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• New-Zealand: /fən/
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• homophone: Finn
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• homophone: thin (th-fronting)
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• homophone: fen (pin–pen merger)
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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”).

From Yiddish פֿינף (finf, “five”). Doublet of cinque, finnuf, five, pimp (“five”), ponzu, punch (“beverage”), and sengi (“currency”).

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

Clipping of finasteride.

207 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: pendë — appendage of a fish
• Amharic: ክንፍ (kənf) — appendage of a fish
• Arabic: زِعْنِفَة (ziʕnifa) — appendage of a fish
• Armenian: լողակ (loġak) — appendage of a fish
• Armenian: թեւ (tʻew) — appendage of a fish
• Asturian: aleta — appendage of a fish
• Asturian: ala — appendage of a fish
• Azerbaijani: üzgəc — appendage of a fish
• West Coast Bajau: serek — appendage of a fish
• Basque: hegats — appendage of a fish
• Belarusian: плаўні́к (plawník) — appendage of a fish
• Bau Bidayuh: siried — appendage of a fish
• Central Bikol: parikpik — appendage of a fish
• Bulgarian: перка (perka) — appendage of a fish
• Bulgarian: плавни́к (plavník) — appendage of a fish
• Burmese: အတောင် (a.taung) — appendage of a fish
• Burmese: ဆူးတောင် (hcu:taung) — appendage of a fish
• Burmese: ရေယက် (reyak) — appendage of a fish
• Catalan: aleta — appendage of a fish
• Chinese Mandarin: 鰭 /鳍 (qí) — appendage of a fish
• Chinese Mandarin: 魚鰭 /鱼鳍 (yúqí) — appendage of a fish
• Czech: ploutev — appendage of a fish
• Old Czech: plútva — appendage of a fish
• Danish: finne — appendage of a fish
• Dutch: vin — appendage of a fish
• Erzya: сёлмо (śolmo) — appendage of a fish
• Esperanto: naĝilo — appendage of a fish
• Estonian: uim — appendage of a fish
• Faroese: fjøður — appendage of a fish
• Finnish: evä — appendage of a fish
• French: nageoire — appendage of a fish
• French: aileron — appendage of a fish
• Galician: aleta — appendage of a fish
• Georgian: ფარფლი (parpli) — appendage of a fish
• German: Flosse — appendage of a fish
• Greek: πτερύγιο (pterýgio) — appendage of a fish
• Ancient Greek: πτερύγιον (pterúgion) — appendage of a fish
• Hebrew: סְנַפִּיר (snapír) — appendage of a fish
• Hindi: पंख (paṅkh) — appendage of a fish
• Hindi: मीनपक्ष (mīnpakṣ) — appendage of a fish
• Hungarian: uszony — appendage of a fish
• Icelandic: uggi — appendage of a fish
• Ido: floso — appendage of a fish
• Indonesian: sirip — appendage of a fish
• Ingrian: siipi — appendage of a fish
• Irish: eite — appendage of a fish
• Old Irish: ette — appendage of a fish
• Italian: pinna — appendage of a fish
• Japanese: 鰭 (hire) — appendage of a fish
• Kazakh: жүзбеқанат (jüzbeqanat) — appendage of a fish
• Kimaragang: sirik — appendage of a fish
• Korean: 지느러미 (jineureomi) — appendage of a fish
• Kyrgyz: сүзгүч канат (süzgüc kanat) — appendage of a fish
• Lao: ຄີບ (khīp) — appendage of a fish
• Latin: penna — appendage of a fish
• Latin: pinna — appendage of a fish
• Latvian: spura — appendage of a fish
• Lithuanian: pelekas — appendage of a fish
• Macedonian: перка (perka) — appendage of a fish
• Macedonian: пера́ја (perája) — appendage of a fish
• Malay: sirip — appendage of a fish
• Māori: tira — appendage of a fish
• Māori: urutira — appendage of a fish
• Māori: pakihawa (pectoral) — appendage of a fish
• Māori: hawa (ventral) — appendage of a fish
• Māori: paihau — appendage of a fish
• Mauritian Creole: nazwar — appendage of a fish
• Central Melanau: pidin — appendage of a fish
• Mongolian: сэрвээ (servee) — appendage of a fish
• Muna: padhi — appendage of a fish
• Tagal Murut: kikiwos — appendage of a fish
• Mwani: ripupa — appendage of a fish
• Norwegian Bokmål: finne — appendage of a fish
• Norwegian Nynorsk: finne — appendage of a fish
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ugge — appendage of a fish
• Occitan: aleta — appendage of a fish
• Old English: finn — appendage of a fish
• Persian: باله (bâle) — appendage of a fish
• Persian: پره (parre) — appendage of a fish
• Polish: płetwa — appendage of a fish
• Old Polish: plutwa — appendage of a fish
• Portuguese: nadadeira — appendage of a fish
• Portuguese: barbatana — appendage of a fish
• Romanian: aripioară — appendage of a fish
• Romanian: aripă — appendage of a fish
• Romanian: înotătoare — appendage of a fish
• Russian: плавни́к (plavník) — appendage of a fish
• Russian: перо́ (peró) — appendage of a fish
• Inari-Sami: vepsi — appendage of a fish
• Kildin-Sami: ве̄ппьс (viepp’s) — appendage of a fish
• Northern Sami: veaksi — appendage of a fish
• Skolt-Sami: veäʹpss — appendage of a fish
• Scottish Gaelic: ite — appendage of a fish
• Scottish Gaelic: eithre — appendage of a fish
• Serbo-Croatian: пера́ја — appendage of a fish
• Serbo-Croatian: плитва — appendage of a fish
• Serbo-Croatian: perája — appendage of a fish
• Serbo-Croatian: plitva — appendage of a fish
• Seychellois Creole: nazwar — appendage of a fish
• Slovak: plutva — appendage of a fish
• Slovene: plavut — appendage of a fish
• Lower Sorbian: pjeraso — appendage of a fish
• Spanish: aleta — appendage of a fish
• Swedish: fena — appendage of a fish
• Tagalog: palaypay — appendage of a fish
• Tagalog: palikpik — appendage of a fish
• Tajik: олати шино (olat-i šino) — appendage of a fish
