thumb Pronunciation: /θʌm/Translate thumb | into German | into Italian | into Spanish French translation of thumbA. n pouce (m)B. vtr 1 (also thumb through) feuilleter [book, magazine] 2 (colloq) to thumb a lift = faire du stop (fam)Idioms to be under sb's thumb être sous la domination de qnthumb in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of thumb in the British & World English dictionary Definition of thumb in the US English dictionary