# fin
## Translingual
### Symbol

fin
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Finnish.

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Finnish terms

## English
### Pronunciation

* enPR: fĭn, IPA: /fɪn/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Homophones: Finn; thin (th-fronting)
* Rhymes: -ɪn

### Etymology 1

From Middle English fin, from Old English finn, from Proto-Germanic *finnō, *finǭ (“dorsal fin”) (compare Dutch vin, German Finne, Swedish finne, fena), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pīn- (“backbone, dorsal fin”) (compare Old Irish ind (“end, point”), Latin pinna (“feather, wing, fin”), Tocharian A spin (“hook”).

#### Noun

fin (plural fins)
* (ichthyology, zootomy) One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
    The fish's fins minimize water flow.
** 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.
* A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
    a dolphin's fin
* A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.
    The fin stabilises the plane in flight.
* A similar structure protruding from a projectile, used to help keep it on course.
* (surfing) A similar structure on the bottom of a surfboard, used to help steer it.
* A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along the top of the head from about the crown to the forehead.
* A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.
    The divers wore fins to swim faster.
* An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc., used to facilitate cooling.
* A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder.
* (nautical) The conning tower of a submarine.
* (UK, slang, obsolete) A person's hand.
** 1839, Dearden's Miscellany, volumes 1-2, page 661:"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): flipper (of mammals)
* (aircraft component):
* (of a bomb): vane
* (hairstyle): Mohican
* (device worn by divers): flipper

##### Derived terms

* abdominal fin
* adipose fin
* anal fin
* backfin
* bigfin
* blackfin
* bloodfin
* bluefin
* bowfin
* caudal fin
* cephalic fin
* definned
* dorsal fin
* fan-in-fin
* finback
* fin chop
* finclip
* finfish
* fin fold
* finfolk
* finfoot
* fin-foot
* fin-footed
* fin gripper
* fin keel
* fin key
* finless
* finlet
* finlike, fin-like
* finnage
* finning
* finny
* finray
* fin rot
* finspine
* finswimmer
* finswimming
* fin-toed
* fin whale
* forefin
* hindfin
* Hoxton fin
* kitefin
* lobefin
* longfin
* monofin
* nanofin
* paired fins
* pectoral fin
* pelvic fin
* plainfin
* redfin
* red-fin shark
* sailfin
* scalyfin
* shark-fin
* shark fin
* sharkfin
* shark fin soup
* sharksfin
* sharpfin
* shortfin
* silverfin
* snubfin
* soupfin
* splitfin
* spotfin
* swim fin
* swimfin
* tail fin, tailfin
* threadfin
* threefin
* triplefin
* unpaired fins
* ventral fin
* whitefin
* woundfin
* yellowfin

##### Translations

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#### Verb

fin (third-person singular simple present fins, present participle finning, simple past and past participle finned)
* (transitive) To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.
* (intransitive) (Of a fish) to swim with the dorsal fin above the surface of the water.
** 1983, The Fisherman Who Laughed, page 54:When you spot him finning just under the surface, you move up quietly and present [...] bait, usually a squid.
* (intransitive) To swim in the manner of a fish.
    A neutrally buoyant diver does not need to fin to maintain depth.
* (transitive) To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins.

#### Further reading

* Fin in the 1921 edition of Collier's Encyclopedia.

### Etymology 2

From Yiddish פֿינף (finf, “five”). Doublet of five, pimp, and finnuf.

#### Noun

fin (plural fins)
* (UK, formerly Australia, slang) a five-pound (£5) note; the sum of five pounds.
    Synonyms: finny, fiver
* (US, slang, dated) A five-dollar bill; the sum of five dollars.
    Synonyms: fiver, Lincoln

### Etymology 3

From French fin (“end”). Doublet of fine and finis.

#### Noun

fin (plural fins)
* (archaic, film, television) "The end".
    Synonym: finis
* (obsolete, road signs) 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

* cul-de-sac
* fin de siècle

### Anagrams

* inf., NFI, INF, if'n, IFN

## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin finis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfin/ [ˈfĩŋ]
* Rhymes: -in
* Hyphenation: fin

### Noun

fin m or f (plural fines)
* end (extreme part)
* end (final part, in time)

## Bambara
### Adjective

fin
* black

#### Synonyms

* finman

### Verb

fin
* (transitive) to darken, blacken

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fin/, [fĩn]

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish fino (“thin”).

