doigt
Bourguignon
editEtymology
editNoun
editdoigt m (plural doigts)
French
editEtymology
editInherited 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.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /dwa/
Audio (Paris); “un doigt”: (file) - Rhymes: -a
- Homophones: doigts, dois, doit (general), doua, douas, douât (one pronunciation)
Noun
editdoigt m (plural doigts)
- finger
- toe
- Je vais me tremper les doigts de pied.
- I'll dip my toes in the water.
- finger (measurement of a beverage)
- deux doigts de whiskey ― two fingers of whiskey
Derived terms
edit- 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
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Haitian Creole: dwèt
Further reading
edit- “doigt”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
editEtymology
editFrom Old French doit, with the g added back to reflect the original Latin digitus.
Noun
editdoigt m (plural doigts)
Descendants
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