"hangnail" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhæŋneɪl/, /æ/ [Canada, US], [heɪŋneɪ̯ɫ] [Canada, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-hangnail.wav [US] Forms: hangnails [plural]
Etymology: Corruption of agnail (literally “painful (anguished) nail”), by folk-etymological reanalysis as hang + nail; from Middle English agnail, from Old English angnæġl, from ang- (“tight/painful”) + næġl (“nail”). The first part is from Proto-Germanic *anguz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰus (“narrow, tight”), while the second is from Proto-Germanic *naglaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃negʰ-. The first component, ang- is also the origin of anguish, anger, and angst, while næġl is the origin of nail. Compare more "pure" Scots angernail, and similarly folk-influenced dialectal variants wrangnail and ragnail, all meaning "hangnail" and from Middle English. Cognate with Old High German ungnagel and Old Frisian angneil, o(n)gneil. Original sense of “loose strip of tissue”; the sense of “pointed corner of nail” is modern, and is connected with the reanalysis, due to stockings catching or “hanging” on the nail. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂enǵʰ-}}, {{m|en|agnail|lit=painful (anguished) nail}} agnail (literally “painful (anguished) nail”), {{compound|en|hang|nail}} hang + nail, {{inh|en|enm|agnail}} Middle English agnail, {{inh|en|ang|angnæġl}} Old English angnæġl, {{prefix|ang|ang|næġl|nocat=1|t1=tight/painful|t2=nail}} ang- (“tight/painful”) + næġl (“nail”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*anguz}} Proto-Germanic *anguz, {{inh|en|ine-pro|*h₂énǵʰus|t=narrow, tight}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰus (“narrow, tight”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*naglaz}} Proto-Germanic *naglaz, {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₃negʰ-}} Proto-Indo-European *h₃negʰ-, {{m|ang|ang-}} ang-, {{m|en|anguish}} anguish, {{m|en|anger}} anger, {{m|en|angst}} angst, {{m|ang|næġl}} næġl, {{m|en|nail}} nail, {{cog|sco|angernail}} Scots angernail, {{m|sco|wrangnail}} wrangnail, {{m|sco|ragnail}} ragnail, {{cog|goh|ungnagel}} Old High German ungnagel, {{cog|ofs|angneil}} Old Frisian angneil, {{m|ofs|ongneil|o(n)gneil}} o(n)gneil, {{quote-book|en|author=Walter William Skeat|publisher=At the Clarendon Press|title=Principles of English Etymology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ltoDXfkzZGsC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA420&dq=%22ongneil%22&hl=en|year=1892}} 1892, Walter William Skeat, Principles of English Etymology, At the Clarendon Press: Head templates: {{en-noun}} hangnail (plural hangnails)
  1. A loose, narrow strip of nail tissue protruding from the side edge and anchored near the base of a fingernail or toenail. Synonyms: agnail, backfriend Translations (protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail): سَأْفَة (saʔfa) [feminine] (Arabic), hatz-bizar (Basque), завусе́ніца (zavusjénica) [feminine] (Belarusian), задзі́рына (zadzíryna) [feminine] (Belarusian), жыві́ца (žyvíca) [feminine] (Belarusian), repeló (Catalan), 倒刺 (dàocì) (Chinese Mandarin), 肉刺 (ròucì) (Chinese Mandarin), záděra [feminine] (Czech), neglerod [common-gender] (Danish), nijdnagel (Dutch), nijnagel (Dutch), dwangnagel (Dutch), stroopnagel (Dutch), kynsipiikki (Finnish), envie [feminine] (French), petite peau [feminine] (French), respigo [masculine] (Galician), espigo [masculine] (Galician), Niednagel [masculine] (German), Neidnagel [masculine] (German), παρωνυχίδα (paronychída) [feminine] (Greek), annögl (Icelandic), pipita [feminine] (Italian), ささくれ (sasakure) (Japanese), さかむけ (sakamuke) (Japanese), ಕುಂಚ (kuñca) (Kannada), 거스러미 (geoseureomi) (Korean), reduvia (Latin), nagelren [feminine] (Limburgish), зано́ктица (zanóktica) [feminine] (Macedonian), kuku betul (Malay), angnæġl [masculine] (Old English), skórka [feminine] (Polish), zadzior [masculine] (Polish), espiga [feminine] (Portuguese), spina da latg [feminine] (Romansch), spina da charn [feminine] (Romansch), заусе́ница (zausénica) [feminine] (Russian), заусе́нец (zausénec) [masculine] (Russian), за̀ноктица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), zànoktica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), záder [masculine] (Slovak), padrastro [masculine] (Spanish), nagelband [neuter] (Swedish), taingandaga (Tagalog), за́дирка (zádyrka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), за́дерень (záderenʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ewinbil [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-hangnail-en-noun-cr4Ltxll Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail': 74 26
  2. A pointed upper corner of the toenail (often created by improperly trimming by rounding the corner) that, as the nail grows, presses into the flesh or protrudes so that it may catch (“hang”) on stockings or shoes.
    Sense id: en-hangnail-en-noun-en:corner Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
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          "word": "envie"
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          "word": "petite peau"
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          "word": "παρωνυχίδα"
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          "word": "annögl"
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          "word": "ささくれ"
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          "word": "reduvia"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zanóktica",
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          "word": "зано́ктица"
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          "word": "zadzior"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
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          "word": "espiga"
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          "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
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        },
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "سَأْفَة"
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      "word": "hatz-bizar"
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      "code": "be",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ca",
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      "word": "repeló"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàocì",
      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "word": "倒刺"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ròucì",
      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "word": "肉刺"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "záděra"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "neglerod"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "word": "nijdnagel"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "nijnagel"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "dwangnagel"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "word": "stroopnagel"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "word": "kynsipiikki"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "envie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "petite peau"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "respigo"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "word": "espigo"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Niednagel"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Neidnagel"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "παρωνυχίδα"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "word": "annögl"
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "pipita"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "word": "ささくれ"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "word": "さかむけ"
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      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
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      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "word": "ಕುಂಚ"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "geoseureomi",
      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "word": "거스러미"
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      "code": "la",
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      "word": "reduvia"
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      "code": "li",
      "lang": "Limburgish",
      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nagelren"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zanóktica",
      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "зано́ктица"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "word": "kuku betul"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "angnæġl"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "skórka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zadzior"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "espiga"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spina da latg"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spina da charn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zausénica",
      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "заусе́ница"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zausénec",
      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "заусе́нец"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "за̀ноктица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zànoktica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "záder"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "padrastro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nagelband"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "word": "taingandaga"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zádyrka",
      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "за́дирка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "záderenʹ",
      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "за́дерень"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "protruding piece of nail tissue or skin near base of fingernail or toenail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ewinbil"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "hangnail"
  ],
  "word": "hangnail"
}

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