adj · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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fĭn′ĭsh
/ˈfɪn.ɪʃ/
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rhymes with -ɪnɪʃ
homophone: finish
South-Asia:/fɪnnɪʃ/
CMU ARPABET:F IH1 N IH0 SH
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to Finland or the Finns; Finlandic, Finlandish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Of or pertaining to the Finnish language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective
Meaning 4
of or relating to or characteristic of Finland or the people of Finland
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Finnish architecture
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
the official language of Finland; belongs to the Baltic Finnic family of languages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Suomi
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Baltic-Finnic
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English Finn Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English Finnish From Finn + -ish.
Across languages
Translations
301 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
Fins
— of Finland
Albanian:
finlandez
— of Finland
Arabic:
فِنْلَنْدِيّ
(finlandiyy)
— of Finland
Armenian:
ֆինլանդական
(finlandakan)
— of Finland
Armenian:
ֆիննական
(finnakan)
— of Finland
Asturian:
finlandés
— of Finland
Asturian:
finés
— of Finland
Azerbaijani:
fin
— of Finland
Basque:
finlandiar
— of Finland
Belarusian:
фі́нскі
(fínski)
— of Finland
Belarusian:
фінля́ндскі
(finljándski)
— of Finland
Bengali:
ফিনীয়
(phiniẏo)
— of Finland
Bulgarian:
фи́нски
(fínski)
— of Finland
Burmese:
ဖင်လန်
(hpanglan)
— of Finland
Catalan:
finlandès
— of Finland
Catalan:
finlandés
— of Finland
Chinese Mandarin:
芬蘭的 /芬兰的
(Fēnlán de)
— of Finland
Czech:
finský
— of Finland
Danish:
finsk
— of Finland
Dutch:
Fins
— of Finland
Esperanto:
finna
— of Finland
Estonian:
soome
— of Finland
Faroese:
finskur
— of Finland
Finnish:
suomalainen
— of Finland
Finnish:
suomen
— of Finland
French:
finlandais
— of Finland
Galician:
finlandés
— of Finland
Georgian:
ფინური
(pinuri)
— of Finland
Georgian:
ფინეთის
(pinetis)
— of Finland
German:
finnisch
— of Finland
Greek:
φινλανδικός
(finlandikós)
— of Finland
Greenlandic:
Finskisut
— of Finland
Greenlandic:
finlandimiutut
— of Finland
Greenlandic:
finlandimeersoq
— of Finland
Hawaiian:
Pinilana
— of Finland
Hebrew:
פִינִי
(fini)
— of Finland
Hindi:
फ़िन्निश
(finniś)
— of Finland
Hungarian:
finn
— of Finland
Hungarian:
finnországi
— of Finland
Icelandic:
finnskur
— of Finland
Ido:
Finlandana
— of Finland
Ingrian:
soomen
— of Finland
Irish:
Fionlannach
— of Finland
Italian:
finlandese
— of Finland
Japanese:
フィンランドの
(Finrando no)
— of Finland
Kazakh:
фин
(fin)
— of Finland
Kazakh:
финдік
(findık)
— of Finland
Khmer:
ហ្វាំងឡង់
(fanglɑng)
— of Finland
Korean:
핀란드의
(Pillandeu-ui)
— of Finland
Kyrgyz:
финн
(finn)
— of Finland
Lao:
ແຟັງລັງ
(fæng lang)
— of Finland
Latin:
fennicus
— of Finland
Latin:
finnicus
— of Finland
Latvian:
somu
— of Finland
Latvian:
somisks
— of Finland
Lithuanian:
suomių
— of Finland
Lithuanian:
suomiškas
— of Finland
Lombard:
finlandes
— of Finland
Macedonian:
фински
(finski)
— of Finland
Malay:
Finland
— of Finland
Mongolian:
финлянд
(finljand)
— of Finland
Norwegian Bokmål:
finsk
— of Finland
Norwegian Bokmål:
finlandsk
— of Finland
Norwegian Nynorsk:
finsk
— of Finland
Norwegian Nynorsk:
finlandsk
— of Finland
Occitan:
finés
— of Finland
Old Norse:
finnskr
— of Finland
Pashto:
فنلېنډي
(fenlenḍí)
— of Finland
Pashto:
فنلېنډی
(fenlenḍáy)
— of Finland
Persian:
فنلاندی
(fanlândi)
— of Finland
Polish:
fiński
— of Finland
Polish:
finlandzki
— of Finland
Portuguese:
finlandês
— of Finland
Portuguese:
finês
— of Finland
Portuguese:
fino
— of Finland
Romanian:
finlandez
— of Finland
Russian:
фи́нский
(fínskij)
— of Finland
Russian:
финля́ндский
(finljándskij)
— of Finland
Northern Sami:
suoma
— of Finland
Skolt-Sami:
lääʹdd
— of Finland
Scottish Gaelic:
Fionnlainneach
— of Finland
Scottish Gaelic:
Suòmach
— of Finland
Serbo-Croatian:
фи̑нскӣ
— of Finland
Serbo-Croatian:
fȋnskī
— of Finland
Slovak:
fínsky
— of Finland
Slovene:
fínski
— of Finland
Lower Sorbian:
finski
— of Finland
Upper Sorbian:
finski
— of Finland
Spanish:
finlandés
— of Finland
Spanish:
finés
— of Finland
Swedish:
finsk
— of Finland
Swedish:
finländsk
