fingerspelling
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English[edit]
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