fingerspelling
English
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Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]fingerspelling (countable and uncountable, plural fingerspellings)
- The practice of representing the letters of an alphabet using just the hands to spell out words.
- Any system for representing the letters of an alphabet using just the hands; a manual alphabet that is a representation of a written alphabet.
- A representation of the spelling of a word using such a system.
Alternative forms
[edit]- FS (initialism)
Verb
[edit]fingerspelling
- present participle and gerund of fingerspell
Alternative forms
[edit]- FS (initialism)
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]the practice of using the hands to spell out words
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any system for representing letters using the hands
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a representation of a spelling using the hands