English Explanatory Dictionary

ring finger

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.)

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-ring finger.wav

Word forms

ring finger ring fingers

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.

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 third finger wedding finger nameless finger ring finger
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