• Tamil: துடுப்பு (tuṭuppu) — appendage of a fish
• Tamil: மீன்சிறகு (mīṉciṟaku) — appendage of a fish
• Thai: ครีบ (krîip) — appendage of a fish
• Turkish: yüzgeç — appendage of a fish
• Ottoman Turkish: قناد (kanad) — appendage of a fish
• Ukrainian: плаве́ць (plavécʹ) — appendage of a fish
• Ukrainian: плавни́к (plavnýk) — appendage of a fish
• Uzbek: suzgich — appendage of a fish
• Uzbek: yuzgich — appendage of a fish
• Vietnamese: vây — appendage of a fish
• Vietnamese: vi — appendage of a fish
• Welsh: asgell — appendage of a fish
• Welsh: pysgadain — appendage of a fish
• Azerbaijani: üzgəc — appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal
• Bulgarian: плавник (plavnik) — appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal
• Catalan: aleta — appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal
• Danish: finne — appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal
• Dutch: vin — appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal
• Erzya: сёлмо (śolmo) — appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal
• Faroese: horn — appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal
• Faroese: sveiv — appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal
• Finnish: evä — appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal
• French: nageoire — appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal
• Galician: aleta — appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal
• German: Finne — appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal
• German: Fluke f Flosse — appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal
• Icelandic: horn — appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal
• Ido: floso — appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal
• Ingrian: siipi — appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal
• Italian: pinna — appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal
• Macedonian: перка (perka) — appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal
• Macedonian: пера́ја (perája) — appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal
• Norwegian: finne — appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal
• Portuguese: nadadeira — appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal
• Russian: ласт (last) — appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal
• Russian: плавни́к (plavník) — appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal
• Spanish: aleta — appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal
• Swedish: fena — appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal
• Swedish: labb — appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal
• Tamil: துடுப்பு (tuṭuppu) — appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal
• Turkish: yüzgeç — appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal
• Ottoman Turkish: قناد (kanad) — appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal
• Bulgarian: вертикален стабилизатор (vertikalen stabilizator) — aircraft component
• Danish: halefinne — aircraft component
• Dutch: vin — aircraft component
• Dutch: staartvin — aircraft component
• Finnish: evä — aircraft component
• French: empennage — aircraft component
• German: Leitwerk — aircraft component
• German: Höhenleitwerk — aircraft component
• German: Seitenleitwerk — aircraft component
• Italian: impennaggio — aircraft component
• Latvian: ķīlis — aircraft component
• Latvian: stabilizators — aircraft component
• Macedonian: стабилиза́тор (stabilizátor) — aircraft component
• Norwegian: finne — aircraft component
• Portuguese: estabilizador — aircraft component
• Portuguese: aleta — aircraft component
• Russian: стабилиза́тор (stabilizátor) — aircraft component
• Swedish: fena — aircraft component
• Bulgarian: стабилизатор (stabilizator) — of a bomb
• Dutch: vin — of a bomb
• French: empennage — of a bomb
• German: Leitwerk — of a bomb
• Italian: impennaggio — of a bomb
• Macedonian: стабилиза́тор (stabilizátor) — of a bomb
• Portuguese: aleta — of a bomb
• Russian: стабилиза́тор (stabilizátor) — of a bomb
• Dutch: hanenkam — hairstyle
• Macedonian: четка (četka) — hairstyle
• Norwegian: hanekam — hairstyle
• Asturian: aleta — device used by divers
• Bulgarian: перка (perka) — device used by divers
• Bulgarian: плавник (plavnik) — device used by divers
• Catalan: aleta — device used by divers
• Chinese Mandarin: 脚蹼 (jiǎopú) — device used by divers
• Danish: finne — device used by divers
• Dutch: zwemvlies — device used by divers
• Dutch: flipper — device used by divers
• Finnish: uimaräpylä — device used by divers
• Finnish: räpylä — device used by divers
• French: palme — device used by divers
• Galician: aleta — device used by divers
• German: Schwimmflossen) — device used by divers
• Italian: pinna — device used by divers
• Japanese: フィン (fin) — device used by divers
• Korean: 오리발 (oribal) — device used by divers
• Korean: 물갈퀴 (mulgalkwi) — device used by divers
• Korean: 핀 (pin) — device used by divers
• Norwegian: svømmeføtter — device used by divers
• Norwegian: finner — device used by divers
• Portuguese: pé de pato — device used by divers
• Portuguese: barbatana — device used by divers
• Russian: ласт (last) — device used by divers
• Russian: ла́сты (lásty) — device used by divers
• Spanish: aleta — device used by divers
• Swedish: simfötter — device used by divers
• Turkish: palet — device used by divers
• Turkish: yüzme paleti — device used by divers
• Japanese: 完 (kan) — film and TV, end