fin

fin

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Finnish.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Finnish terms

• enPR: fĭn, IPA^(key): /fɪn/

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• Homophones: Finn; thin (th-fronting)
• Rhymes: -ɪn

From Middle English fin, from Old English finn, from Proto-Germanic *finnō, *finǭ (“dorsal fin”) (compare Dutch vin, German Finne, Swedish finne, fena), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pīn- (“backbone, dorsal fin”) (compare Old Irish ind (“end, point”), Latin pinna (“feather, wing, fin”), Tocharian A spin (“hook”).

fin (plural fins)

2. (ichthyology, zootomy) One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.

   The fish's fins minimize water flow.

   • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

     Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.

3. A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.

   a dolphin's fin

4. A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.

   The fin stabilises the plane in flight.

5. A similar structure protruding from a projectile, used to help keep it on course.
6. (surfing) A similar structure on the bottom of a surfboard, used to help steer it.
7. A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along the top of the head from about the crown to the forehead.
8. A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.

   The divers wore fins to swim faster.

9. An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc., used to facilitate cooling.
10. A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder.
11. (nautical) The conning tower of a submarine.
12. (UK, slang, obsolete) A person's hand.
    • 1839, Dearden's Miscellany, volumes 1-2, page 661:

      "Done say I to that, Reuben, tip me your fin, my spark, and it shall be a bet."

• (appendange of a fish):
• (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal): flipper (of mammals)
• (aircraft component):
• (of a bomb): vane
• (hairstyle): Mohican
• (device worn by divers): flipper

fin (third-person singular simple present fins, present participle finning, simple past and past participle finned)

2. (transitive) To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.
3. (intransitive) (Of a fish) to swim with the dorsal fin above the surface of the water.
   • 1983, The Fisherman Who Laughed, page 54:

     When you spot him finning just under the surface, you move up quietly and present [...] bait, usually a squid.

4. (intransitive) To swim in the manner of a fish.

   A neutrally buoyant diver does not need to fin to maintain depth.

5. (transitive) To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins.

• Fin in the 1921 edition of Collier's Encyclopedia.

From Yiddish פֿינף (finf, “five”). Doublet of cinque, finnuf, five, pimp (“five”), ponzu, punch (“beverage”), and sengi (“currency”).

fin (plural fins)

1. (UK, formerly Australia, slang) a five-pound (£5) note; the sum of five pounds.

   Synonyms: finny, fiver, finnuf

2. (US, slang, dated) A five-dollar bill; the sum of five dollars.

   Synonyms: fiver, Lincoln

From French fin (“end”). Doublet of fine and finis.

fin (plural fins)

1. (archaic, film, television) "The end".

   Synonym: finis

2. (obsolete, road signs) Denotes the end of the road.

• "Fin.", once frequently found on title cards at the end of English-language movies and television programmes, along with the equivalent "The End."
• Once found on road signs at the terminus of roads, "FIN" and its equivalent "END" were used at the center of diamond chequerboard signs, in English-language jurisdictions

• inf., NFI, INF, if'n, IFN

From Latin finis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfin/ [ˈfĩŋ]
• Rhymes: -in
• Hyphenation: fin

fin m or f (plural fines)

1. end (extreme part)
2. end (final part, in time)

fin

1. black

• finman

fin

1. (transitive) to darken, blacken

• IPA^(key): /fin/ [fĩn]
• Rhymes: -in
• Hyphenation: fin

Borrowed from Spanish fino (“thin”).

fin (comparative finago, superlative finen, excessive finegi)

1. thin

   Synonyms: mehe, xehe

2. sharp

   Synonym: zorrotz

3. fine
4. delicate

Borrowed from Spanish fin.

fin inan

1. end, ending

   Synonym: amaiera

2. aim, objective

• “fin”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “fin”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Inherited from Old French fin, from Latin fīnis .

• IPA^(key): /fɛ̃/

fin m (fingne, plural fins)

1. (Troyen, Langrois) thin

• Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎^[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
• Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎^[2] (in French), Troyes

Ultimately, from Old Norse Finnr (“Finn, Sami”).

fin

1. Finnish

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[3], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

• fien

From Latin faenum. Compare Italian fieno, Romanian fân, Friulian fen, Romansch fain, French foin, Portuguese feno, Spanish heno. Alternative form also possibly through a Venetan intermediate as a loan word.

fin m

1. hay

From late Old Norse fínn, ultimately from Latin finis.

• IPA^(key): /fin/, [ˈfiˀn]
• Rhymes: -in

fin (neuter fint, plural and definite singular attributive fine)

1. fine
2. choice, classy
3. delicate
4. fashionable
5. grand, posh, genteel

• “fin” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Chinese 分 (fēn), compare Western Yugur fïn.

• IPA^(key): /fən/

fin

1. minute

   Bu la hirti serki wai, jirghuun ceg ghucin findi posqi we.

   I'll probably wake up early and get up at six thirty [six o'clock and thirty minutes].

Inherited from Latin fīnis.

fin f (plural fins) (ORB, broad)

1. end

• fin in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• fin in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Compare French fin.

fin (feminine singular fina, masculine plural fins, feminine plural fines)

1. thin

• fin in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

• IPA^(key): /fɛ̃/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): [fẽ]

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• Homophones: faim, fins, feins, feint, feints
• Rhymes: -ɛ̃

From Middle French fin, from Old French fin, from Latin finis.

fin f (plural fins)

1. end, close, finish
2. end, end goal, objective, purpose

• finir
• final

Unclear, see fine.

fin (feminine fine, masculine plural fins, feminine plural fines)

1. thin, fine
2. (Quebec) kind, nice

• “fin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Latin fīnis.

fin m (plural fins)

1. end

fin

1. fine, thin

• finâl
• finî

• fim (reintegrationist)

From Old Galician-Portuguese fin (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin fīnis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiŋ/ [ˈfiŋ]
• Rhymes: -iŋ
• Hyphenation: fin

fin m or f (plural fins)

1. end

• á fin
• ao fin
• fin de semana
• por fin

• final
• finar

• “fin”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fin”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fin”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fin”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fin”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fin”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

fin

1. romanization of 𐍆𐌹𐌽

• IPA^(key): /fin/^[1]
• Hyphenation: fin

fin f (apocopated)

1. apocopic form of fine

• fin di vita

fin

1. apocopic form of fino

• fin troppo

From Latin fīnis.

fin m (plural fins)

1. aim, end, goal

From Old Spanish [Term?], semi-learned term from Latin fīnis.

fin f (Hebrew spelling פין)

1. end

From Old French fin, from Latin finis.

fin f (plural fins)

1. end; finish
2. (figuratively) death

• French: fin

From Old French fin, from Latin finis.

fin m

1. (Guernsey) fine

From late Old Norse finn, from Latin finis.

fin (neuter singular fint, definite singular and plural fine, comparative finere, indefinite superlative finest, definite superlative fineste)

1. fine

• finjustere
• hårfin

• “fin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse finn, from Latin finis.

• IPA^(key): /fiːn/

fin (neuter fint, definite singular and plural fine, comparative finare, indefinite superlative finast, definite superlative finaste)

1. fine

   Dette er ein fin vin. ― This is a fine wine.

2. pretty, handsome

   Kjærasten min er ei veldig fin jente. ― My girlfriend is a very pretty girl.

3. posh

   Ei fin frue klaga på maten. ― A posh lady complained about the food.

4. good

   Det er ei fin årstid å vitja Noreg på. ― It is a good season to visit Norway.

• hårfin
• fisefin

• “fin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Occitan fin, from Latin finis.

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fin m (feminine singular fina, masculine plural fins, feminine plural finas)

1. fine (particularly slender)

• finament

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[4], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 484.

fin m

1. alternative form of finn

From Latin finis.

fin m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fine)

1. fine, delicate
   • c. 1250, Rutebeuf, C’est la complainte d’outremer:

     Serveiz Deu de fin cuer entier

     Serve God with a whole, fine heart

• Middle French: fin
  • French: fin
• → Middle Dutch: fijn
  • Dutch: fijn
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: fini
    • Negerhollands: fien, fin
    • → Papiamentu: fini
    • → Sranan Tongo: feni, fini
      • → Caribbean Javanese: fini
      • → Saramaccan: fínu
• → Middle High German: fîn
  • German: fein
    • → Czech: fajn
    • → Kashubian: fëjn
    • → Polish: fajny
      • → Belarusian: фа́йны (fájny)
      • → Ukrainian: фа́йний (fájnyj)
    • → Greater Polish: fejn
    • → Romanian: fain
    • → Serbo-Croatian: fajn
    • → Slovincian: fejn
  • Yiddish: פֿײַן (fayn)
• Norman: fin
• → Middle English: fyn, fin
  • English: fine
  • Yola: fhyne

From Latin finis.

fin f (oblique plural fins, nominative singular fin, nominative plural fins)

1. end (final part)

• Occitan: fin

• IPA^(key): /fin/
• Rhymes: -in
• Hyphenation: fin

Borrowed from French fin, from Latin finis.

fin m or n (feminine singular fină, masculine plural fini, feminine and neuter plural fine)

1. fine, delicate
2. subtle

From Vulgar Latin root *fīliānus, from Latin fīlius. Compare also Albanian fijan, Italian figliano.

fin m (plural fini, feminine equivalent fină)

1. godson

• fină
• fiu

• naș

fin

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) until, till
2. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) by

• (Sursilvan) tochen
• (Sutsilvan) antocen, antoca, toca
• (Rumantsch Grischun) enfin
• (Surmiran) anfignen
• (Puter, Vallader) infin
• (by):
  • (Sursilvan) entochen

fin

1. (Rumantsch Grischun) until

• (Sursilvan) tochen che, entochen che
• (Sutsilvan) antoca, antocen, toca
• (Surmiran) anfignen tgi
• (Puter, Vallader) fin cha

fin

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) as far as

• (Sursilvan) tochen, entochen
• (Sutsilvan) antocen, antoca, toca
• (Surmiran) anfignen
• (Puter, Vallader) infin

From Latin fīnis.

fin m (feminine singular fina, masculine plural fins, feminine plural finas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) fine

• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) fegn

From Latin fīnis.

fin f (plural fins)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) end

• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) fegn

Borrowed from German fein and Italian fino, from Latin fīnus.

• IPA^(key): /fîːn/

fȋn (Cyrillic spelling фи̑н, definite fȋnī, comparative finiji)

1. fine, delicate
2. thin
3. sensitive
4. refined
5. first-class, high-class
6. tasty, delicious

• finoća

• “fin”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Borrowed from Italian fino.

• IPA^(key): /fíːn/

fȋn (comparative finȇjši, superlative nȁjfinȇjši)

1. fine, refined, high-class
2. fine, thin

• “fin”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

From Old Spanish fin, a semi-learned descendant of Latin fīnis.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈfin/ [ˈfĩn]

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• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: fin

fin m (plural fines)

1. (sometimes feminine) end

   el fin de semana ― the weekend

2. purpose, aim, objective, goal

   con este fin ― for that to happen; to that end

3. end, stop, halt, close, finish (ending point)

• “fin”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Since at least the 16th century, from French fin.

• IPA^(key): /fiːn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iːn

fin (comparative finare, superlative finast)

2. nice to look at or listen to or the like, nice, pretty

   Antonym: ful

   en fin färg ― a nice color

   en fin fågel ― a pretty bird

   ett fint hus ― a nice(-looking)/pretty house

   Hunden har fin päls ― The dog has a nice coat

   fina ögon ― pretty eyes

   en fin bebis ― a pretty baby

   en fin melodi ― a nice melody

3. nice, good

   Det är fint väder idag ― The weather is nice today

   göra en fin affär ― make a good deal (or "fine deal," except not old-fashioned)

   – Hur mår du? – Jag mår fint!

   – How are you? – I'm fine/feeling good!

   – Hur gick det? – Det gick fint!

   – How'd it go? – It went well!

   en fin människa ― a good person (intuitively, "nice to behold"/"pretty," in a non-physical sense)

   1. (somewhat colloquial, in "sitta fint" (sit fine)) to be (something that would be) nice

      En kopp kaffe skulle sitta fint

      A cup of coffee would be nice ("would sit fine")

      Bastu satt fint efter träningen

      Sauna was nice ("sat fine") after the workout

4. fine, fancy

   en fin restaurang ― a fine restaurant

   finskor ― elegant/fancy shoes (for special occasions), like dress shoes

5. of high social standing

   en fin familj ― a good family

   ha fint främmande ― have distinguished visitors

6. (by extension) posh (in a ridiculous way)

   Han är för fin för att äta hamburgare med oss

   He is too good/fancy-schmancy to eat hamburgers with us

7. fine (very thin)

   Antonyms: tjock, grov

   fin tråd ― fine thread

8. fine (consisting of relatively small particles or pieces)

   Antonym: grov

   fin sand ― fine sand

   1. (as a prefix) finely

      Antonym: grov-

      finhackad lök ― finely chopped onion

      finmalen svartpeppar ― finely ground black pepper

      finkorning ― fine-grained

9. subtle, fine

   en fin skillnad ― a subtle/fine difference

   • 1847 November 10, S., “Om Choleran [Concerning Cholera]”, in Wermlandstidningen, page 2:

     Om peſtämnetsnatur aͤr man icke ſå noga underraͤttad, men ſå mycket wet man att det, jemte beroͤringsſmittan, har ett fint effluvium, som på ganska naͤra håll ſmittar aͤfwen utan omedelbart widroͤrande; […]

     In regard to the nature of the pestilence, one is not so precisely informed, but it is known that, along with contact contagion, it possesses a subtle effluvium, which transmits even without immediate contact, especially at quite close range; […]

• gullig
• snygg
• stilig
• söt
• tjusig
• vacker

• fin in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• fin in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• fin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• inf.

fin (nominative plural fins)

1. end