asymmetric cryptosystem",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "miniatura"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "unique identification for public key in asymmetric cryptosystem",
      "word": "digitalt fingeraftryk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "unique identification for public key in asymmetric cryptosystem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "digitale vingerafdruk"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unique identification for public key in asymmetric cryptosystem",
      "word": "tunniste"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "psifiakó apotýpoma",
      "sense": "unique identification for public key in asymmetric cryptosystem",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ψηφιακό αποτύπωμα"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "odcisk palca"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "note": "as in \"not analog\"",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "huella digital"
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      "word": "vingerafdrukken nemen"
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      "sense": "to take fingerprints",
      "word": "ottaa sormenjäljet"
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      "sense": "to take fingerprints",
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      "sense": "to take fingerprints",
      "word": "tirar as digitais"
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      "word": "дактилоскопи́ровать"
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