Finn - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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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.
Finn (plural Finns)
- A national of Finland.
- A person of ethnic Finnish (Suomi) ancestry; a non-Swedish, non-Sami Finlander.
- (by extension) A 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.
- A male given name from Old Norse.
- (person from Finland): (dated) Finlander
- (ethnic Finn): Suomi, (rare) Finnishman
ethnic Finn
- Armenian: ֆինն (hy) (finn)
- Belarusian: фін m (fin), фі́нка f (fínka)
- Czech: Fin (cs) m, Finka (cs) f
- Danish: finne (da) c
- Dutch: Fin (nl) m, Finse (nl) f
- Esperanto: finno (eo)
- Estonian: soomlane (et), somm (colloquial), poro (et) (colloquial, ethnic slur), põder (et) (colloquial, ethnic slur)
- French: Finnois (fr) m, Finnoise (fr) f
- Georgian: ფინელი (pineli)
- German: Finne (de) m, Finnin (de) f
- Hungarian: finn (hu)
- Icelandic: Finni m
- Ingrian: soomalain
- Interlingua: finnese
- Italian: finnico (it) m
- Japanese: フィン人 (Fin-jin)
- Khmer: ហ្វាំង (feaŋ)
- Macedonian: Финец m (Finec), Финка f (Finka)
- Northern Sami: láddelaš, láttán
- Norwegian:
- Ojibwe: madoodoowinini anim, omakakiiwinini anim
- Polish: Fin (pl) m, Finka (pl) f
- Portuguese: fino (pt) m
- Russian: финн (ru) m (finn), фи́нка (ru) f (fínka)
- Sami:
- Serbo-Croatian: Finac (sh) m, Finkinja f
- Slovak: Fín (sk) m, Fínka (sk) f
- Slovene: Fínec (sl) m, Fínka f
- Swahili: Mfini (sw)
- Swedish: finne (sv) m or f, finska (sv) f
- Turkish: Fin (tr)
- Ukrainian: фін (uk) m (fin), фі́нка f (fínka)
national of Finland
- Arabic: فِنْلَنْدِيّ m (finlandiyy), فِنْلَنْدِيَّة (ar) f (finlandiyya)
- Armenian: ֆինլանդացի (hy) (finlandacʻi)
- Asturian: finlandés (ast) m, finés (ast) m, finlandesa (ast) f, finesa (ast) f
- Basque: finlandiar
- Bulgarian: финландец m (finlandec)
- Catalan: finlandès (ca) m, finlandesa (ca) f
- Valencian: finlandés (ca) m, finlandesa (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Esperanto: finnlandano
- Estonian: soomlane (et), somm (colloquial), poro (et) (colloquial, ethnic slur), põder (et) (colloquial, ethnic slur)
- Finnish: suomalainen (fi)
- French: Finlandais (fr) m, Finlandaise (fr) f
- Galician: finlandés (gl) m
- Georgian: ფინელი (pineli)
- German: Finnländer (de) m, Finnländerin (de) f
- Greek: Φινλανδός (el) m (Finlandós), Φινλανδέζα (el) f (Finlandéza)
- Indonesian: orang Finlandia
- Ingrian: soomalain
- Irish: Fionlannach m
- Italian: finlandese (it) m or f
- Japanese: フィンランド人 (ja) (Finrando-jin)
- Latvian: soms (lv) m, somiete f
- Lithuanian: suomis (lt) m, suomė (lt) f
- Northern Sami: suopmelaš
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: finlender m, finlending m
- Nynorsk: finlendar (nn) m, finlending (nn) m
- Ojibwe: madoodoowinini anim, omakakiiwinini anim
- Portuguese: finlandês (pt) m, finlandesa f
- Romanian: finlandez (ro) m, finlandeză (ro) f
- Russian: финля́ндец (ru) m (finljándec), финля́ндка (ru) f (finljándka)
- Sami:
- Kildin Sami: Ла̄дтҍе̄ммьне (Lādt’’ēmm’nje)
- Scottish Gaelic: Fionnlainneach m
- Spanish: finlandés (es) m, finlandesa (es) f
- Swahili: Mfinlendi
- Swedish: finländare (sv) m or f, finländska (sv) f
[note finlandssvensk (sv) m or f, finlandssvenska (sv) f Swedish Finnlander] - Turkish: Finlandiyalı (tr)
- Venetan: finlandexe (vec) m or f
- Volapük: Suomiyänan (vo)
An Old and Middle Irish form of Fionn.
Finn (plural Finns)
- A male given name from Irish.
- A surname.
- A river in County Donegal, Ireland, tributary to the Mourne.
Finn
- a male given name
- [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.
Finn
- a male given name from Danish, Norwegian, or English Finn
- Currently popular in Germany.
Finn m (plural Finnen)
- Finn (person from Finland)
From Old Norse Finnr, from finnr (“Sami”), whence also finn. Also a short form of compound names with the element. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Finnur, Swedish Finn, and Danish Find.
Finn m (definite Finnen)
- a male given name from Old Norse, feminine equivalent Finna
- finn (“Sami”)
- Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Finn”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN
From Proto-Germanic *finnaz. Compare Old Norse Finnr.
Finn m
Strong a-stem: