thumbnail

== English == === Etymology === From thumb +‎ nail. Compare West Frisian tommeneil (“thumbnail”), Dutch duimnagel (“thumbnail”), German Daumennagel (“thumbnail”). The phrase thumbnail sketch was first attested 1852. Verb sense attested 1930s. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθʌm.neɪl/ Rhymes: -eɪl === Noun === thumbnail (plural thumbnails) The fingernail on the thumb. A rough sketch (e.g., the size of one's thumbnail). (chiefly computing) A small picture, used as a compact representation of a larger image. (social media) A picture displayed by posts and videos pre-clicked conveying the matters discussed/shown in that post. ==== Usage notes ==== (computing): Unlike an icon, which is generally a representative symbol, a thumbnail is a smaller identical copy of the original larger image. ==== Derived terms ==== thumbnail moon ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: サムネイル (samuneiru), サムネール (samunēru), サムネ (samune) — clipping → Korean: 섬네일 (seomneil) → Portuguese: thumbnail → German: Thumbnail ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== (computing): icon, thumbshot === Verb === thumbnail (third-person singular simple present thumbnails, present participle thumbnailing, simple past and past participle thumbnailed) (transitive) To describe concisely. (transitive, computing) To create a smaller representation of (a larger image). ==== Derived terms ==== thumbnailer ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Maven's Word of the Day, December 11, 1997 Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “thumb”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English thumbnail. === Pronunciation === === Noun === thumbnail m (plural thumbnails) (computing) thumbnail (a miniature preview of a larger image) Synonym: miniatura