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Finnish

adj · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • fĭn′ĭsh
  • /ˈfɪn.ɪʃ/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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
  • Chinese Mandarin: 芬蘭語 /芬兰语 (fēnlányǔ) — language
  • Czech: finština — language
  • Danish: finsk — language
  • Dutch: Fins — language
  • Esperanto: finna — language
  • Esperanto: suoma — language
  • Esperanto: finna lingvo — language
  • Estonian: soome keel — language
  • Faroese: finskt — language
  • Finnish: suomi — language
  • Finnish: suomen kieli — language
  • French: finnois — language
  • West-Frisian: Finsk — language
  • Galician: finés — language
  • Georgian: ფინური (pinuri) — language
  • Georgian: ფინური ენა (pinuri ena) — language
  • German: Finnisch — language
  • Greek: φινλανδικά (finlandiká) — language
  • Greenlandic: finlandimiutut — language
  • Hebrew: פינית (finít) — language
  • Hindi: फ़िनिश (finiś) — language
  • Hindi: फ़िनिश भाषा (finiś bhāṣā) — language
  • Hindi: फ़िन्निश (finniś) — language
  • Hungarian: finn — language
  • Icelandic: finnska — language
  • Ido: Finlandana — language
  • Indonesian: bahasa Finlandia — language
  • Indonesian: bahasa Suomi — language
  • Ingrian: soomi — language
  • Interlingua: finnese — language
  • Irish: Fionlainnis — language
  • Italian: finlandese — language
  • Japanese: フィンランド語 (finrandogo) — language
  • Javanese: basa Finlan — language
  • Javanese: basa Suomi — language
  • Karelian: šuomi — language
  • Kazakh: фин тілі (fin tılı) — language
  • Khmer: ហ្វាំង (fang) — language
  • Korean: 핀란드어 (pillandeueo) — language
  • Kumyk: фин тил (fin til) — language
  • Northern Kurdish: fînî — language
  • Latvian: somu valoda — language
  • Latvian: somu — language
  • Lithuanian: suomių kalba (suomiškai) — language
  • Macedonian: фински (finski) — language
  • Malay: bahasa Finland — language
  • Malay: Finland — language
  • Malay: Finlandia — language
  • Maltese: Finlandiż — language
  • Mari: финляндий (finĺandij) — language
  • Moksha: суомиень (suomijeń) — language
  • Mongolian: финлянд (finljand) — language
  • Mongolian: финлянди (finljandi) — language
  • Navajo: Nahoditsʼǫʼłání Dineʼé bizaad — language
  • Nepali: फिनिश (phiniś) — language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: finsk — language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: finsk — language
  • Occitan: finés — language
  • Ossetian: Финнаг ӕвзаг (Finnag ævzag) — language
  • Persian: فنلاندی (fanlândi) — language
  • Polish: język fiński — language
  • Portuguese: finlandês — language
  • Portuguese: finês — language
  • Romanian: limba finlandeză — language
  • Romanian: finlandeză — language
  • Russian: фи́нский (fínskij) — language
  • Inari-Sami: suomâkielâ — language
  • Kildin-Sami: ладтҍ кӣлл (ladt’ kīll) — language
  • Lule-Sami: suomagiella — language
  • Lule-Sami: suobma — language
  • Northern Sami: suomagiella — language
  • Northern Sami: suopma — language
  • Skolt-Sami: lääʹddǩiõll — language
  • Southern Sami: soemengïele — language
  • Ume-Sami: suamangiälla — language
  • Scottish Gaelic: Suòmais — language
  • Scottish Gaelic: Fionnlainnis — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: фински — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: finski — language
  • Slovak: fínčina — language
  • Slovene: fínščina — language
  • Sorbian: Finšćina — language
  • Lower Sorbian: finšćina — language
  • Upper Sorbian: finšćina — language
  • Spanish: finlandés — language
  • Spanish: finés — language
  • Swahili: Kifinishi — language
  • Swedish: finska — language
  • Tagalog: Pinlandes — language
  • Tamil: பின்னிஷ் (piṉṉiṣ) — language
  • Tatar: suomiçä — language
  • Tatar: фин теле (fin tele) — language
  • Thai: ภาษาฟินนิช — language
  • Thai: ภาษาฟิน — language
  • Thai: ภาษาฟินแลนด์ (fin-lɛɛn) — language
  • Tigrinya: ፊኒሽ (finiš) — language
  • Turkish: Fince — language
  • Ukrainian: фі́нська (fínsʹka) — language
  • Urdu: فنّنِش (finniś) — language
  • Venetan: finlandexe — language
  • Vietnamese: tiếng Phần Lan — language
  • Volapük: Suomiyänapük — language
  • Votic: soomõ čeeli — language
  • Walloon: Finwès — language
  • Welsh: Ffinneg — language
  • Yiddish: פֿיניש (finish) — language
  • Zulu: Isifinilandi — language
Real reading context

Finnish in complete knowledge articles