Standard Lemma guide
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adj
Of the branch of the Uralic language family that includes Finnish, Estonian, Karelian, Veps, Livonian, Ingrian and Votic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: Baltic-Finnic, Baltic-Fennic, Balto-Finnic, Balto-Fennic, Fennic
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Of the hypothetical Finno-Volgaic subgrouping of the Uralic languages that includes the Baltic-Finnic, Sami, Mordvinic and Mari languages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, not-comparable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Of the hypothetical Finno-Permic subgrouping of the Uralic languages that includes the Finno-Volgaic and Permic languages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, not-comparable
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Synonyms: Finno-Permic, Finno-Permian, Fenno-Permic, Fenno-Permian, Fennic
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Finnish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, rare
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
one of two branches of the Finno-Ugric languages; a family of languages including Finnish and Estonian (but not Hungarian)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Fennic, Non-Ugric
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Finno-Ugric, Finno-Ugrian
Narrower terms: Permic, Volgaic, Baltic-Finnic
History
Etymology tree English Finn Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Finnic From Finn + -ic.
Across languages
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
