Finnish

English

Alternative forms

• Fin. (abbreviation)

Etymology

Etymology tree

English Finn

Proto-Indo-European *-iskos

Proto-Germanic *-iskaz

Proto-West Germanic *-isk

Old English -isċ

Middle English -isch

English -ish

English Finnish

From Finn + -ish.

Pronunciation

• (Western)
  • enPR: fĭn′ĭsh, IPA^(key): /ˈfɪn.ɪʃ/

  • Audio (UK):

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  • Rhymes: -ɪnɪʃ
  • Homophone: finish
• (South Asia) IPA^(key): /fɪnnɪʃ/

Adjective

Finnish (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Finland or the Finns; Finlandic, Finlandish.
   • 1989 May, Priit J. Vesilind, “The Baltic: Arena of Power”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 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?

   • 2024 July 12, “Finland approves controversial law to turn away migrants at Russian border”, in Euronews‎^[1], archived from the original on 3 August 2024:

     The law would allow Finnish border guards to reject migrant asylum applications at crossing points under certain circumstances.

2. Of or pertaining to the Finnish language.

Derived terms

• Karelo-Finnish

Translations

of Finland

• Afrikaans: Fins (af)
• Albanian: finlandez (sq)
• Arabic: فِنْلَنْدِيّ (finlandiyy)
• Armenian: ֆինլանդական (hy) (finlandakan), ֆիննական (hy) (finnakan)
• Asturian: finlandés (ast), finés (ast)
• Azerbaijani: fin (az)
• Basque: finlandiar
• Belarusian: фі́нскі (fínski), фінля́ндскі (finljándski)
• Bengali: ফিনীয় (phiniẏo)
• Bulgarian: фи́нски (fínski)
• Burmese: ဖင်လန် (hpanglan)
• Catalan: finlandès (ca)

  Valencian: finlandés (ca)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 芬蘭的 / 芬兰的 (zh) (Fēnlán de)

• Czech: finský (cs) m
• Danish: finsk (da)
• Dutch: Fins (nl)
• Esperanto: finna (eo)
• Estonian: soome (et)
• Faroese: finskur
• Finnish: suomalainen (fi), suomen (fi)
• French: finlandais (fr)
• Galician: finlandés (gl)
• Georgian: ფინური (ka) (pinuri), ფინეთის (pinetis)
• German: finnisch (de)
• Greek: φινλανδικός (el) (finlandikós)
• Greenlandic: Finskisut, finlandimiutut, finlandimeersoq
• Hawaiian: Pinilana
• Hebrew: פִינִי (fini)
• Hindi: फ़िन्निश (hi) (finniś)
• Hungarian: finn (hu), finnországi (hu)
• Icelandic: finnskur (is)
• Ido: Finlandana (io)
• Indonesian: Finlandia (id)
• Ingrian: soomen
• Irish: Fionlannach
• Italian: finlandese (it)
• Japanese: フィンランドの (ja) (Finrando no)
• Javanese: Finlan
• Kazakh: фин (fıyn), финдік (fıyndik)
• Khmer: ហ្វាំងឡង់ (km) (fanglɑng)
• Korean: 핀란드의 (ko) (Pillandeu-ui)
• Kyrgyz: финн (finn)
• Lao: ແຟັງລັງ (lo) (fæng lang)
• Latin: fennicus, finnicus
• Latvian: somu (lv), somisks
• Lithuanian: suomių (lt), suomiškas
• Lombard: finlandes (lmo)
• Macedonian: фински (finski)
• Malay: Finland (ms)
• Mansi:

  Northern Mansi: please add this translation if you can

• Mongolian: финлянд (finljand)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: finsk (no), finlandsk

  Nynorsk: finsk (nn), finlandsk (nn)

• Occitan: finés (oc)
• Old Norse: finnskr
• Pashto: فنلېنډي (fenlenḍí), فنلېنډی (fenlenḍáy)
• Persian: فنلاندی (fa) (fanlândi)
• Polish: fiński (pl), finlandzki (pl)
• Portuguese: finlandês (pt), finês (pt), fino (pt)
• Romanian: finlandez (ro)
• Russian: фи́нский (ru) (fínskij), финля́ндский (ru) (finljándskij)
• Sami:

  Northern Sami: suoma

  Skolt Sami: lääʹdd

• Scottish Gaelic: Fionnlainneach, Suòmach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: фи̑нскӣ

  Latin: fȋnskī (sh)

• Slovak: fínsky (sk)
• Slovene: fínski (sl)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: finski

  Upper Sorbian: finski (hsb)

• Spanish: finlandés (es), finés (es)
• Swedish: finsk (sv), finländsk (sv)
• Tagalog: Pinlandes (tl)
• Tajik: финӣ (tg) (fini)
• Thai: ฟินแลนด์ (th) (fin-lɛɛn)
• Translingual: fennicus, finlandicus
• Turkish: Fin (tr)
• Turkmen: fin
• Ukrainian: фі́нський (uk) (fínsʹkyj), фінля́ндський (finljándsʹkyj)
• Urdu: فینیش (finniś)
• Uyghur: فىنلاندىيە (finlandiye)
• Uzbek: fin (uz)
• Venetan: finlandexe (vec)
• Vietnamese: Phần Lan (vi) (芬蘭 (vi))
• Volapük: Suomiyänik (vo)
• Votic: soomõ
• Yiddish: פֿיניש (finish)
• Zhuang: Fwnhlanz

of the Finnish language

• Afrikaans: Fins (af)
• Armenian: ֆիններեն (hy) (finneren)
• Asturian: finlandés (ast), finés (ast)
• Basque: finlandiar
• Belarusian: фі́нская мо́ва f (fínskaja móva), фі́нская f (fínskaja)
• Catalan: finès (ca), finlandès (ca)

  Valencian: finés (ca)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 芬蘭語的 / 芬兰语的 (zh) (Fēnlányǔ de)

• Czech: finský (cs) m
• Danish: finsk (da)
• Dutch: Fins (nl)
• Esperanto: finna (eo)
• Estonian: soomekeelne (et), soome keelt rääkiv
• Faroese: finskur
• Finnish: suomenkielinen (fi)
• French: finnois (fr) m, finnoise (fr) f
• Galician: finés (gl) m
• Georgian: ფინური (ka) (pinuri), ფინური ენა (pinuri ena)
• German: finnisch (de)
• Greek: φινλανδικός (el) (finlandikós)
• Hawaiian: Pinilana
• Hebrew: פינית (he) f (finit)
• Hindi: फ़िन्निश (hi) (finniś)
• Hungarian: finn (hu)
• Icelandic: finnskur (is) m
• Ido: Finlandana (io)
• Ingrian: soomen
• Japanese: フィンランド語の (Finrando-go no)
• Korean: 핀란드어의 (ko) (pillandeueo-ui)
• Latvian: somu (lv), somisks
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: finsk (no)

  Nynorsk: finsk (nn)

• Old Norse: finnskr
• Persian: فنلاندی (fa) (fanlândi)
• Polish: fiński (pl)
• Portuguese: finlandês (pt), finês (pt), fino (pt)
• Romanian: finlandez (ro)
• Russian: фи́нский (ru) (fínskij)
• Sami:

  Northern Sami: suomagielat

  Skolt Sami: lääʹdd

• Scottish Gaelic: Fionnlainneach, Suòmach
• Slovak: fínsky (sk)
• Spanish: finlandés (es), finés (es)
• Swedish: finsk (sv)
• Tagalog: Pinlandes (tl)
• Turkish: Fince (tr)
• Venetan: finlandexe (vec) m
• Volapük: Suomiyänapükik
• Votic: soomõ
• Yiddish: פֿיניש (finish)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} فِنْلَنْدِيّ (finlandiyy)
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} finnese
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} finlandese (it)
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} فنلاندی (fa) (fanlândi)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} finlandez (ro)
• Sami:

  Northern Sami: ^{(please verify)} suoma

• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} finski (sh)

Noun

Finnish (uncountable)

2. 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).

Translations

language

• Abkhaz: Афинн бызшәа (Afinn bəzŝʷa)
• Afrikaans: Fins (af)
• Albanian: gjuha finlandeze
• Arabic: فِنْلَنْدِيَّة (ar) f (finlandiyya), فِنْلَنْدِيّ m (finlandiyy)
• Armenian: ֆիններեն (hy) (finneren)
• Asturian: finlandés (ast) m, finés (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: фин, fin (az), fincə (az)
• Basque: suomiera (eu), finlandiera (eu)
• Belarusian: фі́нская f (fínskaja) (мо́ва)
• Bengali: ফিনীয় ভাষা (phiniẏo bhaśa)
• Breton: finneg (br)
• Bulgarian: фи́нски m (fínski) (ези́к)
• Catalan: finès (ca) m, finlandès (ca) m

  Valencian: finés (ca) m, finlandés (ca) m

• Cherokee: ᏫᏂᏏ (winisi), ᎠᏂᏫᏂ ᎧᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ (aniwini kawonihisdi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 芬蘭語 / 芬兰语 (zh) (fēnlányǔ)

• Czech: finština (cs)
• Danish: finsk (da) n
• Dutch: Fins (nl) n
• Esperanto: finna (eo), suoma (eo), finna lingvo
• Estonian: soome keel (et)
• Faroese: finskt (fo) n
• Finnish: suomi (fi), suomen kieli
• French: finnois (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Finsk (fy)

• Galician: finés (gl) m
• Georgian: ფინური (ka) (pinuri), ფინური ენა (pinuri ena)
• German: Finnisch (de) n
• Greek: φινλανδικά (el) n pl (finlandiká)
• Greenlandic: finlandimiutut
• Hebrew: פינית (he) f (finít)
• Hindi: फ़िनिश (finiś), फ़िनिश भाषा f (finiś bhāṣā), फ़िन्निश (hi) f (finniś)
• Hungarian: finn (hu)
• Icelandic: finnska (is) f
• Ido: Finlandana (io)
• Indonesian: bahasa Finlandia, bahasa Suomi
• Ingrian: soomi
• Interlingua: finnese
• Irish: Fionlainnis (ga)
• Italian: finlandese (it) m
• Japanese: フィンランド語 (ja) (finrandogo)
• Javanese: basa Finlan, basa Suomi
• Karelian: šuomi
• Kazakh: фин тілі (fıyn tili)
• Khmer: ហ្វាំង (fang)
• Korean: 핀란드어 (ko) (pillandeueo)
• Kumyk: фин тил (fin til)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: fînî (ku)

• Latvian: somu valoda (lv) f, somu (lv) f
• Lithuanian: suomių kalba (lt) f (suomiškai)
• Macedonian: фински m (finski)
• Malay: bahasa Finland, Finland (ms), Finlandia (ms)
• Maltese: Finlandiż (mt)
• Mari: финляндий (finĺandij) (finljandij)
• Moksha: суомиень (suomijeń)
• Mongolian: финлянд (finljand), финлянди (finljandi)
• Navajo: Nahoditsʼǫʼłání Dineʼé bizaad
• Nepali: फिनिश (phiniś)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: finsk (no) m

  Nynorsk: finsk (nn) m

• Occitan: finés (oc) m
• Old Norse: please add this translation if you can
• Ossetian: Финнаг ӕвзаг (Finnag ævzag)
• Persian: فنلاندی (fa) (fanlândi)
• Polish: język fiński m inan
• Portuguese: finlandês (pt) m, finês (pt) m
• Romanian: limba finlandeză f, finlandeză (ro) f
• Russian: фи́нский (ru) m (fínskij) (язы́к)
• Sami:

  Inari Sami: suomâkielâ

  Kildin Sami: ла‌дтҍ кӣлл (la‌dt’ kīll)

  Lule Sami: suomagiella, suobma

  Northern Sami: suomagiella, suopma

  Skolt Sami: lääʹddǩiõll

  Southern Sami: soemengïele

  Ume Sami: suamangiälla

• Scottish Gaelic: Suòmais f, Fionnlainnis f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: фински m

  Latin: finski (sh) m

• Slovak: fínčina (sk) f
• Slovene: fínščina (sl) f
• Sorbian: Finšćina

  Lower Sorbian: finšćina f

  Upper Sorbian: finšćina (hsb) f

• Spanish: finlandés (es) m, finés (es) m
• Swahili: Kifinishi
• Swedish: finska (sv) c
• Tagalog: Pinlandes (tl)
• Tamil: பின்னிஷ் (piṉṉiṣ)
• Tatar: suomiçä (tt), фин теле (tt) (fin tele)
• Thai: ภาษาฟินนิช, ภาษาฟิน, ภาษาฟินแลนด์
• Tigrinya: ፊኒሽ (finiš)
• Turkish: Fince (tr)
• Ukrainian: фі́нська (uk) f (fínsʹka) (мо́ва)
• Urdu: فنّنِش (finniś)
• Venetan: finlandexe (vec) m
• Vietnamese: tiếng Phần Lan
• Volapük: Suomiyänapük (vo)
• Votic: soomõ čeeli
• Walloon: Finwès
• Welsh: Ffinneg (cy)
• Yiddish: פֿיניש n (finish)
• Zulu: Isifinilandi

See also

• Finn: a person from Finland.
• Finnish language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Torne Valley Finnish: a variety of Finnish spoken in Northern Sweden
• Kven: a variety of Finnish spoken in Northern Norway
• Karelian
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Finnish terms
• Category:Finnish lemmas
• Appendix:Finnish Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Finnish

Further reading

• Finnish–English Dictionary: from Webster’s Dictionary — the Rosetta Edition.
• ISO 639-1 code fi, ISO 639-3 code fin (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Finnish, fin ⁠