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Finno-Ugric

adj · name · 4 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈfɪ.noʊ ˈ(j)u.ɡrɪk/
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adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to Finno-Ugric languages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A group of languages that, together with Samoyedic, make up the Uralic family, and are spoken in a broad swath from Siberia to Norway.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

The Uralic languages as a whole.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

a family of Uralic languages indigenous to Scandinavia and Hungary and Russia and western Siberia (prior to the Slavic expansion into those regions)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Finno-Ugrian

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Uralic, Uralic language

Narrower terms: Fennic, Finnic, Non-Ugric, Ugric, Ugrian

History

Etymology

From Finno- + Ugric.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ֆիննաուգրական (finnaugrakan) — of or relating to Finno-Ugric
  • Catalan: finoúgric — of or relating to Finno-Ugric
  • Czech: ugrofinský — of or relating to Finno-Ugric
  • Dutch: Fins-Oegrisch — of or relating to Finno-Ugric
  • Dutch: Finoegrisch — of or relating to Finno-Ugric
  • Estonian: soome-ugri — of or relating to Finno-Ugric
  • Finnish: suomalais-ugrilainen — of or relating to Finno-Ugric
  • French: finno-ougrien — of or relating to Finno-Ugric
  • Hungarian: finnugor — of or relating to Finno-Ugric
  • Irish: Fionn-Úgrach — of or relating to Finno-Ugric
  • Norwegian Bokmål: finsk-ugrisk — of or relating to Finno-Ugric
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: finsk-ugrisk — of or relating to Finno-Ugric
  • Polish: ugrofiński — of or relating to Finno-Ugric
  • Portuguese: fino-úgrico — of or relating to Finno-Ugric
  • Russian: фи́нно-уго́рский (fínno-ugórskij) — of or relating to Finno-Ugric
  • Spanish: finoúgrio — of or relating to Finno-Ugric
  • Ukrainian: фі́но-уго́рський (fíno-uhórsʹkyj) — of or relating to Finno-Ugric
  • Armenian: ֆիննաուգրական (finnaugrakan) — non-Indo-European group of languages
  • Bulgarian: у́гро-фи́нски eзи́ци (úgro-fínski ezíci) — non-Indo-European group of languages
  • Czech: ugrofinština — non-Indo-European group of languages
  • Czech: ugrofinské jazyky — non-Indo-European group of languages
  • Estonian: soome-ugri — non-Indo-European group of languages
  • Finnish: suomalais-ugrilainen kieli — non-Indo-European group of languages
  • French: langues finno-ougriennes — non-Indo-European group of languages
  • German: finno-ugrische Sprachen — non-Indo-European group of languages
  • Hungarian: finnugor — non-Indo-European group of languages
  • Irish: fine Fhionn-Úgrach — non-Indo-European group of languages
  • Polish: język ugrofiński — non-Indo-European group of languages
  • Portuguese: fino-úgrico — non-Indo-European group of languages
  • Russian: фи́нно-уго́рские языки́ (fínno-ugórskije jazykí) — non-Indo-European group of languages
  • Scottish Gaelic: Fionn-Ungaireach — non-Indo-European group of languages
  • Turkish: Fin Ugor — non-Indo-European group of languages