Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ring finger

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables
ring fin-ger
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The finger between the middle finger and the little finger; the "third finger" (UK) or the "fourth finger" (US), especially of the left hand. (The ring finger is the left hand; a ring finger is either hand.)

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English ring fynger. So named from the wearing of wedding rings on this finger, originating from medieval belief that a nerve or artery ran from it to the heart.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

ring fingers (plural)

Synonyms

digit IV fourth digit fourth finger gold-finger leech-finger marriage finger medical finger medicinal finger physic finger physical finger physician finger ring-man

Questions

What does ring finger mean?
The finger between the middle finger and the little finger; the "third finger" (UK) or the "fourth finger" (US), especially of the left hand. (The ring finger is the left hand; a ring finger is either hand.)
Where does ring finger come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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