Finnish

English

Alternative forms

(abbreviation): Fin.

Etymology

From Finn +‎ -ish.

Pronunciation

enPR: fĭn'ĭsh, IPA^(key): /ˈfɪnɪʃ/
Audio (UK) (file)
Rhymes: -ɪnɪʃ
Homophone: finish

Adjective

Finnish (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to Finland; Finlandic, Finlandish.
Of or pertaining to the Finnish 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: 芬蘭的／芬兰的 (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) (finī)
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)
Venetian: finlandexe (vec)
Vietnamese: Phần Lan (vi) (芬蘭)
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 мо́ва f (fínskaja móva), фі́нская f (fínskaja)
Catalan: finès (ca), finlandès (ca)
Valencian: finés (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 芬蘭語的／芬兰语的 (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: フィンランド語の (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)
Venetian: finlandexe (vec) m
Volapük: Suomiyänapükik
Votic: soomõ
Yiddish: פֿיניש (finish)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

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

Noun

Finnish (uncountable)

The Finno-Ugric language spoken by the majority of the people living in Finland, one of the two official languages of the country (the other is Swedish).

Translations

language

Abkhaz: Афинн бызшәа (Afinn bəzŝʷa)
Afrikaans: Fins (af)
Albanian: gjuha finlandeze
Arabic: فِنْلَنْدِيَّة (ar) f (finlandiyya), فِنْلَنْدِيّ m (finlandiyy)
Armenian: ֆիններեն (hy) (finneren)
Asturian: finlandés (ast) m, finés (ast) m
Azerbaijani: фин, fin (az), fincə (az)
Basque: suomiera (eu), finlandiera (eu)
Belarusian: фі́нская f (fínskaja) (мо́ва)
Bengali: ফিনীয় ভাষা (phiniẏo bhaśa)
Breton: finneg (br)
Bulgarian: фи́нски m (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: 芬蘭語／芬兰语 (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), suomen kieli
French: finnois (fr) m
Galician: finés (gl) m
Georgian: ფინური (ka) (pinuri), ფინური ენა (pinuri ena)
German: Finnisch (de) n
Greek: φινλανδικά (el) n pl (finlandiká)
Greenlandic: finlandimiutut
Hebrew: פינית (he) f (finít)
Hindi: फ़िनिश (finiś), फ़िनिश भाषा f (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: フィンランド語 (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: фински m (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: język fiński m inan
Portuguese: finlandês (pt) m, finês (pt) m
Romanian: limba finlandeză f, finlandeză (ro) f
Russian: фи́нский (ru) m (fínskij) (язы́к)
Scottish Gaelic: Suòmais f, Fionnlainnis f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: фински m

Roman: finski (sh) m
Slovak: fínčina (sk) f
Slovene: fínščina (sl) f
Sorbian: Finšćina
Lower Sorbian: finšćina f

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, ภาษา ฟิน, ภาษา ฟินแลนด์
Tigrinya: ፊኒሽ (finiš)
Turkish: Fince (tr)
Ukrainian: фі́нська (uk) f (fínsʹka) (мо́ва)
Urdu: فنّنِش (finniś)
Venetian: finlandexe (vec) m
Vietnamese: tiếng Phần Lan
Volapük: Suomiyänapük (vo)
Votic: Soomi
Walloon: Finwès
Welsh: Ffinneg (cy)
West Frisian: Finsk (fy)
Yiddish: פֿיניש n (finish)
Zulu: Isifinilandi

Finnish

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