thumbprint

1. 1.

   fingerprint made by the thumb (especially by the pad of the thumb)

   Broaderfingerprint

Other forms of thumbprint

plural

thumbprints·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about thumbprint

What does thumbprint mean?

thumbprint means "fingerprint made by the thumb (especially by the pad of the thumb)".

How many syllables are in thumbprint?

thumbprint has 2 syllables and divides as thumb-print under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.