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Meaning of middle finger | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The finger between the forefinger and the ring finger.
An obscene gesture directed towards another as an insult, made by sticking up the middle finger of a hand.
An insult directed at someone.
figuratively

Equivalents

العربية وسطى

བོད་སྐད དཀྱིལ་མཛུབ

Bosanski srednjak средњак

Català dit del cor dit del mig dit mitger

Čeština prostředníček prostředník

Cymraeg bys canol hirfys

Dansk langfinger

Deutsch Mittelfinger Stinkefinger

Ελληνικά κωλοδάχτυλο μεσαίο δάχτυλο μέσος

Esperanto mezfingro

Español corte de manga dedo corazón dedo cordial dedo de en medio dedo del corazón dedo medio el dedo peineta

Suomi engelsmanni kansainvälinen käsimerkki keskari keskisormi lonkermanni oltermanni

Français doigt d'honneur doigt du milieu doigt III Majeur médius troisième doigt

Gàidhlig fìgis Fionnlagh fada gunna fada Màiri fhada

Galego dedo medio maioral

עברית אֻמָּה

हिन्दी मध्यमा

Hrvatski srednjak средњак

Magyar középső ujj

Bahasa Indonesia jari tengah

Íslenska langatöng

Italiano dito medio medio

日本語ファックサイン中指

ქართული შუათითი

ខ្មែរ ម្រាមដៃកណ្ដាល

한국어 가운뎃손가락 중지

Latviešu vidējais pirksts

Te Reo Māori māpere toroa

Македонски среден прст

മലയാളം നടുവിരൽ

मराठी मध्यमा

Bahasa Melayu jari hantu jari tengah

မြန်မာဘာသာ လက်ခလယ်

Nederlands middelvinger

Polski duży palec palec środkowy środkowy palec

Português dedo do meio dedo médio

Română deget mijlociu

Русский средний палец фак

Slovenčina prostredník

Slovenščina sredinec

Српски srednjak средњак

Svenska långfinger peka finger

Kiswahili kidole cha kati

தமிழ் நடுவிரல்

తెలుగు నడివ్రేలు

ไทย นิ้วกลาง

Tagalog hinggigitna hinlalato

Türkçe orta parmak

Українська середній палець фак

Tiếng Việt ngón giữa ngón tay giữa

Examples

“An Indiana man argues in a federal lawsuit filed last week that he had a First Amendment right to give the middle finger to a state trooper, and that his free speech was violated when the gesture earned him a ticket.”

“Her whole way of being is a big middle finger to the other guy.”

“Beem called the tactic [paying US$23500 settlement in coins] "petty and a grand waste of time" and said the coin delivery was "a symbolic middle finger."”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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