— of Finland
Tagalog:
Pinlandes
— of Finland
Tajik:
финӣ
(fini)
— of Finland
Thai:
ฟินแลนด์
(fin-lɛɛn)
— of Finland
Translingual:
fennicus
— of Finland
Translingual:
finlandicus
— of Finland
Turkish:
Fin
— of Finland
Turkmen:
fin
— of Finland
Ukrainian:
фі́нський
(fínsʹkyj)
— of Finland
Ukrainian:
фінля́ндський
(finljándsʹkyj)
— of Finland
Urdu:
فینیش
(finniś)
— of Finland
Uyghur:
فىنلاندىيە
(finlandiye)
— of Finland
Uzbek:
fin
— of Finland
Venetan:
finlandexe
— of Finland
Vietnamese:
Phần Lan
— of Finland
Volapük:
Suomiyänik
— of Finland
Votic:
soomõ
— of Finland
Yiddish:
פֿיניש
(finish)
— of Finland
Zhuang:
Fwnhlanz
— of Finland
Afrikaans:
Fins
— of the Finnish language
Armenian:
ֆիններեն
(finneren)
— of the Finnish language
Asturian:
finlandés
— of the Finnish language
Asturian:
finés
— of the Finnish language
Basque:
finlandiar
— of the Finnish language
Belarusian:
фі́нская мо́ва
(fínskaja móva)
— of the Finnish language
Belarusian:
фі́нская
(fínskaja)
— of the Finnish language
Catalan:
finès
— of the Finnish language
Catalan:
finlandès
— of the Finnish language
Catalan:
finés
— of the Finnish language
Chinese Mandarin:
芬蘭語的 /芬兰语的
(Fēnlányǔ de)
— of the Finnish language
Czech:
finský
— of the Finnish language
Danish:
finsk
— of the Finnish language
Dutch:
Fins
— of the Finnish language
Esperanto:
finna
— of the Finnish language
Estonian:
soomekeelne
— of the Finnish language
Estonian:
soome keelt rääkiv
— of the Finnish language
Faroese:
finskur
— of the Finnish language
Finnish:
suomenkielinen
— of the Finnish language
French:
finnois
— of the Finnish language
French:
finnoise
— of the Finnish language
Galician:
finés
— of the Finnish language
Georgian:
ფინური
(pinuri)
— of the Finnish language
Georgian:
ფინური ენა
(pinuri ena)
— of the Finnish language
German:
finnisch
— of the Finnish language
Greek:
φινλανδικός
(finlandikós)
— of the Finnish language
Hawaiian:
Pinilana
— of the Finnish language
Hebrew:
פינית
(finit)
— of the Finnish language
Hindi:
फ़िन्निश
(finniś)
— of the Finnish language
Hungarian:
finn
— of the Finnish language
Icelandic:
finnskur
— of the Finnish language
Ido:
Finlandana
— of the Finnish language
Ingrian:
soomen
— of the Finnish language
Japanese:
フィンランド語の
(Finrando-go no)
— of the Finnish language
Korean:
핀란드어의
(pillandeueo-ui)
— of the Finnish language
Latvian:
somu
— of the Finnish language
Latvian:
somisks
— of the Finnish language
Norwegian Bokmål:
finsk
— of the Finnish language
Norwegian Nynorsk:
finsk
— of the Finnish language
Old Norse:
finnskr
— of the Finnish language
Persian:
فنلاندی
(fanlândi)
— of the Finnish language
Polish:
fiński
— of the Finnish language
Portuguese:
finlandês
— of the Finnish language
Portuguese:
finês
— of the Finnish language
Portuguese:
fino
— of the Finnish language
Romanian:
finlandez
— of the Finnish language
Russian:
фи́нский
(fínskij)
— of the Finnish language
Northern Sami:
suomagielat
— of the Finnish language
Skolt-Sami:
lääʹdd
— of the Finnish language
Scottish Gaelic:
Fionnlainneach
— of the Finnish language
Scottish Gaelic:
Suòmach
— of the Finnish language
Slovak:
fínsky
— of the Finnish language
Spanish:
finlandés
— of the Finnish language
Spanish:
finés
— of the Finnish language
Swedish:
finsk
— of the Finnish language
Tagalog:
Pinlandes
— of the Finnish language
Turkish:
Fince
— of the Finnish language
Venetan:
finlandexe
— of the Finnish language
Volapük:
Suomiyänapükik
— of the Finnish language
Votic:
soomõ
— of the Finnish language
Yiddish:
פֿיניש
(finish)
— of the Finnish language
Abkhaz:
Афинн бызшәа
(Afinn bəzŝwa)
— language
Afrikaans:
Fins
— language
Albanian:
gjuha finlandeze
— language
Arabic:
فِنْلَنْدِيَّة
(finlandiyya)
— language
Arabic:
فِنْلَنْدِيّ
(finlandiyy)
— language
Armenian:
ֆիններեն
(finneren)
— language
Asturian:
finlandés
— language
Asturian:
finés
— language
Azerbaijani:
фин
— language
Azerbaijani:
fin
— language
Azerbaijani:
fincə
— language
Basque:
suomiera
— language
Basque:
finlandiera
— language
Belarusian:
фі́нская
(fínskaja)
— language
Bengali:
ফিনীয় ভাষা
(phiniẏo bhaśa)
— language
Breton:
finneg
— language
Bulgarian:
фи́нски
(fínski)
— language
Catalan:
finès
— language
Catalan:
finlandès
— language
Catalan:
finés
— language
Catalan:
finlandés
— language
Cherokee:
ᏫᏂᏏ
(winisi)
— language
Cherokee:
ᎠᏂᏫᏂ ᎧᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ
(aniwini kawonihisdi)
— language