fingerprint in English: The pattern of thin lines on the tip of your finger, or the mark it leaves when you touch something. (noun)

Translation

The pattern of thin lines on the tip of your finger, or the mark it leaves when you touch something.

Word origin

A compound of finger and print, meaning the mark a finger presses onto a surface; police began using the word in the late 1800s.

Gender

Pluralfingerprints

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Your fingers leave these marks on smooth things you touch.

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Every fingerprint is different, so they can identify a person.

unlock .

Many phones read the pattern on your finger.

finger

One of the long thin parts at the end of your hand.

police

The official group of people whose job is to stop crime and keep people safe.

crime

Something a person does that is against the law.

hand

The part of your body at the end of your arm, with fingers and a thumb.

evidence

Facts or things that show what is true or who did something.

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