fin

See also: Fin, FIN, fín, Fín, Fin., fiń., and f***in'

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: fĭn, IPA^(key): /fɪn/

• Audio (US)

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• Homophone: Finn
• Rhymes: -ɪn

Etymology 1

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”), Tocharian A spin (“hook”), Sanskrit स्फ्य (sphyá, “splinter, staff”).

Noun

fin (plural fins)

1. (ichthyology) One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
   • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 4, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:

     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.

   The fish's fins minimize water flow.

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

   a dolphin's fin

3. 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.

4. A similar structure on the tail of a bomb, used to help keep it on course.
5. 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.
6. A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.

   The divers wore fins to swim faster.

7. An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc., used to facilitate cooling.
8. A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder.

Synonyms

• (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

Derived terms

Terms derived from fin

• anal fin
• caudal fin
• dorsal fin
• finlike, fin-like

• finning
• paired fins
• pectoral fin

• pelvic fin
• tail fin, tailfin
• unpaired fins

Translations

appendage of a fish

• Albanian: pendë (sq) f
• Arabic: زِعْنِفَة‎‎ f (ziʿnifa)
• Armenian: լողակ (hy) (lołak), թև (tʿew)
• Asturian: aleta f
• Azerbaijani: üzgəc (az)
• Bau Bidayuh: siried
• Belarusian: плаўні́к m (plaŭník)
• Bulgarian: перка f (perka), плавни́к (bg) m (plavník)
• Burmese: အတောင် (my) (a.taung), ဆူးတောင် (my) (hcu:taung), ရေယက် (my) (reyak)
• Catalan: aleta (ca) f
• Central Melanau: pidin
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鰭 (zh), 鳍 (zh) (qí), 魚鰭 (zh), 鱼鳍 (zh) (yúqí)

• Czech: ploutev (cs) f
• Danish: finne (da)
• Dutch: vin (nl) f, m
• Erzya: сёлмо (sjolmo)
• Esperanto: naĝilo
• Estonian: uim
• Faroese: fjøður f
• Finnish: evä (fi)
• French: nageoire (fr) f, (shark) aileron (fr) m
• Galician: aleta (gl) f
• German: Flosse (de) f
• Hindi: पंख (hi) m (paṅkh), मीनपक्ष m (mīnpakṣ)
• Hungarian: uszony (hu)
• Ido: floso (io)
• Indonesian: sirip (id)
• Irish: eite f

  Old Irish: ette f

• Italian: pinna f
• Japanese: 鰭 (ja) (ひれ, hire)
• Kazakh: жүзбеқанат (jüzbeqanat)
• Kimaragang: sirik
• Korean: 지느러미 (ko) (jineureomi)

• Kyrgyz: сүзгүч канат (süzgüç kanat)
• Latin: penna f, pinna f
• Latvian: spura f
• Lithuanian: pelekas m
• Macedonian: перка f (perka), пера́ја f (perája)
• Malay: sirip
• Maori: tira, urutira (dorsal), pakihawa (pectoral), hawa (ventral), paihau (wing as on a skate or flounder)
• Mongolian: сэрвээ (mn) (servee)
• Mwani: ripupa
• Norwegian: finne (no) m
• Occitan: aleta (oc) f
• Old English: finn m
• Polish: płetwa (pl) f
• Portuguese: nadadeira (pt) f, barbatana (pt) f
• Romanian: aripioară (ro) f, aripă (ro) f
• Russian: плавни́к (ru) m (plavník), (colloquial) перо́ (ru) n (peró)
• Scottish Gaelic: ite f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пера́ја f, плитва f

  Roman: perája (sh) f, plitva (sh) f

• Slovak: plutva (sk) f
• Slovene: plavut (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: pjeraso n

• Spanish: aleta (es) f
• Swedish: fena (sv)
• Tagal Murut: kikiwos
• Tagalog: palaypay, palikpik
• Tajik: олати шино (olati šino)
• Thai: ครีบ (th) (krîip)
• Turkish: yüzgeç (tr)
• Ukrainian: плаве́ць (uk) m (plavécʹ), плавни́к m (plavnýk)
• Vietnamese: vây (vi)
• Welsh: asgell f
• West Coast Bajau: serek

appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal

• Azerbaijani: üzgəc (az)
• Bulgarian: плавник (bg) m (plavnik)
• Catalan: aleta (ca) f
• Danish: finne (da)
• Dutch: vin (nl) m, f
• Erzya: сёлмо (sjolmo)
• Faroese: horn n, sveiv f
• Finnish: evä (fi)
• French: nageoire (fr) f
• Galician: aleta (gl) f
• German: Flosse (de) f

