fin

1. (international standards)ISO 639-2 &ISO 639-3language code forFinnish.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Finnish terms

• enPR:fĭn,IPA^(key):/fɪn/

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• Homophones:Finn;thin(th-fronting)
• Rhymes:-ɪn

FromMiddle Englishfin, fromOld Englishfinn, fromProto-Germanic*finnō,*finǭ(“dorsal fin”) (compareDutchvin,GermanFinne,Swedishfinne, fena), fromProto-Indo-European*(s)pīn-(“backbone, dorsal fin”) (compareOld Irishind(“end, point”),Latinpinna(“feather, wing, fin”),Tocharian Aspin(“hook”).

fin (pluralfins)

2. (ichthyology,zootomy) One of the appendages of afish, used topropel itself and tomanoeuvre/maneuver.

   The fish'sfins minimize water flow.

   • 1913,Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, inMr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London:D[aniel] Appleton and Company,→OCLC:

     Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring'sfin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.

3. A similar appendage of acetacean or othermarine animal.

   a dolphin'sfin

4. A thin, rigid component of anaircraft, extending from thefuselage and used tostabilise andsteer the aircraft.

   Thefin stabilises the plane in flight.

5. A similar structureprotruding from aprojectile, used to help keep it on course.
6. (surfing) A similar structure on the bottom of asurfboard, used to help steer it.
7. Ahairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair iscombed and set into averticalridge along the top of the head from about thecrown to theforehead.
8. A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.

   The divers worefins to swim faster.

9. An extending part on asurface of aradiator,engine,heatsink, etc., used tofacilitate cooling.
10. A sharpraised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roofmembrane orvapor retarder.
11. (nautical) Theconning tower of asubmarine.
12. (UK,slang,obsolete) A person'shand.
    • 1839,Dearden's Miscellany, volumes1-2, page661:

      "Done say I to that, Reuben, tip me yourfin, my spark, and it shall be a bet."

• (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

fin (third-person singular simple presentfins,present participlefinning,simple past and past participlefinned)

2. (transitive) Tocut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.
3. (intransitive) (Of a fish) toswim with thedorsal fin above thesurface of the water.
   • 1983,The Fisherman Who Laughed, page54:

     When you spot himfinning just under the surface, you move up quietly and present [...] bait, usually a squid.

4. (intransitive) To swim in the manner of a fish.

   A neutrally buoyant diver does not need tofin to maintain depth.

5. (transitive) To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins.

•  Fin in the 1921 edition ofCollier's Encyclopedia.

FromYiddishפֿינף(finf,“five”).Doublet ofcinque,finnuf,five,pimp(“five”),ponzu,punch(“beverage”), andsengi(“currency”).

fin (pluralfins)

1. (UK, formerly Australia,slang) a five-pound (£5) note; the sum of five pounds.

   Synonyms:finny,fiver,finnuf

2. (US,slang,dated) A five-dollar bill; the sum of five dollars.

   Synonyms:fiver,Lincoln

FromFrenchfin(“end”).Doublet offine andfinis.

fin (pluralfins)

1. (archaic,film,television) "The end".

   Synonym:finis

2. (obsolete, road signs)Denotes theend of the road.

• "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

• inf.,NFI,INF,if'n,IFN

FromLatinfinis.

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

fin m orf (pluralfines)

1. end(extreme part)
2. end(final part, in time)

fin

1. black

• finman

fin

1. (transitive) todarken,blacken

• IPA^(key):/fin/,[fĩn]

Borrowed fromSpanishfino(“thin”).

fin (comparativefinago,superlativefinen,excessivefinegi)

1. thin

   Synonyms:mehe,xehe

2. sharp

   Synonym:zorrotz

3. fine
4. delicate

Borrowed fromSpanishfin.

fin inan

1. end,ending

   Synonym:amaiera

2. aim,objective

• “fin”, inEuskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque),Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “fin”, inOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary],Euskaltzaindia,1987–2005

Inherited fromOld Frenchfin, fromLatinfīnis .

IPA^(key):/fɛ̃/

fin m (fingne,pluralfins)

1. (Troyen, Langrois)thin

• 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

Ultimately, fromOld NorseFinnr(“Finn, Sami”).

fin

1. Finnish

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

• fien

FromLatinfaenum. CompareItalianfieno,Romanianfân,Friulianfen,Romanschfain,Frenchfoin,Portuguesefeno,Spanishheno. Alternative form also possibly through aVenetan intermediate as a loan word.

fin m

1. hay

From lateOld Norsefínn, ultimately fromLatinfinis.

• IPA^(key):/fin/,[ˈfiˀn]
• Rhymes:-in

fin (neuterfint,plural and definite singular attributivefine)

1. fine
2. choice,classy
3. delicate
4. fashionable
5. grand,posh,genteel

• “fin” inDen Danske Ordbog

FromChinese分(fēn), compareWestern Yugurfïn.

• IPA^(key):/fən/

fin

1. minute

   Bu la hirti serki wai, jirghuun ceg ghucinfindi posqi we.

   I'll probably wake up early and get up at six thirty [six o'clock and thirtyminutes].

Inherited fromLatinfīnis.

fin f (pluralfins)(ORB, broad)

1. end

• fin in DicoFranPro:Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – ondicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• fin in Lo trèsor Arpitan – onarpitan.eu

CompareFrenchfin.

fin (feminine singularfina,masculine pluralfins,feminine pluralfines)

1. thin

• fin in Lo trèsor Arpitan – onarpitan.eu

• IPA^(key):/fɛ̃/
• (Quebec)IPA^(key):[fẽ]

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• Homophones:faim,fins,feins,feint,feints
• Rhymes:-ɛ̃

FromMiddle Frenchfin, fromOld Frenchfin, fromLatinfinis.

fin f (pluralfins)

1. end,close,finish
2. end, endgoal,objective,purpose

• finir
• final

Unclear, seefine.

fin (femininefine,masculine pluralfins,feminine pluralfines)

1. thin,fine
2. (Quebec)kind,nice

• “fin”, inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

FromLatinfīnis.

fin m (pluralfins)

1. end

fin

1. fine,thin

• finâl
• finî

• fim(reintegrationist)

FromOld Galician-Portuguesefin (13th century,Cantigas de Santa Maria), fromLatinfīnis.

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

fin m orf (pluralfins)

1. end

• á fin
• ao fin
• fin de semana
• por fin

• final
• finar

• “fin”, inDicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña:Royal Galician Academy,2012–2025
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja,Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fin”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fin”, inCorpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fin”, inDicionario 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”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fin”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega,→ISSN

fin

1. Romanization of𐍆𐌹𐌽

• IPA^(key):/fin/^[1]
• Hyphenation:fin

fin f (apocopated)

1. Apocopic form offine

• fin di vita

fin

1. Apocopic form offino

• fin troppo

FromLatinfīnis.

fin m (pluralfins)

1. aim,end,goal

FromOld Spanish[Term?], semi-learned term fromLatinfīnis.

fin f (Hebrew spellingפין)

1. end

FromOld Frenchfin, fromLatinfinis.

fin f (pluralfins)

1. end;finish
2. (figuratively)death

• French:fin

FromOld Frenchfin, fromLatinfinis.

fin m

1. (Guernsey)fine

From lateOld Norsefinn, fromLatinfinis.

fin (neuter singularfint,definite singular and pluralfine,comparativefinere,indefinite superlativefinest,definite superlativefineste)

1. fine

• finjustere
• hårfin

• “fin” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

FromOld Norsefinn, fromLatinfinis.

• IPA^(key):/fiːn/

fin (neuterfint,definite singular and pluralfine,comparativefinare,indefinite superlativefinast,definite superlativefinaste)

1. fine

   Dette er einfin vin. ―This is afine wine.

2. pretty,handsome

   Kjærasten min er ei veldigfin jente. ―My girlfriend is a verypretty girl.

3. posh

   Eifin frue klaga på maten. ―Aposh lady complained about the food.

4. good

   Det er eifin årstid å vitja Noreg på. ―It is agood season to visit Norway.

• hårfin
• fisefin

• “fin” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

FromOld Occitanfin, fromLatinfinis.

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fin m (feminine singularfina,masculine pluralfins,feminine pluralfinas)

1. fine(particularly slender)

• finament

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006)Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[4], 2 edition,→ISBN, page484.

fin m

1. Alternative form offinn

FromLatinfinis.

fin m (oblique and nominative feminine singularfine)

1. fine,delicate
   • c.1250,Rutebeuf,C’est la complainte d’outremer:

     Serveiz Deu defin cuer entier

     Serve God with a whole, fine heart

• 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

FromLatinfinis.

fin f (oblique pluralfins,nominative singularfin,nominative pluralfins)

1. end(final part)

• Occitan:fin

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

Borrowed fromFrenchfin, fromLatinfinis.

