noun, masculine/ɔ̃ɡl/plural: ongles
nail, fingernail
Related: bec et ongles, ciseaux à ongles, lime à ongles, onglerie, onglet, rubis sur l'ongle, sur l'ongle, vernis à ongles
Inherited from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *ungla, syncopated form of Latin ungula, from unguis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃negʰ-.