finger

finger
finger
1 Anat doigt m ; first ou index finger index m ; second finger majeur m, médius m ; third ou ring finger annulaire m ; fourth ou little finger auriculaire m ; to wear a ring on one's index finger porter une bague à l'index ; he put a ring on her finger il lui a passé une bague au doigt ; to point one's finger at sb/sth montrer qn/qch du doigt ; she ran her fingers through his hair elle lui a passé la main dans les cheveux ; to run one's fingers over sth passer les doigts sur qch ; something is wrong, but I can't quite put my finger on it fig quelque chose ne va pas mais je n'arrive pas à mettre le doigt dessus ; he didn't lift ou raise a finger to help il n'a pas levé le petit doigt pour aider ; I didn't lay a finger on her je ne l'ai pas touchée ; if you so much as lay a finger on my hi-fi I'll… si jamais tu touches à ma chaîne hi-fi, je… ; I didn't lay a finger on it je n'y ai pas touché ; to put two fingers up at sb GB, to give sb the finger US faire un bras d'honneur à qn ; I can count the number of beers he has bought me on the fingers of one hand iron je peux compter les bières qu'il m'a payées sur les doigts de la main ;
2 (of glove) doigt m ;
3 (narrow strip) (of land) bande f ; (of mist, smoke) volute f ;
4 (small amount) doigt m ; two fingers of whisky deux doigts de whisky.
B vtr toucher, tripoter [fruit, goods] ; toucher [fabric, silk] ; tripoter [tie, necklace] ; to finger one' s beard se tripoter la barbe .
Idioms
to get one's fingers burnt se brûler les doigts ; to twist ou wrap sb around one's little finger mener qn par le bout du nez ; to keep one's fingers crossed croiser les doigts (for sb pour qn) ; to point the finger at sb accuser qn ; to point the finger of suspicion at sb jeter des soupçons sur qn ; to put the finger on sb moucharder qn ; to pull one's finger out se grouiller ; to slip through sb's fingers [opportunity] passer sous le nez de qn ; [wanted man] filer entre les doigts de qn.

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