fin m orn (feminine singularfină,masculine pluralfini,feminine and neuter pluralfine)

1. fine,delicate
2. subtle

FromVulgar Latin root*fīliānus, fromLatinfīlius. Compare alsoAlbanianfijan,Italianfigliano.

fin m (pluralfini,feminine equivalentfină)

1. godson

• fină
• fiu

• naș

fin

1. (Rumantsch Grischun,Sursilvan,Puter,Vallader)until,till
2. (Rumantsch Grischun,Sursilvan,Puter,Vallader)by

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

fin

1. (Rumantsch Grischun)until

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

fin

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

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

FromLatinfīnis.

finm (feminine singularfina,masculine pluralfins,feminine pluralfinas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun,Sursilvan,Puter,Vallader)fine

• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)fegn

FromLatinfīnis.

fin f (pluralfins)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun,Sursilvan,Puter,Vallader)end

• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)fegn

FromGermanfein andItalianfino, fromLatin.

• IPA^(key):/fîːn/

fȋn (Cyrillic spellingфи̑н,definitefȋnī,comparativefiniji)

1. fine,delicate
2. thin
3. sensitive
4. refined
5. first-class,high-class
6. tasty,delicious

• finoća

• “fin”, inHrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian),2006–2025

Borrowed fromItalianfino.

• IPA^(key):/fíːn/

fȋn (comparativefinȇjši,superlativenȁjfinȇjši)

1. fine,refined,high-class
2. fine,thin

• “fin”, inSlovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene),2014–2025

FromOld Spanishfin, a semi-learned descendant ofLatinfīnis.^[1]

• IPA^(key):/ˈfin/[ˈfĩn]

• Audio(Colombia):

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• Rhymes:-in
• Syllabification:fin

fin m (pluralfines)

1. (sometimes feminine)end

   elfin de semana ―theweekend

2. purpose,aim,objective,goal

   con estefin ―for that to happen; to thatend

3. end,stop,halt,close,finish(ending point)

• “fin”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Since at least the 16th century, fromFrenchfin.

• IPA^(key):/fiːn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-iːn

fin (comparativefinare,superlativefinast)

1. nice to look at,nice,pretty

   enfin färg ―anice color

   enfin fågel ―apretty bird

   ettfint hus ―anice(-looking)/pretty house

   Hunden harfin päls ―The dog has anice coat

   fina ögon ―pretty eyes

   enfin bebis ―apretty baby

2. nice,good

   Det ärfint väder idag ―The weather isnice today

   göra enfin affär ―make agood deal(or "fine deal," except not old-fashioned)

   – Hur mår du? – Jag mårfint!

   – How are you? – I'mfine/feeling good!

   – Hur gick det? – Det gickfint!

   – How'd it go? – It wentwell!

   enfin människa ―agood person(intuitively, "nice to behold"/"pretty," in a non-physical sense)

   1. (somewhatcolloquial, in "sitta fint" (sit fine)) to be (something that would be)nice

      En kopp kaffe skullesitta fint

      A cup of coffeewould be nice ("would sit fine")

      Bastusatt fint efter träningen

      Saunawas nice ("sat fine") after the workout

3. fine,fancy

   enfin restaurang ―afine restaurant

   finskor ―elegant/fancy shoes (for special occasions), likedress shoes

4. of highsocial standing

   enfin familj ―agood family

   hafint främmande ―havedistinguished visitors

5. (by extension)posh(in a ridiculous way)

   Han är förfin för att äta hamburgare med oss

   He is toogood/fancy-schmancy to eat hamburgers with us

6. fine(very thin)

   Antonyms:tjock,grov

   fin tråd ―fine thread

7. 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

8. subtle,fine

   enfin skillnad ―asubtle/fine difference

   • 1847 November 10, S., “Om Choleran [Concerning Cholera]”, inWermlandstidningen, page 2:

     Om peſtämnetsnatur aͤr man icke ſå noga underraͤttad, men ſå mycket wet man att det, jemte beroͤringsſmittan, har ettfint effluvium, som på ganska naͤra håll ſmittar aͤfwen utan omedelbart widroͤrande;[…]

     In regard to the nature of the pestilence, one is not so precisely informed, but it is known that, along with contact contagion, it possesses asubtle effluvium, which transmits even without immediate contact, especially at quite close range;[…]

• gullig
• snygg
• söt

• fin inSvensk ordbok (SO)
• fin inSvenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• fin inSvenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• inf.

fin (nominative pluralfins)

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