fin

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Translingual

Symbol

fin

(international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Finnish.

English

Pronunciation

enPR: fĭn, IPA^(key): /fɪn/
Homophones: Finn; thin (th-fronting)
Rhymes: -ɪn

Etymology 1

From Middle English fin, from Old English finn, from Proto-Germanic *finnō, *finǭ (“dorsal fin”) (compare Dutch vin, German Finne, Swedish finne, fena), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pīn- (“backbone, dorsal fin”) (compare Old Irish ind (“end, point”), Latin pinna (“feather, wing, fin”), Tocharian A spin (“hook”), Sanskrit स्फ्य (sphyá, “splinter, staff”).

Noun

fin (plural fins)

(ichthyology) One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.
A similar structure protruding from a projectile, used to help keep it on course.
(surfing) A similar structure on the bottom of a surfboard, used to help steer it.
A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along the top of the head from about the crown to the forehead.
A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.
An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc., used to facilitate cooling.
A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder.
(nautical) The conning tower of a submarine.

Synonyms

(appendange of a fish):
(appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal): flipper (of mammals)
(aircraft component):
(of a bomb): vane
(hairstyle): Mohican
(device worn by divers): flipper

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

fin (third-person singular simple present fins, present participle finning, simple past and past participle finned)

(transitive) To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.
(intransitive) (Of a fish) to swim with the dorsal fin above the surface of the water.
(intransitive) To swim in the manner of a fish.
(transitive) To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins.

Etymology 2

From Yiddish פֿינף (finf, “five”). Doublet of five, pimp, and finnuf.

Noun

fin (plural fins)

(UK, formerly Australia, slang) a five-pound (£5) note; the sum of five pounds.
Synonym: fiver
(US, slang, dated) a five-dollar bill; the sum of five dollars.
Synonyms: fiver, Lincoln

Etymology 3

From French fin (“end”). Doublet of fine and finis.

Noun

fin (plural fins)

(archaic, film, television) "The end".
Synonym: finis
(obsolete, road signs) Denotes the end of the road.

Usage notes

"Fin.", once frequently found on title cards at the end of English-language movies and television programmes, along with the equivalent "The End."
Once found on road signs at the terminus of roads, "FIN" and its equivalent "END" were used at the center of diamond chequerboard signs, in English-language jurisdictions

Anagrams

inf., NFI, INF, if'n, IFN

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin finis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfin/, [ˈfĩŋ]
Rhymes: -in
Hyphenation: fin

Noun

fin m or f (plural fines)

end (extreme part)
end (final part, in time)

Bambara

Adjective

fin

black

Synonyms

finman

Verb

fin

(transitive) to darken, blacken

Basque

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fin/, [fĩn]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish fino (“thin”).

Adjective

fin (comparative finago, superlative finen, excessive finegi)

thin
Synonyms: mehe, xehe
sharp
Synonym: zorrotz
fine
delicate

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish fin.

Noun

fin inan

end, ending
Synonym: amaiera
aim, objective

Declension

Champenois

Etymology

Inherited from Old French fin, from Latin fīnis .

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɛ̃/

Adjective

fin m (fingne, plural fins)

(Troyen, Langrois) thin

References

Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎^[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎^[2] (in French), Troyes

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Ultimately, from Old Norse Finnr (“Finn, Sami”).

Adjective

fin

Finnish

References

Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[3], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

fien

Etymology

From Latin faenum. Compare Italian fieno, Romanian fân, Friulian fen, Romansch fain, French foin, Portuguese feno, Spanish heno. Alternative form also possibly through a Venetan intermediate as a loan word.

Noun

fin m

Danish

Etymology

From late Old Norse fínn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fin/, [ˈfiˀn]
Rhymes: -in

Adjective

fin

fine
choice, classy
delicate
fashionable
grand, posh, genteel

Inflection

East Yugur

Etymology

From Chinese 分 (fēn), compare Western Yugur fïn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fən/

Noun

fin

minute

Franco-Provençal

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin fīnis.

Noun

fin f (plural fins) (ORB, broad)

References

fin in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
fin in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Etymology 2

Compare French fin.

