Meanings
adjectiveFinnish (not comparable)
alternative abbreviation Fin.
- not comparableOf or pertaining to Finland or the Finns; Finlandic, Finlandish.
The law would allow Finnish border guards to reject migrant asylum applications at crossing points under certain circumstances.
2024 July 12, “Finland approves controversial law to turn away migrants at Russian border”, in Euronews, archived from the original on 03 Aug 20241 more example
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 614 - not comparableOf or pertaining to the Finnish language.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe official language of Finland; belongs to the Baltic Finnic family of languages
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Translations
Afrikaans Fins, Fins
- Finsof Finland
- Finsof the Finnish language
- Finslanguage
Arabic فِنْلَنْدِيّ, فِنْلَنْدِيَّة
- فِنْلَنْدِيّ (finlandiyy)of Finland
- فِنْلَنْدِيَّة (finlandiyya)language
- فِنْلَنْدِيّ (finlandiyy)language
Basque finlandiar, finlandiar
- finlandiarof Finland
- finlandiarof the Finnish language
- suomieralanguage
- finlandieralanguage
Bengali ফিনীয়, ফিনীয় ভাষা
- ফিনীয় (phiniẏo)of Finland
- ফিনীয় ভাষা (phiniẏo bhaśa)language
Bulgarian фи́нски, фи́нски
- фи́нски (fínski)of Finland
- фи́нски (fínski)language
Catalan finlandès, finlandés
- finlandèsof Finland
- finlandésof Finland
- finèsof the Finnish language
- finlandèsof the Finnish language
- finésof the Finnish language
- finèslanguage
- finlandèslanguage
- finéslanguage
- finlandéslanguage
Chinese Mandarin 芬蘭的 /芬兰的, 芬蘭語的 /芬兰语的
- 芬蘭的 /芬兰的 (Fēnlán de)of Finland
- 芬蘭語的 /芬兰语的 (Fēnlányǔ de)of the Finnish language
- 芬蘭語 /芬兰语 (fēnlányǔ)language
Czech finský, finský
- finskýof Finland
- finskýof the Finnish language
- finštinalanguage
Danish finsk, finsk
- finskof Finland
- finskof the Finnish language
- finsklanguage
Dutch Fins, Fins
- Finsof Finland
- Finsof the Finnish language
- Finslanguage
Esperanto finna, finna
- finnaof Finland
- finnaof the Finnish language
- finnalanguage
- suomalanguage
- finna lingvolanguage
Estonian soome, soomekeelne
- soomeof Finland
- soomekeelneof the Finnish language
- soome keelt rääkivof the Finnish language
- soome keellanguage
Finnish suomalainen, suomen
- suomalainenof Finland
- suomenof Finland
- suomenkielinenof the Finnish language
- suomilanguage
- suomen kielilanguage
French finlandais, finnois
- finlandaisof Finland
- finnoisof the Finnish language
- finnoiseof the Finnish language
- finnoislanguage
German finnisch, finnisch
- finnischof Finland
- finnischof the Finnish language
- Finnischlanguage
Greek φινλανδικός, φινλανδικός
- φινλανδικός (finlandikós)of Finland
- φινλανδικός (finlandikós)of the Finnish language
- φινλανδικά (finlandiká)language
Hawaiian Pinilana, Pinilana
- Pinilanaof Finland
- Pinilanaof the Finnish language
Hebrew פִינִי, פינית
- פִינִי (fini)of Finland
- פינית (finit)of the Finnish language
- פינית (finít)language
Hindi फ़िन्निश, फ़िन्निश
- फ़िन्निश (finniś)of Finland
- फ़िन्निश (finniś)of the Finnish language
- फ़िनिश (finiś)language
- फ़िनिश भाषा (finiś bhāṣā)language
- फ़िन्निश (finniś)language
Hungarian finn, finnországi
- finnof Finland
- finnországiof Finland
- finnof the Finnish language
- finnlanguage
Icelandic finnskur, finnskur
- finnskurof Finland
- finnskurof the Finnish language
- finnskalanguage
Indonesian Finlandia, bahasa Finlandia
- Finlandiaof Finland
- bahasa Finlandialanguage
- bahasa Suomilanguage
Irish Fionlannach, Fionlainnis
- Fionlannachof Finland
- Fionlainnislanguage
Italian finlandese, finlandese
