Mid-15th century, from Middle English forefyngure; equivalent to fore- + finger.

• (RP) IPA: /ˈfɔːˌfɪŋ.ɡə/
• (America) IPA: /ˈfɔɹˌfɪŋ.ɡɚ/

forefinger (plural forefingers)

1. (human anatomy) The index finger: the first finger next to the thumb.
   • 1866, Charles Dickens, The Signal-Man‎:

     He touched me on the arm with his forefinger twice or thrice giving a ghastly nod each time:- […]

• (index finger) See Thesaurus:index finger

• French: index
• German: Zeigefinger
• Italian: indice, dito indice
• Portuguese: dedo indicador, indicador, índice m (Portugal), dedo índex m (Portugal), índex m (Portugal)
• Russian: указа́тельный па́лец
• Spanish: índice, dedo índice