• Icelandic: horn (is) n
• Ido: floso (io)
• Italian: pinna f
• Macedonian: перка f (perka), пера́ја f (perája)
• Norwegian: finne (no) m
• Portuguese: nadadeira (pt) f
• Russian: ласт (ru) m (last), плавни́к (ru) m (plavník)
• Spanish: aleta (es) f
• Swedish: fena (sv), labb (sv)
• Turkish: yüzgeç (tr)

aircraft component

• Bulgarian: вертикален стабилизатор m (vertikalen stabilizator)
• Danish: halefinne
• Dutch: vin (nl) f, staartvin (nl) f
• French: empennage (fr) m
• Italian: impennaggio (it) m
• Latvian: ķīlis m, stabilizators m

• Macedonian: стабилиза́тор m (stabilizátor)
• Norwegian: finne (no) m
• Portuguese: estabilizador (pt) m, aleta f
• Russian: стабилиза́тор (ru) m (stabilizátor)
• Swedish: fena (sv)

of a bomb

• Bulgarian: стабилизатор (bg) (stabilizator)
• Dutch: vin (nl) f
• French: empennage (fr) m
• Italian: impennaggio (it) m

• Macedonian: стабилиза́тор m (stabilizátor)
• Portuguese: aleta f
• Russian: стабилиза́тор (ru) m (stabilizátor)

hairstyle

• Dutch: hanenkam (nl) m
• Macedonian: четка f (četka)

• Norwegian: hanekam

device used by divers

• Asturian: aleta f
• Bulgarian: перка f (perka), плавник (bg) m (plavnik)
• Catalan: aleta (ca) f
• Danish: finne (da)
• Dutch: zwemvlies (nl) m (usually in plural form: zwemvliezen), flipper (nl) m
• Finnish: uimaräpylä (fi), räpylä (fi)
• French: palme (fr) f
• Galician: aleta (gl) f

• Italian: pinna f
• Japanese: フィン (fin)
• Norwegian: svømmeføtter, finner (no)
• Portuguese: pé de pato (pt) m, barbatana (pt) f
• Russian: (seldom used in singular) ласт (ru) m (last), ла́сты m pl (lásty)
• Spanish: aleta (es) f
• Swedish: simfötter

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Verb

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) To swim in the manner of a fish.

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

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

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

From Yiddish פֿינף‎ (finf, “five”).

Noun

fin (plural fins)

1. (US, slang) a five-dollar bill

   Synonyms: fiver, Lincoln

Anagrams

• NFI, if'n, inf.

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Asturian

Noun

fin m, f (plural fins)

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

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Bambara

Adjective

fin

1. black

Synonyms

• finman

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

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

Adjective

fin

1. Finnish

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

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Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• fien

Etymology

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

Noun

fin m

1. hay

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Danish

Etymology

From late Old Norse fínn.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

fin

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

Inflection

Inflection of fin
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Common singular	fin	finere	finest2
Neuter singular	fint	finere	finest2
Plural	fine	finere	finest2
Definite attributive1	fine	finere	fineste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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East Yugur

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fən/

Noun

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].

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛ̃/

• audio

  (file)

• Homophone: faim

Noun

fin f (plural fins)

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

Derived terms

• en fin de compte
• prendre fin
• fin de semaine

Related terms

• finir
• final

Adjective

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

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

Derived terms

• fin comme du gros sel
• finasser
• finaud
• finement
• finesse

Further reading

• “fin” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin fīnis.

Noun

fin m (plural fins)

1. end

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin fīnis.

Noun

fin m, f (plural fines)

1. end

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• final

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Gothic

Romanization

fin

1. Romanization of 𐍆𐌹𐌽

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Ladin

Etymology

From Latin fīnis.

Noun

fin m (plural fins)

1. aim, end, goal

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Ladino

Etymology

From Latin fīnis.

Noun

fin f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling פין‎)

1. end

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French fin, from Latin finitus.

Noun

fin f (plural fins)

1. end; finish
2. (figuratively) death

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French fin, from Latin finitus.

Adjective

fin m

1. (Guernsey) fine

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From late Old Norse finn, from Latin finis

Adjective

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

1. fine

Derived terms

• finjustere

References

• “fin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse finn, from Latin finis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːn/

Adjective

fin (masculine and feminine 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.

References

• “fin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin finitus.

Adjective

fin m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fine)

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

     Serveiz Deu de fin cuer entier

     Serve God with a whole, fine heart

Declension

Declension of fin

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	fins	fine	fin
	Oblique	fin	fine	fin
Plural	Subject	fin	fines	fin
	Oblique	fins	fines	fin

Descendants

• English: fine
• French: fin

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Old Occitan

Noun

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

1. end (final part)

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fin/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French fin.