#### Adjective

fin (comparative finago, superlative finen, excessive finegi)
* thin
    Synonyms: mehe, xehe
* sharp
    Synonym: zorrotz
* fine
* delicate

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish fin.

#### Noun

fin inan
* end, ending
    Synonym: amaiera
* aim, objective

##### Declension
### Further reading

* “fin”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “fin”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Champenois
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French fin, from Latin fīnis .

### Pronunciation

IPA: /fɛ̃/

### Adjective

fin m (fingne, plural fins)
* (Troyen, Langrois) thin

### References

* Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎ (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
* Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎ (in French), Troyes

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

Ultimately, from Old Norse Finnr (“Finn, Sami”).

### Adjective

fin
* Finnish

### References

* Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

## Dalmatian
### Alternative forms

* fien

### Etymology

From Latin faenum. Compare Italian fieno, Romanian fân, Friulian fen, Romansch fain, French foin, Portuguese feno, Spanish heno. Alternative form also possibly through a Venetan intermediate as a loan word.

### Noun

fin m
* hay

## Danish
### Etymology

From late Old Norse fínn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fin/, [ˈfiˀn]
* Rhymes: -in

### Adjective

fin
* fine
* choice, classy
* delicate
* fashionable
* grand, posh, genteel

#### Inflection

$^1$ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. $^2$ The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

## East Yugur
### Etymology

From Chinese 分 (fēn), compare Western Yugur fïn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fən/

### Noun

fin
* minute
    Bu la hirti serki wai, jirghuun ceg ghucin findi posqi we.I'll probably wake up early and get up at six thirty [six o'clock and thirty minutes].

## Franco-Provençal
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin fīnis.

#### Noun

fin f (plural fins) (ORB, broad)
* end

#### References

* fin in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
* fin in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

### Etymology 2

Compare French fin.

#### Adjective

fin (feminine singular fina, masculine plural fins, feminine plural fines)
* thin

#### References

* fin in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɛ̃/
* (Quebec) IPA: [fẽ]
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: faim, fins, feins, feint, feints
* Rhymes: -ɛ̃

### Etymology 1

From Middle French fin, from Old French fin, from Latin finis.

#### Noun

fin f (plural fins)
* end, close, finish
* end, end goal, objective, purpose

##### Derived terms

* à la fin
* à toutes fins utiles
* arriver à ses fins
* arrondir ses fins de mois
* blanchisseuse de fin
* 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

##### Related terms

* finir
* final

### Etymology 2

Unclear, see fine.

#### Adjective

fin (feminine fine, masculine plural fins, feminine plural fines)
* thin, fine
* (Quebec) kind, nice

##### Derived terms

* 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

* “fin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Friulian
### Etymology

From Latin fīnis.

### Noun

fin m (plural fins)
* end

### Adjective

fin
* fine, thin

### Related terms

* finâl
* finî

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* fim (reintegrationist)

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fin (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin fīnis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfiŋ/ [ˈfiŋ]
* Rhymes: -iŋ
* Hyphenation: fin

### Noun

fin m or f (plural fins)
* end

#### Derived terms

* á fin
* ao fin
* fin de semana
* por fin

#### Related terms

* final
* finar

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fin”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fin”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fin”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fin”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fin”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Further reading

* “fin”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Gothic
### Romanization

fin
* Romanization of 𐍆𐌹𐌽

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fin/
* Hyphenation: fin

### Noun

fin f (apocopated)
* Apocopic form of fine

#### Derived terms

* fin di vita

### Preposition

fin
* Apocopic form of fino

#### Derived terms

* fin troppo

### Refernces

* ↑ fin in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2007

## Ladin
### Etymology

From Latin fīnis.

### Noun

fin m (plural fins)
* aim, end, goal

## Ladino
### Etymology

From Old Spanish [Term?], semi-learned term from Latin fīnis.

### Noun

fin f (Hebrew spelling פין)
* end

## Middle French
### Etymology

From Old French fin, from Latin finis.

### Noun

fin f (plural fins)
* end; finish
* (figuratively) death

#### Descendants

* French: fin

## Norman
### Etymology

From Old French fin, from Latin finis.

### Adjective

fin m
* (Guernsey) fine

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From late Old Norse finn, from Latin finis.

### Adjective

fin (neuter singular fint, definite singular and plural fine, comparative finere, indefinite superlative finest, definite superlative fineste)
* fine

#### Derived terms

* finjustere
* hårfin

### References

* “fin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse finn, from Latin finis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fiːn/

### Adjective

fin (neuter fint, definite singular and plural fine, comparative finare, indefinite superlative finast, definite superlative finaste)
* fine
    Dette er ein fin vin. ― This is a fine wine.
* pretty, handsome
    Kjærasten min er ei veldig fin jente. ― My girlfriend is a very pretty girl.
* posh
    Ei fin frue klaga på maten. ― A posh lady complained about the food.
* good
    Det er ei fin årstid å vitja Noreg på. ― It is a good season to visit Norway.

#### Derived terms

* hårfin
* fisefin

### References

* “fin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan fin, from Latin finis.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

fin m (feminine singular fina, masculine plural fins, feminine plural finas)
* fine (particularly slender)

#### Derived terms

* finament

### Further reading

* Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 484.

## Old English
### Noun

fin m
* Alternative form of finn

## Old French
### Etymology

From Latin finis.

### Adjective

fin m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fine)
* fine, delicate
** c. 1250, Rutebeuf, C’est la complainte d’outremer:Serveiz Deu de fin cuer entierServe God with a whole, fine heart

#### Descendants

* Middle French: fin
** French: fin
* → Middle Dutch: fijn
** Dutch: fijn
*** Berbice Creole Dutch: fini
*** Negerhollands: fien, fin
*** → Papiamentu: fini
*** → Sranan Tongo: feni, fini
**** → Caribbean Javanese: fini
**** → Saramaccan: fínu
* → Middle High German: fîn
** German: fein
*** → Czech: fajn
*** → Kashubian: fëjn
*** → Polish: fajny
**** → Belarusian: фа́йны (fájny)
**** → Ukrainian: фа́йний (fájnyj)
*** → Greater Polish: fejn
*** → Romanian: fain
*** → Serbo-Croatian: fajn
*** → Slovincian: fejn
** Yiddish: פֿײַן (fayn)
* Norman: fin
* → Middle English: fyn, fin
** English: fine
** Yola: fhyne

## Old Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin finis.

### Noun

fin f (oblique plural fins, nominative singular fin, nominative plural fins)
* end (final part)

#### Descendants

* Occitan: fin

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fin/
* Rhymes: -in
* Hyphenation: fin

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French fin, from Latin finis.

#### Adjective

fin m or n (feminine singular fină, masculine plural fini, feminine and neuter plural fine)
* fine, delicate
* subtle

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin root *fīliānus, from Latin fīlius. Compare also Albanian fijan, Italian figliano.

#### Noun

fin m (plural fini, feminine equivalent fină)
* godson

##### Related terms

* fină
* fiu

##### See also

* naș

## Romansch
### Etymology 1
#### Preposition

fin
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) until, till
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) by

##### Synonyms

* (Sursilvan) tochen
* (Sutsilvan) antocen, antoca, toca
* (Rumantsch Grischun) enfin
* (Surmiran) anfignen
* (Puter, Vallader) infin
* (by):
** (Sursilvan) entochen

#### Conjunction

fin
* (Rumantsch Grischun) until

##### Synonyms

* (Sursilvan) tochen che, entochen che
* (Sutsilvan) antoca, antocen, toca
* (Surmiran) anfignen tgi
* (Puter, Vallader) fin cha

#### Adverb

fin
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) as far as

##### Synonyms

* (Sursilvan) tochen, entochen
* (Sutsilvan) antocen, antoca, toca
* (Surmiran) anfignen
* (Puter, Vallader) infin

### Etymology 2

From Latin fīnis.

#### Adjective

fin m (feminine singular fina, masculine plural fins, feminine plural finas)
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) fine

##### Alternative forms

* (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) fegn

### Etymology 3

From Latin fīnis.

