Finnish

adjectivenounattested in dialogue

//ˈfɪn.ɪʃ//
//fɪnnɪʃ//

Of or pertaining to Finland or the Finns; Finlandic, Finlandish.

adjective

1
Of or pertaining to Finland or the Finns; Finlandic, Finlandish.
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?
The law would allow Finnish border guards to reject migrant asylum applications at crossing points under certain circumstances.
2
Of or pertaining to the Finnish language.

Etymology

Etymology tree English Finn Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English Finnish From Finn + -ish.

noun

1
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).

Finland · A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and…Finley · A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.Finn · A national of Finland.

Finnish · Of or pertaining to Finland or the Finns; Finlandic, Finlandish.

Fiona · A female given name from Scottish Gaelic, in regular use…fir · A conifer of the genus Abies.fire · A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the…

The neighbouring pages — Alphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.