Finnish

Finnish

English

Alternative forms

• (abbreviation): Fin.

Etymology

From Finn +‎ -ish.

Pronunciation

• enPR: fĭn'ĭsh, IPA^(key): /ˈfɪnɪʃ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪnɪʃ
• Homophone: finish

Adjective

Finnish (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Finland.
2. Of or pertaining to the Finnish language.

Translations

of Finland

Albanian: finlandez (sq) Arabic: فِنْلَنْدِيّ‎ (finlandiyy) Armenian: ֆինլանդական (hy) (finlandakan), ֆիննական (hy) (finnakan) Asturian: finlandés (ast), finés (ast) Azerbaijani: fin (az) Basque: finlandiar Belarusian: фі́нскі (fínski), фінля́ндскі (finljándski) Bengali: ফিনীয় (phinīy) Bulgarian: фи́нски (fínski) Burmese: ဖင်လန် (hpanglan) Catalan: finlandès (ca) Valencian: finlandés (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 芬蘭的／芬兰的 (zh) (Fēnlán de) Czech: finský (cs) m Danish: finsk (da) Dutch: Fins (nl) Esperanto: finna (eo) Estonian: soome (et) Faroese: finskur Finnish: suomalainen (fi), suomen (fi) French: finlandais (fr) Galician: finlandés (gl) Georgian: ფინური (ka) (pinuri), ფინეთის (pinetis) German: finnisch (de) Greek: φινλανδικός (el) (finlandikós) Greenlandic: Finskisut, finlandimiutut, finlandimeersoq Hawaiian: Pinilana Hebrew: פִינִי‎ (fini) Hindi: फ़िन्निश (hi) (finniś) Hungarian: finn (hu), finnországi Icelandic: finnskur (is) Ido: Finlandana (io) Ingrian: soomen Irish: Fionlannach Italian: finlandese (it) Japanese: フィンランドの (ja) (Finrando no) Kazakh: фин (fin), финдік (findık) Khmer: ហ្វាំងឡង់ (km) (fanglɑng) Korean: 핀란드의 (ko) (pillandeuui) Kyrgyz: финн (finn) Lao: ແຟັງລັງ (lo) (fæng lang) Latvian: somu (lv), somisks Lithuanian: suomių (lt), suomiškas Macedonian: фински (finski) Malay: Finland Mansi: please add this translation if you can Mongolian: финлянд (finljand) Northern Sami: suoma Norwegian: Bokmål: finsk (no), finlandsk Nynorsk: finsk (nn), finlandsk (nn) Occitan: finés (oc) Old Norse: finnskr Pashto: فنلېنډي‎ (fenlenḍí), فنلېنډی‎ (fenlenḍáy) Persian: فنلاندی‎ (fa) (fanlândi) Polish: fiński (pl), finlandzki (pl) Portuguese: finlandês (pt),finês (pt), fino (pt) Romanian: finlandez (ro) Russian: фи́нский (ru) (fínskij), финля́ндский (ru) (finljándskij) Scottish Gaelic: Fionnlainneach, Suòmach Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: фи̑нскӣ Roman: fȋnskī (sh) Skolt Sami: lääʹdd Slovak: fínsky (sk) Slovene: fínski (sl) Spanish: finlandés (es), finés (es) Swedish: finsk (sv), finländsk (sv) Tagalog: Pinlandes (tl) Tajik: финӣ (tg) (finī) Thai: ฟินแลนด์ (th) (fin-lɛɛn) Turkish: Fin (tr) Turkmen: fin Ukrainian: фі́нський (uk) (fínsʹkyj), фінля́ндський (finljándsʹkyj) Urdu: فینیش‎ (finniś) Uyghur: فىنلاندىيە‎ (finlandiye) Uzbek: fin (uz) Venetian: finlandexe (vec) Vietnamese: Phần Lan (vi) (芬蘭) Volapük: Suomiyänik (vo) Votic: soomõ Yiddish: פֿיניש‎ (finish) Zhuang: Fwnhlanz

of the Finnish language

Armenian: ֆիններեն (hy) (finneren) Basque: finlandiar Belarusian: фі́нская мо́ва f (fínskaja móva), фі́нская f (fínskaja) Catalan: finès (ca) Valencian: finés (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 芬蘭語的／芬兰语的 (zh) (Fēnlányǔ de) Czech: finský (cs) m Danish: finsk (da) Dutch: Fins (nl) Esperanto: finna (eo) Estonian: soomekeelne (et), soome keelt rääkiv Faroese: finskur Finnish: suomenkielinen (fi) French: finnois (fr) m, finnoise (fr) f Galician: finés (gl) m Georgian: ფინური (ka) (pinuri) German: finnisch (de) Greek: φινλανδικός (el) (finlandikós) Hawaiian: Pinilana Hebrew: פינית‎ (he) f (finit) Hindi: फ़िन्निश (hi) (finniś) Hungarian: finn (hu) Icelandic: finnskur (is) m Ido: Finlandana (io) Ingrian: soomen Japanese: フィンランド語の (Finrando-go no) Latvian: somu (lv), somisks Northern Sami: suomagielat Norwegian: Bokmål: finsk (no) Nynorsk: finsk (nn) Old Norse: finnskr Persian: فنلاندی‎ (fa) (fanlândi) Polish: fiński (pl) Portuguese: finlandês (pt), finês (pt), fino (pt) Romanian: finlandez (ro) Russian: фи́нский (ru) (fínskij) Scottish Gaelic: Fionnlainneach, Suòmach Skolt Sami: lääʹdd Slovak: fínsky (sk) Spanish: finlandés (es), finés (es) Swedish: finsk (sv) Tagalog: Pinlandes (tl) Turkish: Fince (tr) Venetian: finlandexe (vec) m Volapük: Suomiyänapükik Votic: soomõ Yiddish: פֿיניש‎ (finish)

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Arabic: (please verify) فِنْلَنْدِيّ‎ (finlandiyy) Interlingua: (please verify) finnese Italian: (please verify) finlandese (it) Northern Sami: (please verify) suoma Persian: (please verify) فنلاندی‎ (fa) (fanlândi) Romanian: (please verify) finlandez (ro) Serbo-Croatian: (please verify) finski (sh) Vietnamese: (please verify) thuộc Phần-lan

Noun

Finnish (uncountable)

1. The Finno-Ugric language spoken by the majority of the people living in Finland, one of the two official languages of the country (the other is Swedish).

Translations

language

Abkhaz: Афинн бызшәа (Afinn bəzŝʷa) Afrikaans: Fins (af) Albanian: gjuha finlandeze Arabic: فِنْلَنْدِيَّة‎ (ar) f (finlandiyya), فِنْلَنْدِيّ‎ m (finlandiyy) Armenian: ֆիններեն (hy) (finneren) Asturian: finlandés (ast) m, finés (ast) m Azerbaijani: фин, fin (az), fincə (az) Basque: suomiera (eu), finlandiera (eu) Belarusian: фі́нская f (fínskaja) (мо́ва) Bengali: ফিনীয় ভাষা (phinīy bhaṣa) Breton: finneg (br) Bulgarian: фи́нски m (fínski) (ези́к) Catalan: finès (ca) m, finlandès (ca) m Valencian: finés (ca) m, finlandés (ca) m Cherokee: ᏫᏂᏏ (winisi), ᎠᏂᏫᏂ ᎧᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ (aniwini kawonihisdi) Chinese: Mandarin: 芬蘭語／芬兰语 (zh) (fēnlányǔ) Czech: finština (cs) Danish: finsk (da) n Dutch: Fins (nl) n Esperanto: finna (eo), suoma (eo), finna lingvo Estonian: soome keel (et) Faroese: finskt (fo) n Finnish: suomi (fi), suomen kieli French: finnois (fr) m Galician: finés (gl) m Georgian: ფინური (ka) (pinuri), ფინური ენა (pinuri ena) German: Finnisch (de) n Greek: φινλανδικά (el) n pl (finlandiká) Greenlandic: finlandimiutut Hebrew: פינית‎ (he) f (finít) Hindi: फ़िनिश (finiś), फ़िनिश भाषा f (finiś bhāṣā), फ़िन्निश (hi) f (finniś) Hungarian: finn (hu) Icelandic: finnska (is) f Ido: Finlandana (io) Inari Sami: suomakiela Indonesian: bahasa finlandia Ingrian: soomi Interlingua: finnese Irish: Fionlainnis (ga) Italian: finlandese (it) m Japanese: フィンランド語 (ja) (finrandogo) Karelian: Šuomi Kazakh: фин тілі (fin tılı) Khmer: ហ្វាំង (fang) Korean: 핀란드어 (ko) (pillandeueo) Kumyk: фин тил (fin til) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: fînî (ku) Latvian: somu valoda (lv) f, somu (lv) f Lithuanian: suomių kalba (lt) f (suomiškai) Macedonian: фински m (finski) Malay: bahasa Finland, Finland, Finlandia Maltese: Finlandiż (mt) Mari: финляндий (finlândij) (finljandij) Moksha: суомиень (suomijenʹ) Mongolian: финлянд (finljand), финлянди (finljandi) Navajo: Nahoditsʼǫʼłání Dineʼé bizaad Nepali: फिनिश (phiniś) Northern Sami: suomagiella, suopma Norwegian: Bokmål: finsk (no) m Nynorsk: finsk (nn) m Occitan: finés (oc) m Old Norse: please add this translation if you can Ossetian: Финнаг ӕвзаг (Finnag ævzag) Persian: فنلاندی‎ (fa) (fanlândi) Polish: język fiński m inan Portuguese: finlandês (pt) m, finês (pt) m Romanian: limba finlandeză f, finlandeză (ro) f Russian: фи́нский (ru) m (fínskij) (язы́к) Scottish Gaelic: Suòmais f, Fionnlainnis f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: фински m Roman: finski (sh) m Slovak: fínčina (sk) f Slovene: fínščina (sl) f Sorbian: Finšćina Spanish: finlandés (es) m, finés (es) m Swahili: Kifinishi Swedish: finska (sv) c Tagalog: Pinlandes (tl) Tamil: பின்னிஷ் (piṉṉiṣ) Tatar: suomiçä (tt), фин теле (tt) (fin tele) Thai: ภาษาฟินนิช, ภาษาฟิน, ภาษาฟินแลนด์ Tigrinya: ፊኒሽ (finiš) Turkish: Fince (tr) Ukrainian: фі́нська (uk) f (fínsʹka) (мо́ва) Urdu: فنّنِش‎ (finniś) Venetian: finlandexe (vec) m Vietnamese: tiếng Phần-lan Volapük: Suomiyänapük (vo) Votic: Soomi Walloon: Finwès Welsh: Ffinneg (cy) West Frisian: Finsk (fy) Yiddish: פֿיניש‎ n (finish) Zulu: Isifinilandi

See also

• Finn: a person from Finland.
• Finnish language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Torne Valley Finnish: a variety of Finnish spoken in Northern Sweden
• Kven: a variety of Finnish spoken in Northern Norway
• Karelian
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Finnish terms
• Appendix:Finnish Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Finnish

Further reading

• Finnish–English Dictionary: from Webster’s Dictionary — the Rosetta Edition.
• ISO 639-1 code fi, ISO 639-3 code fin (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Finnish, fin ⁠