Adjective

fin (feminine singular fina, masculine plural fins, feminine plural fines)

thin

References

fin in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɛ̃/
(Quebec) IPA^(key): [fẽ]
Homophones: faim, fins, feins, feint, feints
Rhymes: -ɛ̃

Etymology 1

From Middle French fin, from Old French fin, from Latin finis.

Noun

fin f (plural fins)

end, close, finish
end, end goal, objective, purpose

Derived terms

Related terms

finir
final

Etymology 2

Unclear, see fine.

Adjective

fin (feminine fine, masculine plural fins, feminine plural fines)

thin, fine
(Quebec) kind, nice

Derived terms

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin fīnis.

Noun

fin m (plural fins)

Adjective

fin

fine, thin

Related terms

finâl
finî

Galician

Alternative forms

fim (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fin (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin fīnis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfiŋ/ [ˈfiŋ]
Rhymes: -iŋ
Hyphenation: fin

Noun

fin m or f (plural fins)

Derived terms

á fin
ao fin
fin de semana
por fin

Related terms

final
finar

References

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fin”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fin”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fin”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fin”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fin”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Gothic

Romanization

fin

Romanization of 𐍆𐌹𐌽

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfin/
Rhymes: -in
Hyphenation: fìn

Noun

fin f (apocopated)

Apocopic form of fine

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin fīnis.

Noun

fin m (plural fins)

aim, end, goal

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish [Term?], semi-learned term from Latin fīnis.

Noun

fin f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling פין)

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French fin, from Latin finis.

Noun

fin f (plural fins)

end; finish
(figuratively) death

Descendants

French: fin

Norman

Etymology

From Old French fin, from Latin finis.

Adjective

fin m

(Guernsey) fine

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From late Old Norse finn, from Latin finis.

Adjective

fin (neuter singular fint, definite singular and plural fine, comparative finere, indefinite superlative finest, definite superlative fineste)

fine

Derived terms

finjustere
hårfin

References

“fin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse finn, from Latin finis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fiːn/

Adjective

fin (neuter fint, definite singular and plural fine, comparative finare, indefinite superlative finast, definite superlative finaste)

fine
Dette er ein fin vin. ― This is a fine wine.
pretty, handsome
Kjærasten min er ei veldig fin jente. ― My girlfriend is a very pretty girl.
posh
Ei fin frue klaga på maten. ― A posh lady complained about the food.
good
Det er ei fin årstid å vitja Noreg på. ― It is a good season to visit Norway.

Derived terms

hårfin
fisefin

References

“fin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan fin, from Latin finis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fin m (feminine singular fina, masculine plural fins, feminine plural finas)

fine (particularly slender)

Derived terms

finament

Old English

Noun

fin m

Alternative form of finn

Old French

Etymology

From Latin finis.

Adjective

fin m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fine)

fine, delicate

Declension

Descendants

Middle French: fin
- French: fin
→ Middle Dutch: fijn
- Dutch: fijn
  - Berbice Creole Dutch: fini
  - Negerhollands: fien, fin
  - → Papiamentu: fini
  - → Sranan Tongo: feni, fini
    - → Caribbean Javanese: fini
    - → Saramaccan: fínu
→ Middle High German: fîn
- German: fein
  - → Czech: fajn
  - → Kashubian: fëjn
  - → Polish: fajny
    - → Belarusian: фа́йны (fájny)
    - → Ukrainian: фа́йний (fájnyj)
  - → Greater Polish: fejn
  - → Romanian: fain
  - → Serbo-Croatian: fajn
  - → Slovincian: fejn
- Yiddish: פֿײַן (fayn)
Norman: fin
→ Middle English: fyn, fin
- English: fine
- Yola: fhyne

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin finis.

Noun

fin f (oblique plural fins, nominative singular fin, nominative plural fins)

end (final part)

Descendants

Occitan: fin

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fin/
Rhymes: -in
Hyphenation: fin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French fin, from Latin finis.

Adjective

fin m or n (feminine singular fină, masculine plural fini, feminine and neuter plural fine)

fine, delicate
subtle

Declension

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin root *fīliānus, from Latin fīlius. Compare also Albanian fijan, Italian figliano.