#### Adjective

fin f (plural fins)
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) end

##### Alternative forms

* (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) fegn

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From German fein and Italian fino, from Latin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fîːn/

### Adjective

fȋn (Cyrillic spelling фи̑н, definite fȋnī, comparative finiji)
* fine, delicate
* thin
* sensitive
* refined
* first-class, high-class
* tasty, delicious

#### Related terms

* finoća

### References

* “fin”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slovene
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fino.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fíːn/

### Adjective

fȋn (comparative finȇjši, superlative nȁjfinȇjši)
* fine, refined, high-class
* fine, thin

### Further reading

* “fin”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Old Spanish fin, a semi-learned descendant of Latin fīnis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfin/ [ˈfĩn]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -in
* Syllabification: fin

### Noun

fin m (plural fines)
* (sometimes feminine) end
    el fin de semana ― the weekend
* purpose, aim, objective, goal
    con este fin ― for that to happen; to that end
* end, stop, halt, close, finish (ending point)

#### Derived terms

* a buen fin no hay mal tiempo
* a fin de
* a fin de cuentas
* a fin de que
* a tal fin (“to this end, to that end”)
* al fin
* al fin del mundo
* baile de fin de curso
* con el fin de
* del principio al fin
* el fin justifica los medios
* en fin
* fin de semana
* fin del mundo
* fino
* llegar a fin de mes
* para este fin (“for this purpose”)
* poner fin a (“put a stop to, put an end to, call a halt to”)
* por fin
* por fin y postre
* tornillo sin fin

#### Related terms

* final
* finir
* sinfín

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “fin”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

### Further reading

* “fin”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology

Since at least the 16th century, from French fin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fiːn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -iːn

### Adjective

fin (comparative finare, superlative finast)
* nice to look at, nice, pretty
    en fin färg ― a nice color
    en fin fågel ― a pretty bird
    ett fint hus ― a nice(-looking)/pretty house
    Hunden har fin päls ― The dog has a nice coat
    fina ögon ― pretty eyes
    en fin bebis ― a pretty baby
* nice, good
    Det är fint väder idag ― The weather is nice today
    göra en fin affär ― make a good deal (or "fine deal," except not old-fashioned)
    – Hur mår du? – Jag mår fint!– How are you? – I'm fine/feeling good!
    – Hur gick det? – Det gick fint!– How'd it go? – It went well!
    en fin människa ― a good person (intuitively, "nice to behold"/"pretty," in a non-physical sense)
** (somewhat colloquial, in "sitta fint" (sit fine)) to be (something that would be) nice
    En kopp kaffe skulle sitta fintA cup of coffee would be nice ("would sit fine")
    Bastu satt fint efter träningenSauna was nice ("sat fine") after the workout
* fine, fancy
    en fin restaurang ― a fine restaurant
    finskor ― elegant/fancy shoes (for special occasions), like dress shoes
* of high social standing
    en fin familj ― a good family
    ha fint främmande ― have distinguished visitors
* (by extension) posh (in a ridiculous way)
    Han är för fin för att äta hamburgare med ossHe is too good/fancy-schmancy to eat hamburgers with us
* fine (very thin)
    Antonyms: tjock, grov
    fin tråd ― fine thread
* fine (consisting of relatively small particles or pieces)
    Antonym: grov
    fin sand ― fine sand
** (as a prefix) finely
    Antonym: grov-
    finhackad lök ― finely chopped onion
    finmalen svartpeppar ― finely ground black pepper
    finkorning ― fine-grained
* subtle, fine
    en fin skillnad ― a subtle/fine difference
** 1847 November 10, S., “Om Choleran [Concerning Cholera]”, in Wermlandstidningen, page 2:Om peſtämnetsnatur aͤr man icke ſå noga underraͤttad, men ſå mycket wet man att det, jemte beroͤringsſmittan, har ett fint effluvium, som på ganska naͤra håll ſmittar aͤfwen utan omedelbart widroͤrande; […]In regard to the nature of the pestilence, one is not so precisely informed, but it is known that, along with contact contagion, it possesses a subtle effluvium, which transmits even without immediate contact, especially at quite close range; […]

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

#### Derived terms

* fin i kanten
* fin som snus
* fin-
* finfin
* finslipa
* hårfin

#### See also

* gullig
* snygg
* söt

### References

* fin in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* fin in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* fin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* inf.

## Volapük
### Noun

fin (nominative plural fins)
* end

#### Declension

$^1$ status as a case is disputed $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only