fingerstyle

English

noun

Definitions

(music) A style of playing a stringed instrument, such as a guitar, which includes the use of the fingers to pluck the strings instead of a pick, or plectrum.

Etymology

Compound from English finger + English style (animal part felt to resemble a pillar).

Origin

English

style

Gloss

animal part felt to resemble a pillar

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Eurostyle English
Fingergate English
acanthostyle English
anterostyle English
antistyle English
befinger English
bodystyle English
chicken finger English
counterstyle English
cyberstyle English
cyclostyle English
deathstyle English
demostyle English
downstyle English
eigenfinger English
enstyle English
enterostyle English
entostyle English
finger English
finger-wag English
fingerbang English
fingerblast English
fingerboard English
fingerbone English
fingerbreadth English
fingercot English
fingercuffs English
fingered English
fingerer English
fingerfuck English
fingerfucker English
fingerful English
fingerguard English
fingerhold English
fingerhole English
fingerish English
fingerless English
fingerlike English
fingerling English
fingermark English
fingernail English
fingerpaint English
fingerpainter English
fingerpick English
fingerplate English
fingerplay English
fingerpost English
fingerprick English
fingerprint English
fingerroot English
fingersbreadth English
fingersmith English
fingerspell English
fingerspeller English
fingerspelling English
fingerstick English
fingersucking English
fingertip English
fingerwear English
fingerwise English
fingery English
five finger English
folkstyle English
foodstyle English
forefinger English
freestyle English
hairstyle English
handstyle English
hardstyle English
heptastyle English
homestyle English
instyle English
interfinger English
jumpstyle English
ladyfinger English
leech-finger English
lifestyle English
mesostyle English
metastyle English
mindstyle English
misstyle English
monostylous English
multifinger English
multistyle English
nanofinger English
nonstyle English
parastyle English
playstyle English
protostyle English
pseudostyle English
restyle English
slopestyle English
splitfinger English
streamstyle English
streetstyle English
stylable English
style English
stylebook English
styleless English
styler English
stylesheet English
stylest English
styleth English
stylewise English
styleworthy English
styliferous English
stylise English
stylish English
stylism English
stylist English
stylistic English
stylize English
styloid English
stylometry English
stylous English
substyle English
trigger finger English
typestyle English
wildstyle English
workstyle English
stailata Finnish
staili Finnish
Finger German
style Portuguese
スタイル Japanese
fynger Middle English
stile Middle English
fingro Esperanto
สไตล์ Thai
스타일 Korean
pinga Tok Pisin
Kaila Hawaiian
finga Sranan Tongo
pingga Torres Strait Creole