Noun

fin m (plural fini, feminine equivalent fină)

godson

Declension

Related terms

fină
fiu

Romansch

Etymology 1

Preposition

fin

(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) until, till
(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) by

Synonyms

(Sursilvan) tochen
(Sutsilvan) antocen, antoca, toca
(Rumantsch Grischun) enfin
(Surmiran) anfignen
(Puter, Vallader) infin
(by):
- (Sursilvan) entochen

Conjunction

fin

(Rumantsch Grischun) until

Synonyms

(Sursilvan) tochen che, entochen che
(Sutsilvan) antoca, antocen, toca
(Surmiran) anfignen tgi
(Puter, Vallader) fin cha

Adverb

fin

(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) as far as

Synonyms

(Sursilvan) tochen, entochen
(Sutsilvan) antocen, antoca, toca
(Surmiran) anfignen
(Puter, Vallader) infin

Etymology 2

From Latin fīnis.

Adjective

fin m (feminine singular fina, masculine plural fins, feminine plural finas)

(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) fine

Alternative forms

(Sutsilvan, Surmiran) fegn

Etymology 3

From Latin fīnis.

Adjective

fin f (plural fins)

(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) end

Alternative forms

(Sutsilvan, Surmiran) fegn

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German fein and Italian fino, from Latin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fîːn/

Adjective

fȋn (Cyrillic spelling фи̑н, definite fȋnī, comparative finiji)

fine, delicate
thin
sensitive
refined
first-class, high-class
tasty, delicious

Declension

Related terms

finoća

References

“fin”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fino.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fíːn/

Adjective

fȋn (comparative finȇjši, superlative nȁjfinȇjši)

fine, refined, high-class
fine, thin

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish fin, a semi-learned descendant of Latin fīnis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfin/ [ˈfĩn]
Rhymes: -in
Syllabification: fin

Noun

fin m (plural fines)

(sometimes feminine) end
el fin de semana ― the weekend
purpose, aim, objective, goal
con este fin ― for that to happen; to that end
end, stop, halt, close, finish (ending point)

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Swedish

Etymology

Since at least the 16th century, from French fin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fiːn/
Rhymes: -iːn

Adjective

fin (comparative finare, superlative finast)

nice to look at, nice, pretty
en fin färg ― a nice color

en fin fågel ― a pretty bird

ett fint hus ― a nice(-looking)/pretty house

Hunden har fin päls ― The dog has a nice coat

fina ögon ― pretty eyes

en fin bebis ― a pretty baby
nice, good
Det är fint väder idag ― The weather is nice today

göra en fin affär ― make a good deal (or "fine deal," except not old-fashioned)

en fin människa ― a good person (intuitively, "nice to behold"/"pretty," in a non-physical sense)
1. (somewhat colloquial, in "sitta fint" (sit fine)) to be (something that would be) nice
fine, fancy
en fin restaurang ― a fine restaurant

finskor ― elegant/fancy shoes (for special occasions), like dress shoes
of high social standing
en fin familj ― a good family

ha fint främmande ― have distinguished visitors
(by extension) posh (in a ridiculous way)
fine (very thin)
Antonyms: tjock, grov

fin tråd ― fine thread
fine (consisting of relatively small particles or pieces)
Antonym: grov

fin sand ― fine sand
1. (as a prefix) finely
  Antonym: grov-
  
  finhackad lök ― finely chopped onion
  
  finmalen svartpeppar ― finely ground black pepper
  
  finkorning ― fine-grained
subtle, fine
en fin skillnad ― a subtle/fine difference

fin

fin

Translingual

Symbol

See also

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

Further reading

Etymology 2

Noun

Etymology 3

Noun

Usage notes

See also

Anagrams

Asturian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Bambara

Adjective

Synonyms

Verb

Basque

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Further reading

Champenois

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

References

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Adjective

References

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Noun

Danish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Inflection

East Yugur

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Franco-Provençal

Etymology 1

Noun

References

Etymology 2

Adjective

References

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Adjective

Derived terms

Further reading

Friulian

Etymology

Noun