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Finger
01
doigt
each of the long thin parts that are connected to our hands, sometimes the thumb is not included
Exemples
He used his finger to scroll through the pictures on his phone.
Il a utilisé son doigt pour faire défiler les images sur son téléphone.
02
one of the sections of a glove designed to cover a finger or thumb
Exemples
She wore gloves with long fingers for warmth.
03
a length or breadth approximately equal to that of a human finger, used as a measure
Exemples
The craftsman measured a finger of dough.
to finger
01
tâter, palper
to touch or handle something using the fingers
Transitive: to finger sth
Exemples
The toddler eagerly fingered the soft petals of the flowers in the garden.
Le tout-petit a tâté avec empressement les pétales doux des fleurs dans le jardin.
02
doigter, indiquer les doigtés
to mark notation with signs indicating which fingers should be used to play particular musical notes or passages
Transitive: to finger a musical composition
Exemples
The guitarist meticulously fingered the complex chord progressions in the song, marking the notation with numbers.
Le guitariste a méticuleusement doigté les progressions d'accords complexes de la chanson, marquant la notation avec des chiffres.
03
finger, interroger
to query or retrieve information about a user on a remote system using the Finger protocol
Transitive: to finger sb
Exemples
She fingered the administrator to check when they last accessed the system.
Elle a finger l'administrateur pour vérifier quand ils ont accédé au système pour la dernière fois.
04
désigner, identifier
to identify or point out someone as the person responsible for committing a crime or wrongdoing, often to law enforcement or other authorities
Dialect
American
AmericanTransitive: to finger a criminal
InformalExemples
Under pressure from the authorities, the accomplice finally agreed to finger his partner in the smuggling operation.
Sous la pression des autorités, le complice a finalement accepté de désigner son partenaire dans l'opération de contrebande.
Arbre Lexical
fingerless
fingerlike
finger
