interdigital

English

Etymology

From inter- +‎ digital.

Adjective

interdigital (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Between the fingers or toes.
   • 1988, Shepard R. Hurwitz, Foot and ankle pain, page 331:

     In a review of over 1000 interdigital clavuses, 65% were found in the fourth interspace […]

Derived terms

• interdigitally

Translations

between fingers or toes

• Dutch: tussen de vingers
• Finnish: sormien välinen (btw. fingers); varpaiden välinen (btw. toes)
• French: interdigital (fr)
• German: zwischen den Fingern
• Italian: interdigitale
• Polish: międzypalcowy (pl)
• Romanian: interdigital (ro)

See also

• interdigitated

French

Adjective

interdigital (feminine interdigitale, masculine plural interdigitaux, feminine plural interdigitales)

1. interdigital

Further reading

• “interdigital”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French interdigital.

Adjective

interdigital m or n (feminine singular interdigitală, masculine plural interdigitali, feminine/neuter plural interdigitale)

1. interdigital

Declension

Declension of interdigital

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	interdigital		interdigitală	interdigitali	interdigitale
	definite	interdigitalul		interdigitala	interdigitalii	interdigitalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	interdigital		interdigitale	interdigitali	interdigitale
	definite	interdigitalului		interdigitalei	interdigitalilor	interdigitalelor

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *-tér

Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér

Proto-Italic *n̥ter

Latin inter

Latin inter-lbor.

Spanish inter-

Spanish digital

Spanish interdigital

From inter- + digital.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inteɾdixiˈtal/ [ĩn̪.t̪eɾ.ð̞i.xiˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: in‧ter‧di‧gi‧tal

Adjective

interdigital m or f (masculine and feminine plural interdigitales)

1. interdigital

Further reading

• “interdigital”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026