Adjective

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

1. fine, delicate
2. subtle

Declension

declension of fin

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	fin		fină	fini	fine
	definite	finul		fina	finii	finele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	fin		fine	fini	fine
	definite	finului		finei	finilor	finelor

Etymology 2

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

Noun

fin m (plural fini, feminine equivalent fină)

1. godson

Declension

declension of fin

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) fin	finul	(niște) fini	finii
genitive/dative	(unui) fin	finului	(unor) fini	finilor
vocative	finule		finilor

Related terms

• fină
• fiu

See also

• naș

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Romansch

Etymology 1

Preposition

fin

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

Synonyms

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

Conjunction

fin

1. (Rumantsch Grischun) until

Synonyms

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

Adverb

fin

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

Synonyms

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

Etymology 2

From Latin fīnis.

Adjective

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

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

Alternative forms

• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) fegn

Etymology 3

From Latin fīnis.

Adjective

fin f (plural fins)

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

Alternative forms

• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) fegn

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German fein and Italian fino, from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fîːn/

Adjective

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

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

Declension

positive indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		fin	fina	fino
genitive		fina	fine	fina
dative		finu	finoj	finu
accusative	inanimate animate	fin fina	finu	fino
vocative		fin	fina	fino
locative		finu	finoj	finu
instrumental		finim	finom	finim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		fini	fine	fina
genitive		finih	finih	finih
dative		finim(a)	finim(a)	finim(a)
accusative		fine	fine	fina
vocative		fini	fine	fina
locative		finim(a)	finim(a)	finim(a)
instrumental		finim(a)	finim(a)	finim(a)

positive definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		fini	fina	fino
genitive		finog(a)	fine	finog(a)
dative		finom(u/e)	finoj	finom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	fini finog(a)	finu	fino
vocative		fini	fina	fino
locative		finom(e/u)	finoj	finom(e/u)
instrumental		finim	finom	finim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		fini	fine	fina
genitive		finih	finih	finih
dative		finim(a)	finim(a)	finim(a)
accusative		fine	fine	fina
vocative		fini	fine	fina
locative		finim(a)	finim(a)	finim(a)
instrumental		finim(a)	finim(a)	finim(a)

comparative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		finiji	finija	finije
genitive		finijeg(a)	finije	finijeg(a)
dative		finijem(u)	finijoj	finijem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	finiji finijeg(a)	finiju	finije
vocative		finiji	finija	finije
locative		finijem(u)	finijoj	finijem(u)
instrumental		finijim	finijom	finijim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		finiji	finije	finija
genitive		finijih	finijih	finijih
dative		finijim(a)	finijim(a)	finijim(a)
accusative		finije	finije	finija
vocative		finiji	finije	finija
locative		finijim(a)	finijim(a)	finijim(a)
instrumental		finijim(a)	finijim(a)	finijim(a)

superlative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najfiniji	najfinija	najfinije
genitive		najfinijeg(a)	najfinije	najfinijeg(a)
dative		najfinijem(u)	najfinijoj	najfinijem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	najfiniji najfinijeg(a)	najfiniju	najfinije
vocative		najfiniji	najfinija	najfinije
locative		najfinijem(u)	najfinijoj	najfinijem(u)
instrumental		najfinijim	najfinijom	najfinijim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najfiniji	najfinije	najfinija
genitive		najfinijih	najfinijih	najfinijih
dative		najfinijim(a)	najfinijim(a)	najfinijim(a)
accusative		najfinije	najfinije	najfinija
vocative		najfiniji	najfinije	najfinija
locative		najfinijim(a)	najfinijim(a)	najfinijim(a)
instrumental		najfinijim(a)	najfinijim(a)	najfinijim(a)

Related terms

• finoća

References

• “fin”, in Hrvatski jezični portal, 2006–2018

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin fīnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fin/, [fĩn]

Noun

fin m (plural fines)

1. (sometimes feminine) end

   el fin de semana ― the weekend

2. purpose

Derived terms

• al fin
• fin de semana
• fino
• por fin

Related terms

• final
• sinfín

Further reading

• “fin” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːn

Adjective

fin (comparative finare, superlative finast)

1. fine, elegant
2. good, excellent
3. thin
4. subtle

Declension

Inflection of fin
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	fin	finare	finast
Neuter singular	fint	finare	finast
Plural	fina	finare	finast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	fine	finare	finaste
All	fina	finare	finaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

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Volapük

Noun

fin (plural fins)

1. end

Declension

declension of fin

	singular	plural
nominative	fin	fins
genitive	fina	finas
dative	fine	fines
accusative	fini	finis
vocative	o fin!	o fins!