Finn

See also finn, and fínn

English

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Pronunciation

• enPR: fĭn, IPA: /fɪn/, X-SAMPA: /fIn/

  Homophones: fin

Etymology 1

Noun

Finn (plural Finns)

1. A person from Finland.

Translations

person from Finland

• Armenian: ֆինն (hy) (finn), ֆինլանդացի (hy) (finlandacʿi)
• Basque: finlandiar (eu)
• Catalan: finlandès (ca) m, finlandesa (ca) f

  Valencian: finlandés (ca) m, finlandesa (ca) f

• Cherokee: ᎠᏫᏂ (chr) (Awini)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 芬蘭人 (cmn), 芬兰人 (cmn) (Fēnlán rén)

• Czech: Fin (cs) m, Finka (cs) f
• Danish: finne (da) c
• Dutch: Fin (nl) m, Finse (nl) f
• Estonian: soomlane (et)
• Finnish: suomalainen (fi)
• French: Finnois (fr) m, Finnoise (fr) f, Finlandais (fr) m, Finlandaise (fr) f
• German: Finne (de) m, Finnin (de) f
• Greek: Φινλανδός (el) (Finlandós) m, Φινλανδή (el) (Finlandí) f, Φινλανδέζα (el) (Finlandéza) f
• Hungarian: finn (hu)
• Icelandic: Finni (is) m
• Indonesian: orang Finlandia
• Interlingua: finnese

• Japanese: フィンランド人 (ja) (finrando-jin), フィン人 (ja) (fin-jin)
• Khmer: ហ្វាំង (km) (feaŋ)
• Latvian: soms (lv) m, somiete (lv) f
• Norwegian: finlender (no) m, finlending (no) m, finne (no) m
• Polish: Fin (pl) m, Finka (pl) f
• Portuguese: finlandês (pt) m, finlandesa (pt) f
• Romanian: finlandez (ro) m, finlandeză (ro) f, finlandezi m pl, finalndeze f pl
• Russian: финн (ru) (finn) m, финка (ru) (fínka) f; финляндец (ru) (finljándec) m, финляндка (ru) (finljándka) f (Finnish national of any ethnicity)
• Scottish Gaelic: Suòmach (gd) m, Fionnlainneach (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: Finac (sh) m, Finkinja (sh) f
• Slovene: Fínec (sl) m, Fínka (sl) f
• Spanish: finlandés (es) m, finlandesa (es) f
• Swahili: Mfini (sw), Mfinlendi (sw)
• Swedish: finne m and f, finska (sv) f, finländare m and f, finländska (sv) f, finlandssvensk m and f (Swedish-speaking Finn), finlandssvenska (sv) f (Swedish-speaking Finnish woman)
• Turkish: Fin (tr), Finlandiyalı (tr)
• Volapük: (male or female) Suomiyänan (vo), (male) hi-Suomiyänan (vo), (female) ji-Suomiyänan (vo)

Etymology 2

An anglicized form of Fionn.

Proper noun

Finn

1. A male given name.

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Danish

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Etymology

From Old Norse Finnr.

Proper noun

Finn

1. A male given name.

References

• [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data:25 335 males with the given name Fnn have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

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German

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Proper noun

Finn

1. A male given name borrowed from Danish or Norwegian Finn.

Usage notes

• Currently popular in Germany.

Derived terms

• Finja, Finnja

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Norwegian

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Etymology

From Old Norse Finnr, used since Middle Ages, also as an element in Old Norse compound names.

Proper noun

Finn

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• Arnfinn
• Dagfinn
• Torfinn