"doigt" meaning in French

See doigt in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dwa/ Audio: Fr-doigt.ogg Forms: doigts [plural]
Rhymes: -a Etymology: Inherited from Middle French doigt, doit, from Old French doit, doi, from Latin digitus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyǵ- (“to show, point out, pronounce solemnly”). The -g- was added to the spelling in Middle French after the Latin form and in order to distinguish from the verb form doit. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|doigt|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French doigt, {{inh+|fr|frm|doigt}} Inherited from Middle French doigt, {{inh|fr|fro|doit}} Old French doit, {{inh|fr|la|digitus}} Latin digitus, {{der|fr|ine-pro|*deyǵ-||to show, point out, pronounce solemnly}} Proto-Indo-European *deyǵ- (“to show, point out, pronounce solemnly”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} doigt m (plural doigts)
  1. finger Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-doigt-fr-noun-QAsYHIeE Disambiguation of Anatomy: 37 37 26 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 27 27 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 36 36 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 36 27
  2. toe Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-doigt-fr-noun-bQ7zlQwi Disambiguation of Anatomy: 37 37 26 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 27 27 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 36 36 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 36 27
  3. finger (measurement of a beverage) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-doigt-fr-noun-VeuLJiBj Disambiguation of Anatomy: 37 37 26 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 27 27 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 36 36 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 36 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: orteil
Derived forms: à deux doigts, au doigt et à l’œil, au doigt mouillé, comme les doigts de la main, compter sur les doigts de la main, compter sur les doigts d’une main, connaître sur le bout des doigts, croiser les doigts, doigt de pied, doigt d’honneur, doigter, doigts de fée, les doigts dans le nez, mettre le doigt dans l’engrenage, mettre le doigt sur, mon petit doigt me dit, mon petit doigt m’a dit, montrer du doigt, petit doigt, pointer du doigt, se fourrer le doigt dans l’œil, se mettre le doigt dans l’œil, se sortir les doigts du cul, s’en mordre les doigts, unis comme les doigts de la main

Inflected forms

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