From en.wiktionary.org:
[Appendix:Variations of "fin"] [minitoc]
** Translingual
*** Symbol
[mul-symbol]
1. [2&3]
*** See also
- [fi]
** English
[fin (disambiguation)] [wikipedia]
*** Pronunciation
- [fĭn] , [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
From [en], from [en], from [en], [gem-pro] (compare [nl], [de], [sv]), from
[en] (compare [sga], [la], [xto].
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] [en] One of the appendages of a fish , used to propel itself and to manoeuvre / maneuver .
2. * [chapter=4]
3. A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
4. A thin, rigid component of an aircraft , extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.
5. A similar structure protruding from a projectile , used to help keep it on course.
6. [en] A similar structure on the bottom of a surfboard , used to help steer it.
7. A hairstyle , resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is comb ed and set into a vertical ridge along the top of the head from about the crown to the forehead .
8. A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.
9. An extending part on a surface of a radiator , engine , heatsink , etc., used to facilitate cooling.
10. A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder .
11. [en] The conning tower of a submarine .
12. [en] A person's hand .
13. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1839 | title=Dearden's Miscellany | volume=1-2 | page=661
|passage="Done say I to that, Reuben, tip me your FIN, my spark, and it shall
be a bet."}}
***** Synonyms
- [appendange of a fish]
- [appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal] [en] [of mammals]
- [aircraft component]
- [of a bomb] [en]
- [hairstyle] [en]
- [device worn by divers] [en]
***** Derived terms
{{col|en |anal fin |caudal fin |dorsal fin |finlike,fin-like |finning|fin rot
|paired fins |pectoral fin |pelvic fin |tail fin,tailfin |unpaired
fins|backfin|bigfin|blackfin|bloodfin|bluefin|bowfin|definned|finback|finclip|finfish|finfolk|finfoot|finless|finlet|finnage|finny|finray|finspine|finswimmer|finswimming|forefin|hindfin|kitefin|lobefin|longfin|monofin|nanofin|plainfin|redfin|sailfin|scalyfin|sharkfin|sharksfin|sharpfin|shortfin|silverfin|snubfin|soupfin|splitfin|spotfin|swimfin|threadfin|threefin|triplefin|whitefin|woundfin|yellowfin
|abdominal fin |adipose fin |cephalic fin|red-fin shark |fan-in-fin |fin fold
|fin gripper |fin keel |fin key |fin whale |fin-foot |fin-footed |fin-toed
|Hoxton fin |shark fin |shark fin soup |shark-fin |swim fin |ventral fin |fin
chop }}
***** Translations
[appendage of a fish]{{multitrans|data=
- Albanian: [sq]
- Amharic: [am]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy] , [hy]
- Asturian: [ast]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Basque: [eu]
- Bau Bidayuh: [sne]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bikol Central: [bcl]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Burmese: [my] , [my] , [my]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Central Melanau: [mel]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Erzya: [myv]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Faroese: [fo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [shark] [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Ido: [io]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Ingrian: [izh]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Kazakh: [kk]
- Kimaragang: [kqr]
- Korean: [ko]
- Kyrgyz: [ky]
- Lao: [lo]
- Latin: [la] , [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Malay: [ms]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi] [dorsal] , [mi] [pectoral] , [mi] [ventral] , [mi] [wing as on a skate or flounder]
- Mauritian Creole: [mfe]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Mwani: [wmw]
- Norwegian:
- Occitan: [oc]
- Old Czech: [zlw-ocs]
- Old English: [ang]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Persian: [fa] , [fa]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [colloquial] [ru]
- Sami:
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd] , [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Seychellois Creole: [crs]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Sorbian:
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagal Murut: [mvv]
- Tagalog: [tl] , [tl]
- Tajik: [tg]
- Tamil: [ta] , [ta]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
- Uzbek: [uz] , [uz]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi]
- Welsh: [cy] , [cy]
- West Coast Bajau: [bdr]
[trans-bottom]
[appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Erzya: [myv]
- Faroese: [fo] , [fo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Ido: [io]
- Ingrian: [izh]
- Italian: [it]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Tamil: [ta]
- Turkish: [tr]
[trans-bottom]
[aircraft component]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Italian: [it]
- Latvian: [lv] , [lv]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[of a bomb]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Dutch: [nl]
- French: [fr]
- Italian: [it]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[hairstyle]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Norwegian: [no]
[trans-bottom]
[device used by divers]
- Asturian: [ast]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl] [usually in plural form: zwemvliezen] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Norwegian: [no] , [no]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [seldom used in singular] [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Norman: [nrf]
[trans-bottom] }}
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] [en] To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.
2. [en] (Of a fish) to swim with the dorsal fin above the surface of the water.
3. * [en]
4. [en] To swim in the manner of a fish.
5. [en] To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins.
**** Further reading
- [Fin]
*** Etymology 2
[en] From [en]. [en].
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] a five-pound (£5) note; the sum of five pounds.
2. [en] A five-dollar bill; the sum of five dollars.
*** Etymology 3
From [en]. [en].
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] " The end ".
2. [en] [Denotes the end of the road] .
***** Usage notes
- "Fin.", once frequently found on title cards at the end of English-language movies and television programmes, along with the equivalent "The End."
- Once found on road signs at the terminus of roads, "FIN" and its equivalent "END" were used at the center of diamond chequerboard signs, in English-language jurisdictions
***** See also
{{col3|en| |cul-de-sac |fin de siècle}}
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en] [en]
** Asturian
*** Etymology
From [ast].
*** Pronunciation
[ast-IPA]
- [ast]
- [ast]
*** Noun
[mf]
1. [en] [extreme part]
2. [en] [final part, in time]
** Bambara
*** Adjective
[bm]
1. black
**** Synonyms
- [bm]
*** Verb
[bm]
1. [bm] to darken , blacken
** Basque
*** Pronunciation
[eu-pr]
*** Etymology 1
[eu].
**** Adjective
[eu-adj]
1. thin
2. sharp
3. fine
4. delicate
***** Declension
[eu-decl-adj]
*** Etymology 2
[eu].
**** Noun
[in]
1. end , ending
2. aim , objective
***** Declension
[eu-decl-inanim]
*** Further reading
- [R:EH]
- [R:OEH]
** Champenois
*** Etymology
[roa-cha], from [roa-cha] .
*** Pronunciation
- [roa-cha]
*** Adjective
[roa-cha]
1. [roa-cha] thin
*** References
- [R:roa-cha:Daunay]
- [R:roa-cha:Baudouin]
** Crimean Tatar
*** Etymology
Ultimately, from [crh].
*** Adjective
[crh]
1. [en]
*** References
- [R:Useinov-Mireev 2002]
[crh]
** Dalmatian
*** Alternative forms
- [dlm]
*** Etymology
From [dlm]. Compare [it], [ro], [fur], [rm], [fr], [pt], [es]. Alternative
form also possibly through a [dlm] intermediate as a loan word.
*** Noun
[dlm]
1. hay
** Danish
*** Etymology
From late [da], ultimately from [da].
*** Pronunciation
- [da]
- [da]
*** Adjective
[t]
1. fine
2. choice , classy
3. delicate
4. fashionable
5. grand , posh , genteel
**** Inflection
[est]
*** References
- [R:DDO]
** East Yugur
*** Etymology
From [yuy], compare [ybe].
*** Pronunciation
- [yuy]
*** Noun
[yuy-noun]
1. minute
** Franco-Provençal
*** Etymology 1
[frp].
**** Noun
[f] [frp]
1. end
**** References
- [R:frp:DFP]
- [18013]
*** Etymology 2
Compare [fr].
**** Adjective
[frp]
1. thin
**** References
- [18014]
** French
*** Pronunciation
- [fr-IPA]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
*** Etymology 1
From [fr], from [fr], from [fr].
**** Noun
[f]
1. end , close , finish
2. end , end goal , objective , purpose
***** Derived terms
{{col4|fr |à la fin |à toutes fins utiles |arriver à ses fins |arrondir ses
fins de mois |c'est la fin des haricots |en fin de compte |en fin de vie |fin
de non-recevoir |fin de semaine |fin du monde |fin mot |générique de fin |la
fin justifie les moyens |mettre fin |mot de la fin |parvenir à ses fins
|prendre fin |qui veut la fin veut les moyens |tirer à sa fin |toucher à sa
fin |toutes les bonnes choses ont une fin |blanchisseuse de fin }}
***** Related terms
- [fr]
- [fr]
*** Etymology 2
Unclear, see fine.
**** Adjective
[fr-adj]
1. thin , fine
2. [fr] kind , nice
***** Derived terms
{{col3|fr |épicerie fine |faire la fine bouche |fin comme du gros sel
|finasser |finaud |fine fleur |finement |finesse |partie fine |passer au
peigne fin }}
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]
[fr]
** Friulian
*** Etymology
From [fur].
*** Noun
[m]
1. end
*** Adjective
[fur]
1. fine , thin
*** Related terms
- [fur]
- [fur]
** Galician
*** Alternative forms
- [gl]
*** Etymology
From [gl] (13th century, _[Cantigas de Santa Maria]_), from [gl].
*** Pronunciation
[gl-pr]
- [gl]
*** Noun
[mf]
1. end
**** Derived terms
- [gl]
- [gl]
- [gl]
- [gl]
**** Related terms
- [gl]
- [gl]
*** References
- [R:gl:DRAG]
- [R:gl:DDGM]
- [R:gl:CX]
- [R:gl:DDLG]
- [R:gl:TILG]
- [R:TLPGP]
** Gothic
*** Romanization
[got-rom]
1. [got]
** Italian
*** Pronunciation
[fi̇n < rhyme:-> < r:DOP:lid#1025970>]
*** Noun
[f]
1. [it]
**** Derived terms
- [it]
*** Preposition
[it]
1. [it]
**** Derived terms
- [it]
*** References
[reflist]
** Ladin
*** Etymology
From [lld].
*** Noun
[m]
1. aim , end , goal
** Ladino
*** Etymology
From [lad], semi-learned term from [lad].
*** Noun
[heb=פין]
1. end
** Middle French
*** Etymology
From [frm], from [frm].
*** Noun
[f]
1. end ; finish
2. [frm] death
**** Descendants
- [fr]
** Norman
*** Etymology
From [nrf], from [nrf].
*** Adjective
[nrf-adj]
1. [nrf] fine
** Norwegian Bokmål
*** Etymology
From late [nb], from [nb].
*** Adjective
[nb]
1. [en]
**** Derived terms
- [nb]
- [nb]
*** References
- [R:The Bokmål Dictionary]
** Norwegian Nynorsk
*** Etymology
From [nn], from [nn].
*** Pronunciation
- [nn]
*** Adjective
[nn-adj-1]
1. fine
2. pretty , handsome
3. posh
4. good
**** Derived terms
- [nn]
- [nn]
*** References
- [R:The Nynorsk Dictionary]
** Occitan
*** Etymology
From [oc], from [oc].
*** Pronunciation
- [oc]
*** Adjective
[oc-adj]
1. fine [particularly slender]
**** Derived terms
- [oc]
*** Further reading
- [484]
** Old English
*** Noun
[m]
1. [ang]
** Old French
*** Etymology
From [fro].
*** Adjective
[fro-adj]
1. fine , delicate
2. * [fro]
**** Declension
[fro-decl-adj]
**** Descendants
- [frm]
- [fr]
- [dum]
- [nl]
- [gmh]
- [de]
- [yi]
- [nrf]
- [enm]
** Old Occitan
*** Etymology
From [pro].
*** Noun
[f]
1. end [final part]
**** Descendants
- [oc]
** Romanian
*** Pronunciation
- [ro]
- [ro]
- [ro]
*** Etymology 1
Borrowed from [ro], from [ro].
**** Adjective
[ro-adj]
1. fine , delicate
2. subtle
***** Declension
[ro-decl-adj]
*** Etymology 2
From [ro] root [la], from [ro]. Compare also [sq], [it].
**** Noun
[m]
1. godson
***** Declension
[ro-noun-m]
***** Related terms
- [ro]
- [ro]
***** See also
- [ro]
** Romansch
*** Etymology 1
**** Preposition
[rm]
1. [rm] until , till
2. [rm] by
***** Synonyms
- [Sursilvan] [rm]
- [Sutsilvan] [rm]
- [Rumantsch Grischun] [rm]
- [Surmiran] [rm]
- [Puter] [rm]
- [by]
- [Sursilvan] [rm]
**** Conjunction
[rm]
1. [rm] until
***** Synonyms
- [Sursilvan] [rm] , [rm]
- [Sutsilvan] [rm] , [rm] , [rm]
- [Surmiran] [rm]
- [Puter] [rm]
**** Adverb
[rm]
1. [rm] as far as
***** Synonyms
- [Sursilvan] [rm] , [rm]
- [Sutsilvan] [rm] , [rm] , [rm]
- [Surmiran] [rm]
- [Puter] [rm]
*** Etymology 2
From [rm].
**** Adjective
[rm-adj]
1. [rm] fine
***** Alternative forms
- [Sutsilvan] [rm]
*** Etymology 3
From [rm].
**** Adjective
[f]
1. [rm] end
***** Alternative forms
- [Sutsilvan] [rm]
** Serbo-Croatian
*** Etymology
[sh] and [sh], from [sh].
*** Pronunciation
- [sh]
*** Adjective
[fȋn]
1. fine , delicate
2. thin
3. sensitive
4. refined
5. first-class , high-class
6. tasty , delicious
**** Declension
[fin]
**** Related terms
- [sh]
*** References
- [fFpuXRc%3D]
** Slovene
*** Etymology
Borrowed from [sl].
*** Pronunciation
- [fȋn]
*** Adjective
[fȋn]
1. fine , refined , high-class
2. fine , thin
*** Further reading
- [R:sl:Fran]
** Spanish
*** Etymology
From [es], a semi-learned descendant of [es].[1]
*** Pronunciation
[+< audio:LL-Q1321 (spa)-AdrianAbdulBaha-fin.wav < a:Colombia>>]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [es] end
2. purpose , aim , objective , goal
3. end , stop , halt , close , finish [ending point]
**** Derived terms
[es]
**** Related terms
[es]
*** References
References:
[1]. [R:es:DCECH]
*** Further reading
- [R:es:DRAE]
** Swedish
*** Etymology
Since at least the 16th century, from [sv].
*** Pronunciation
- [sv]
- [sv]
- [sv]
*** Adjective
[sv-adj]
1. [sv] nice to look at or listen to or the like, nice , pretty
2. nice , good
1. [sv] to be (something that would be) nice
3. fine , fancy
4. of high social standing
5. [sv] posh [in a ridiculous way]
6. fine [very thin]
7. fine [consisting of relatively small particles or pieces]
1. [sv] finely
8. subtle , fine
9. * [1=sv]
**** Declension
[sv-adj-reg]
**** Derived terms
[sv]
**** See also
- [sv]
- [sv]
- [sv]
- [sv]
- [sv]
- [sv]
*** References
- [so]
- [saol]
- [saob]
*** Anagrams
- [sv]
** Volapük
*** Noun
[vo-noun]
1. end
**** Declension
[vo-decl-noun]