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Finn¹

  • /ˈfɪn/

Sounds like fin · Rhymes with -ɪn

Where it comes from

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.

noun Finns

  1. A national of Finland. 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?

    Similar: Finlander

  2. A person of ethnic Finnish (Suomi) ancestry; a non-Swedish, non-Sami Finlander.

    Similar: Suomi, Yam

  3. 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.

    Similar: Finnic, Yam

  4. A male given name from Old Norse.

Finn²

  • /ˈfɪn/

Sounds like fin · Rhymes with -ɪn

Where it comes from

An Old and Middle Irish form of Fionn.

proper noun Finns

  1. countable, uncountable A male given name from Irish.
  2. countable, uncountable A surname.
  3. countable, uncountable A river in County Donegal, Ireland, which joins the Mourne to form the Foyle. The same river borders onto County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, between Clady and Strabane.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: finnish, finland, vin, mickey, find, swede, huckleberry, quick, finch, stevenson, fenn, fein, fianna, finlander, suomi, finnic

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noun national of Finland

Españolfinlandés, finlandesa
한국어핀란드인 pillandeu'in, 핀란드 사람 pillandeu saram
日本語フィンランド人 Finrando-jin
中文芬蘭人 /芬兰人 Fēnlán rén
KiswahiliMfinlendi
Portuguêsfinlandês, finlandesa
FrançaisFinlandais, Finlandaise
DeutschFinnländer, Finnländerin
Italianofinlandese
ΕλληνικάΦινλανδός Finlandós, Φινλανδέζα Finlandéza
Românăfinlandez, finlandeză
Русскийфинля́ндец finljándec, финля́ндка finljándka
العربيةفِنْلَنْدِيّ finlandiyy, فِنْلَنْدِيَّة finlandiyya

noun ethnic Finn

日本語フィン人 Fin-jin
KiswahiliMfini
Portuguêsfino
FrançaisFinnois, Finnoise
DeutschFinne, Finnin
Italianofinnico
Русскийфинн finn, фи́нка fínka

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"Finn." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/finn. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Chicago

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@misc{finn_2026,
  title = {Finn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/finn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}