- finlandeseof Finland
- finlandeselanguage
Japanese フィンランドの, フィンランド語の
- フィンランドの (Finrando no)of Finland
- フィンランド語の (Finrando-go no)of the Finnish language
- フィンランド語 (finrandogo)language
Korean 핀란드의, 핀란드어의
- 핀란드의 (Pillandeu-ui)of Finland
- 핀란드어의 (pillandeueo-ui)of the Finnish language
- 핀란드어 (pillandeueo)language
Latin fennicus, finnicus
- fennicusof Finland
- finnicusof Finland
Latvian somu, somisks
- somuof Finland
- somisksof Finland
- somuof the Finnish language
- somisksof the Finnish language
- somu valodalanguage
- somulanguage
Lithuanian suomių, suomiškas
- suomiųof Finland
- suomiškasof Finland
- suomių kalba (suomiškai)language
Malay Finland, bahasa Finland
- Finlandof Finland
- bahasa Finlandlanguage
- Finlandlanguage
- Finlandialanguage
Norwegian Bokmål finsk, finlandsk
- finskof Finland
- finlandskof Finland
- finskof the Finnish language
- finsklanguage
Persian فنلاندی, فنلاندی
- فنلاندی (fanlândi)of Finland
- فنلاندی (fanlândi)of the Finnish language
- فنلاندی (fanlândi)language
Polish fiński, finlandzki
- fińskiof Finland
- finlandzkiof Finland
- fińskiof the Finnish language
- język fińskilanguage
Portuguese finlandês, finês
- finlandêsof Finland
- finêsof Finland
- finoof Finland
- finlandêsof the Finnish language
- finêsof the Finnish language
- finoof the Finnish language
- finlandêslanguage
- finêslanguage
Romanian finlandez, finlandez
- finlandezof Finland
- finlandezof the Finnish language
- limba finlandezălanguage
- finlandezălanguage
Russian фи́нский, финля́ндский
- фи́нский (fínskij)of Finland
- финля́ндский (finljándskij)of Finland
- фи́нский (fínskij)of the Finnish language
- фи́нский (fínskij)language
Scottish Gaelic Fionnlainneach, Suòmach
- Fionnlainneachof Finland
- Suòmachof Finland
- Fionnlainneachof the Finnish language
- Suòmachof the Finnish language
- Suòmaislanguage
- Fionnlainnislanguage
Slovak fínsky, fínsky
- fínskyof Finland
- fínskyof the Finnish language
- fínčinalanguage
Spanish finlandés, finés
- finlandésof Finland
- finésof Finland
- finlandésof the Finnish language
- finésof the Finnish language
- finlandéslanguage
- finéslanguage
Swahili Kifinishi
- Kifinishilanguage
Swedish finsk, finländsk
- finskof Finland
- finländskof Finland
- finskof the Finnish language
- finskalanguage
Tagalog Pinlandes, Pinlandes
- Pinlandesof Finland
- Pinlandesof the Finnish language
- Pinlandeslanguage
Tamil பின்னிஷ்
- பின்னிஷ் (piṉṉiṣ)language
Thai ฟินแลนด์, ภาษาฟินนิช
- ฟินแลนด์ (fin-lɛɛn)of Finland
- ภาษาฟินนิชlanguage
- ภาษาฟินlanguage
- ภาษาฟินแลนด์ (fin-lɛɛn)language
Turkish Fin, Fince
- Finof Finland
- Finceof the Finnish language
- Fincelanguage
Ukrainian фі́нський, фінля́ндський
- фі́нський (fínsʹkyj)of Finland
- фінля́ндський (finljándsʹkyj)of Finland
- фі́нська (fínsʹka)language
Urdu فینیش, فنّنِش
- فینیش (finniś)of Finland
- فنّنِش (finniś)language
Vietnamese Phần Lan, tiếng Phần Lan
- Phần Lanof Finland
- tiếng Phần Lanlanguage
Welsh Ffinneg
- Ffinneglanguage
Yiddish פֿיניש, פֿיניש
- פֿיניש (finish)of Finland
- פֿיניש (finish)of the Finnish language
- פֿיניש (finish)language
Zulu Isifinilandi
- Isifinilandilanguage
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Finnish
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Cite this entry
APA
Finnish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Finnish
MLA
“Finnish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Finnish. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Finnish,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Finnish.
Source: Finnish on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.