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thumbnail

noun
/ˈθʌm.neɪl/

Etymology

From thumb + nail. Compare West Frisian tommeneil (“thumbnail”), Dutch duimnagel (“thumbnail”), German Daumennagel (“thumbnail”). The phrase thumbnail sketch was first attested 1852. Verb sense attested 1930s.

  1. derived from *h₃nogʰ-✻
  2. inherited from *naglaz✻
  3. inherited from *nagl✻
  4. inherited from næġl
  5. inherited from nail
  6. compounded as thumbnail — “thumb + nail”

Definitions

  1. The fingernail on the thumb.

  2. A rough sketch (e.g., the size of one's thumbnail).

  3. A small picture, used as a compact representation of a larger image.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A picture displayed by posts and videos pre-clicked conveying the matters discussed/shown…

      A picture displayed by posts and videos pre-clicked conveying the matters discussed/shown in that post.

    2. To describe concisely.

    3. To create a smaller representation of (a larger image).

The neighborhood

Derived

thumbnail moon, thumbnailer

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for thumbnail. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA