Finnish

English

Alternative forms

• Fin.(abbreviation)

Etymology

FromFinn+‎-ish.

Pronunciation

• enPR:fĭn′ĭsh,IPA^(key):/ˈfɪn.ɪʃ/

• Audio(UK):

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• Rhymes:-ɪnɪʃ
• Homophone:finish

Adjective

Finnish(notcomparable)

1. Of or pertaining toFinlandor the or theFinns;Finlandic,Finlandish.
2. Of or pertaining to theFinnish language.

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:Phân lan đích／Phân lan đích(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)
• Ingrian:soomen
• Irish:Fionlannach
• Italian:finlandese(it)
• Japanese:フィンランドの(ja)(Finrando no)
• Kazakh:фин(fin),финдік(findık)
• Khmer:ហ្វាំងឡង់(km)(fanglɑng)
• Korean:핀란드의(ko)(pillandeuui)
• 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)
• Mongolian:финлянд(finljand)
• Northern Mansi:please add this translation if you can
• Northern Sami:suoma
• 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)
• Scottish Gaelic:Fionnlainneach,Suòmach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:фи̑нскӣ

  Roman:fȋnskī(sh)

• Skolt Sami:lääʹdd
• 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)
• 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)(Phân lan)
• Volapük:Suomiyänik(vo)
• Votic:soomõ
• Yiddish:פֿיניש(finish)
• Zhuang:Fwnhlanz

of the Finnish language

• Afrikaans:Fins(af)
• Armenian:ֆիններեն(hy)(finneren)
• Basque:finlandiar
• Belarusian:фі́нская мо́ваf(fínskaja móva),фі́нскаяf(fínskaja)
• Catalan:finès(ca),finlandès(ca)

  Valencian:finés(ca)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Phân lan ngữ đích／Phân lan ngữ đích(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 ngữ の(Finrando-go no)
• Latvian:somu(lv),somisks
• Northern Sami:suomagielat
• 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)
• Scottish Gaelic:Fionnlainneach,Suòmach
• Skolt Sami:lääʹdd
• 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)

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Translations to be checked

• Arabic:^{(pleaseverify)}فِنْلَنْدِيّ(finlandiyy)
• Interlingua:^{(pleaseverify)}finnese
• Italian:^{(pleaseverify)}finlandese(it)
• Northern Sami:^{(pleaseverify)}suoma
• Persian:^{(pleaseverify)}فنلاندی(fa)(fanlândi)
• Romanian:^{(pleaseverify)}finlandez(ro)
• Serbo-Croatian:^{(pleaseverify)}finski(sh)

Noun

Finnish(uncountable)

2. The Finno-Ugriclanguagespoken by the majority of the people living inFinland,one of the two official languages of the country (the other is Swedish).

Translations

language

• Abkhaz:Афинн бызшәа(Afinn bəzŝʷa)
• Afrikaans:Fins(af)
• Albanian:gjuhafinlandeze
• Arabic:فِنْلَنْدِيَّة(ar)f(finlandiyya),فِنْلَنْدِيّm(finlandiyy)
• Armenian:ֆիններեն(hy)(finneren)
• Asturian:finlandés(ast)m,finés(ast)m
• Azerbaijani:фин,fin(az),fincə(az)
• Basque:suomiera(eu),finlandiera(eu)
• Belarusian:фі́нскаяf(fínskaja)(мо́ва)
• Bengali:ফিনীয় ভাষা(phiniẏo bhaśa)
• Breton:finneg(br)
• Bulgarian:фи́нскиm(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:Phân lan ngữ／Phân lan ngữ(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),suomenkieli
• French:finnois(fr)m
• Galician:finés(gl)m
• Georgian:ფინური(ka)(pinuri),ფინური ენა(pinuri ena)
• German:Finnisch(de)n
• Greek:φινλανδικά(el)npl(finlandiká)
• Greenlandic:finlandimiutut
• Hebrew:פינית(he)f(finít)
• Hindi:फ़िनिश(finiś),फ़िनिश भाषाf(finiś bhāṣā),फ़िन्निश(hi)f(finniś)
• Hungarian:finn(hu)
• Icelandic:finnska(is)f
• Ido:Finlandana(io)
• Inari Sami:suomakiela
• Indonesian:bahasa finlandia
• Ingrian:soomi
• Interlingua:finnese
• Irish:Fionlainnis(ga)
• Italian:finlandese(it)m
• Japanese:フィンランド ngữ(ja)(finrandogo)
• Karelian:šuomi
• Kazakh:фин тілі(fin tılı)
• 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:финскиm(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)
• Northern Sami:suomagiella,suopma
• 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:językfińskiminan
• Portuguese:finlandês(pt)m,finês(pt)m
• Romanian:limbafinlandezăf,finlandeză(ro)f
• Russian:фи́нский(ru)m(fínskij)(язы́к)
• Scottish Gaelic:Suòmaisf,Fionnlainnisf
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:финскиm

  Roman:finski(sh)m

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

  Lower Sorbian:finšćinaf

  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:tiếngPhần Lan
• Volapük:Suomiyänapük(vo)
• Votic:Soomi
• Walloon:Finwès
• Welsh:Ffinneg(cy)
• West Frisian:Finsk(fy)
• Yiddish:פֿינישn(finish)
• Zulu:Isifinilandi

See also

• Finn:a person from Finland.
• Finnish languageon 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
• Appendix:Finnish Swadesh listfor aSwadesh listof basic vocabulary words in Finnish

Further reading

• Finnish–English Dictionary:fromWebster’s Dictionary— the Rosetta Edition.
• ISO 639-1codefi,ISO 639-3codefin(SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Finnish,fin⁠