Image:Thumbup.jpg|thumb|A human thumb
English
Etymology
OE. term|þuma|þūma|langang, from Ger., from IE. tūmon- �thick finger�, from *tū- �swell� (compare Latin term|tumere|langla). Cognate with Dutch term|duim|langnl, German term|Daumen|langde.
Pronunciation
audio|en-us-thumb.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|�m
Noun
en-noun
- The short thick digit of the human hand that has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.
- computing The part of a slider that may be moved up and down or along the slider.
Synonyms
i-c|digit pollex i|technical, thumby i|colloquial
Translations
trans-top|digit
Basque: hazlodi
Bosnian: t-|bs|palac|m
Breton: biz-meud m, (plural bizied-meud), meud m, (plural -où)
Bulgarian: t+|bg|пале�|m|sc=Cyrl
Catalan: polze m
Chinese: 大��
Croatian: t+|hr|palac|m
Czech: t-|cs|palec|m
Danish: tommelfinger, tommeltot
Dutch: t+|nl|duim|m
Erzya: пел�ка (pelka)
Esperanto: t-|eo|polekso|xsEsperanto, t-|eo|dikfingro|xsEsperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|peukalo
French: t+|fr|pouce|m
Frisian: tomme
German: Daumen m :de:Daumen|(de)
Hindi: ����ठा (angooththa)
Icelandic: t+|is|þumall|m, t-|is|þumalfingur|m
Indonesian: t+|id|ibu jari|xs=Indonesian
Interlingua: pollice
Italian: t+|it|pollice|m, t-|it|dito grosso|m
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Japanese: 親� (����, oyayubi)
Korean: �� (eomji), ����� (eomjisongarak)
Latin: t-|la|pollex|m
Marathi: ����ठा (ãngththa)
Melayu: ibu jari
Northern Sami: bealgi
Pitjantjatjara: unicode|ma�a mama
Polish: t-|pl|kciuk|m
Portuguese: t-|pt|dedo polegar|m, t-|pt|polegar|m
Romanian: t-|ro|deget mare|n
Russian: t+|ru|бол��ой пале�|m|trbol'šój pál'ec|scCyrl
Slovak: t-|sk|palec|m
Slovene: t+|sl|palec|m
Spanish: t-|es|pulgar|m
Swedish: t+|sv|tumme
Telugu: బ��నవ�ల� (boTanavElu)
Turkish: t-|tr|ba�parmak|m
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trans-top|computing: of a slider
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Verb
en-verb
- transitive To touch with the thumb.
- transitive To turn the pages of (a book) in order to read it cursorily.
#:I thumbed through the book and decided not to bother reading it all.
Synonyms
i-c|to turn pages browse, leaf, page, peruse
Derived terms
rel-top|terms derived from "thumb"
all fingers and thumbs
all thumbs
brown thumb
green thumb
opposable thumb
rule of thumb
stick out like a sore thumb
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thumb a lift, thumb a ride
thumb one's nose
thumbnail
thumbprint
thumb wrestle
thumbs up
under one's thumb, under the thumb
well-thumbed
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See also
digit
finger
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