Meanings
Finn1
plural Finns
- A national of Finland.
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?
1989 May, Priit J. Vesilind, “The Baltic: Arena of Power”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 614Synonyms: Finlander
- A male given name from Old Norse.
Finn2
plural Finns
- countableuncountableA male given name from Irish.
- countableuncountableA surname.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA national of Finland.
nounA 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.
Origin
Finn · noun
- Proto-Germanic*finnaz
- Old Norsefinnr“a <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">hunter-gatherer</i>”
- Old EnglishFinnas“the Sami”
- EnglishFinn
From Old English Finnas (“the Sami”) (plural), from Old Norse finnr (“a hunter-gatherer”), from Proto-Germanic *finnaz (which see for more). Possibly originally meaning a ‘finder’ of food, referring to nomadic hunter-gatherers, particularly the Sami.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic فِنْلَنْدِيّ, فِنْلَنْدِيَّة
- فِنْلَنْدِيّ (finlandiyy)national of Finland
- فِنْلَنْدِيَّة (finlandiyya)national of Finland
Basque finlandiar
- finlandiarnational of Finland
Bulgarian финландец
- финландец (finlandec)national of Finland
Catalan finlandès, finlandesa
- finlandèsnational of Finland
- finlandesanational of Finland
- finlandésnational of Finland
- finlandesanational of Finland
Chinese Mandarin 芬蘭人 /芬兰人
- 芬蘭人 /芬兰人 (Fēnlán rén)national of Finland
Czech Fin, Finka
- Finethnic Finn
- Finkaethnic Finn
Danish finne
- finneethnic Finn
Dutch Fin, Finse
- Finethnic Finn
- Finseethnic Finn
Esperanto finnlandano, finno
- finnlandanonational of Finland
- finnoethnic Finn
Estonian soomlane, somm
- soomlanenational of Finland
- sommnational of Finland
- poronational of Finland
- põdernational of Finland
- soomlaneethnic Finn
- sommethnic Finn
- poroethnic Finn
- põderethnic Finn
Finnish suomalainen
- suomalainennational of Finland
French Finlandais, Finlandaise
- Finlandaisnational of Finland
- Finlandaisenational of Finland
- Finnoisethnic Finn
- Finnoiseethnic Finn
German Finnländer, Finnländerin
- Finnländernational of Finland
- Finnländerinnational of Finland
- Finneethnic Finn
- Finninethnic Finn
Greek Φινλανδός, Φινλανδέζα
- Φινλανδός (Finlandós)national of Finland
- Φινλανδέζα (Finlandéza)national of Finland
Hungarian finn
- finnethnic Finn
Icelandic Finni
- Finniethnic Finn
Indonesian orang Finlandia
- orang Finlandianational of Finland
Irish Fionlannach
- Fionlannachnational of Finland
Italian finlandese, finnico
- finlandesenational of Finland
- finnicoethnic Finn
Japanese フィンランド人, フィン人
- フィンランド人 (Finrando-jin)national of Finland
- フィン人 (Fin-jin)ethnic Finn
Korean 핀란드인, 핀란드 사람
- 핀란드인 (pillandeu'in)national of Finland
- 핀란드 사람 (pillandeu saram)national of Finland
Latvian soms, somiete
- somsnational of Finland
- somietenational of Finland
Lithuanian suomis, suomė
- suomisnational of Finland
- suomėnational of Finland
Norwegian Bokmål finlender, finlending
- finlendernational of Finland
- finlendingnational of Finland
- finneethnic Finn
Polish Fin, Finka
- Finnational of Finland
- Finkanational of Finland
- Finethnic Finn
- Finkaethnic Finn
Portuguese finlandês, finlandesa
- finlandêsnational of Finland
- finlandesanational of Finland
- finoethnic Finn
Romanian finlandez, finlandeză
- finlandeznational of Finland
- finlandezănational of Finland
Russian финля́ндец, финля́ндка
- финля́ндец (finljándec)national of Finland
- финля́ндка (finljándka)national of Finland
- финн (finn)ethnic Finn
- фи́нка (fínka)ethnic Finn
Scottish Gaelic Fionnlainneach
- Fionnlainneachnational of Finland
Slovak Fín, Fínka
- Fínethnic Finn
- Fínkaethnic Finn
Spanish finlandés, finlandesa
- finlandésnational of Finland
- finlandesanational of Finland
Swahili Mfinlendi, Mfini
- Mfinlendinational of Finland
- Mfiniethnic Finn
Swedish finländare, finne
- finländarenational of Finland
- finneethnic Finn
- finskaethnic Finn
Turkish Finlandiyalı, Fin
- Finlandiyalınational of Finland
- Finethnic Finn
Ukrainian фін, фі́нка
- фін (fin)ethnic Finn
- фі́нка (fínka)ethnic Finn
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Finn
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Cite this entry
Finn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Finn
“Finn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Finn. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Finn,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Finn.
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