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Finn
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finn fínn
English
Pronunciation
fĭn, en /ˈfɪn/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Finn.wav Southern England
en ɪn 1
en fin
Etymology 1
thumb|upright|A Finn (2)
en ine-pro *pent-
From en ang Finnas the Sami (plural), from en non finnr a en hunter-gatherer, from en gem-pro *finnaz (which see for more). Possibly originally meaning a ‘finder’ of food, referring to nomadic hunter-gatherers, particularly the Sami.
Noun
A national of Finland.
en Finlander dated
en w:National Geographic 1989 May 175 5 The Baltic: Arena of Power Priit J. Vesilind 614 Culturally and economically Finland is a Western nation. But would the Finns fight if the Soviets tried to use Finnish territory as a springboard to attack NATO?
A person of ethnic Finnish (Suomi) ancestry; a non-Swedish, non-Sami Finlander.
en Suomi rare Yam historical
fi Finnishman Finnishwoman
A member of any Finnic nationality, such as (more narrowly) a Baltic Finn such as a Karelian or Estonian, or (more broadly) a Volga Finn or Perm Finn.
en Finnic Yam historical
Derived terms
en Findian Finnair Finndian Finnhorse Finnish
Translations
ethnic Finn
Armenian: hy ֆինն
Belarusian: be фін m, be фі́нка f
Chamalal: cji пи́нали, cji пи́нади
Czech: cs Fin m, cs Finka f
Danish: da finne c
Dutch: nl Fin m, nl Finse f
Esperanto: eo finno
Estonian: et soomlane, et somm colloquial, et poro colloquial ethnic slur, et põder colloquial ethnic slur
French: fr Finnois m, fr Finnoise f
Georgian: ka ფინელი
German: de Finne m, de Finnin f
Hungarian: hu finn
Icelandic: is Finni m
Ingrian: izh soomalain
Interlingua: ia finnese
Italian: it finnico m
Japanese: ja フィン人 Fin-jin
Khmer: km ហ្វាំង feaŋ
Komi:
Komi-Zyrian: kpv финн
Macedonian: mk Финец m, mk Финка f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb finne m
Nynorsk: nn finne m, nn kven m
Ojibwe: oj madoodoowinini an, oj omakakiiwinini an
Old East Slavic: orv Сумь
Polish: pl Fin m-pr, pl Finka f
Portuguese: pt fino m
Russian: ru финн m, ru фи́нка f
Sami:
Kildin Sami: sjd ла̄дтҍ, sjd ла̄дӭлаш
Northern Sami: se láddelaš, se láttán
Skolt Sami: sms läʹdd
Serbo-Croatian: sh Finac m, sh Finkinja f
Slovak: sk Fín m, sk Fínka f
Slovene: sl Fínec m, sl Fínka f
Swahili: sw Mfini
Swedish: sv finne m f, sv finska f
Turkish: tr Fin
Ukrainian: uk фін m, uk фі́нка f
national of Finland
Arabic: ar فِنْلَنْدِيّ m, ar فِنْلَنْدِيَّة f
Armenian: hy ֆինլանդացի
Asturian: ast finlandés m, ast finés m, ast finlandesa f, ast finesa f
Basque: eu finlandiar
Bulgarian: bg финландец m
Catalan: ca finlandès m, ca finlandesa f
Valencian: ca finlandés m, ca finlandesa f
Chamalal: cji пи́нали, cji пи́нади
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 芬蘭人 Fēnlán rén
Esperanto: eo finnlandano
Estonian: et soomlane, et somm colloquial, et poro colloquial ethnic slur, et põder colloquial ethnic slur
Finnish: fi suomalainen
French: fr Finlandais m, fr Finlandaise f
Galician: gl finlandés m
Georgian: ka ფინელი
German: de Finnländer m, de Finnländerin f
Greek: el Φινλανδός m, el Φινλανδέζα f
Indonesian: orang Finlandia
Ingrian: izh soomalain
Irish: ga Fionlannach m
Italian: it finlandese m f
Japanese: ja フィンランド人 Finrando-jin
Komi:
Komi-Zyrian: kpv финн
Korean: ko 핀란드인, ko 핀란드 사람
Latvian: lv soms m, lv somiete f
Lithuanian: lt suomis m, lt suomė f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb finlender m, nb finlending m
Nynorsk: nn finlendar m, nn finlending m
Ojibwe: oj madoodoowinini an, oj omakakiiwinini an
Polish: pl Fin m-pr, pl Finka f
Portuguese: pt finlandês m, pt finlandesa f
Romanian: ro finlandez m, ro finlandeză f
Russian: ru финля́ндец m, ru финля́ндка f
Sami:
Kildin Sami: sjd Ла̄дтҍе̄ммьне
Northern Sami: se suopmelaš
Scottish Gaelic: gd Fionnlainneach m
Spanish: es finlandés m, es finlandesa f
Swahili: sw Mfinlendi
Swedish: sv finländare m f, sv finländska f[note sv finlandssvensk m f, sv finlandssvenska f Swedish Finnlander]
Turkish: tr Finlandiyalı
Venetan: vec finlandexe m f
Volapük: vo Suomiyänan
Cherokee: chr ᎠᏫᏂ
Georgian: ka ფინელი
Hawaiian: haw Pinilana
Scottish Gaelic: gd Suòmach m
Proper noun
en male Old Norse.
Etymology 2
thumb|The ancient bridge across the Finn at Clady
An Old and Middle Irish form of Fionn.
Proper noun
~ s
en male Irish.
en.
en river co/Donegal c/Ireland, which joins the Mourne to form the Foyle. en The same <<river>> borders onto <<co/Tyrone>>, <<cc/Northern Ireland>>, between Clady and Strabane.
Derived terms
en Finn raccoon Huckleberry Finn Finchel Finnrey
en Ethnonyms Finland Nationalities
Danish
da:
Etymology
From da non Finnr.
Proper noun
da proper noun
da male
References
Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data:25 335 males with the given name Fnn have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
German
de:
Pronunciation
de [fɪn]
de De-at Finn.ogg Austria
Proper noun
de proper noun
de male Danish,Norwegian,en:Finn
Usage notes
Currently popular in Germany.
Derived terms
de Finja, de Finnja
Irish
Pronunciation
ga Mayo,Ulster /fʲin̠ʲ/
Proper noun
ga pnf
ga Fionn voc//gen s
Mutation
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From lb de Finne.
Pronunciation
lb /fin/
lb in 1
Noun
m
Finn (person from Finland)
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Etymology
From nn non Finnr, from non finnr Sami, whence also nn finn. Also a short form of compound names with the element. Cognate with fo,is Finnur, sv Finn and da Find.
Proper noun
m
nn male Old Norse Finna
Related terms
nn finn Sami
References
Finn 99
Old English
Etymology
From ang gem-pro *finnaz. Compare non Finnr.
Pronunciation
Finn
ang inn 1
Proper noun
Finn m
Sami
ang in the plural Lapland
Declension
Finn
Derived terms
ang Finna land
ang Finnas
ang Tribes