Used in a Sentence

finnish

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for finnish.

Editorial note

For these who don't know: Kalevala is the name of the Finnish epic about the origin of the world.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech2

Quick take

Of or pertaining to the Finnish language.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of finnish gathered in one view.

adjective

Of or pertaining to the Finnish language.

adjective

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

noun

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).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for finnish.

adjective

Of or pertaining to the Finnish language.

adjective

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

noun

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).

Example sentences

1

For these who don't know: Kalevala is the name of the Finnish epic about the origin of the world.

2

Several of the words are loaned directly (although without umlauts) and keep their original Finnish meaning.

3

The NPR article relates a Finnish study where people experiencing emotion were asked to map our where they felt different emotions.

4

Maybe Amazon could reboot their Fire Phone using the Lumia brand, distribution reach and the Finnish hardware competence that still remains?

5

The creator of toki pona seems to be a fan of the Finnish language.

6

While this is clearly partially due to a lack of vision at Nokia, to the Finnish government it is just pure bad luck.

7

I just purhcased the finnish version of the book and the status says it is shipped.

8

Finland is trying really hard but has Russia and Sweden as neighbours and those are running roughshod over the rights of the Finnish citizens.

9

Without the German government Finnish and Dutch ships would have transported away the Greek statues, gold, and whatever other valuable thing they could find.

10

Kiwen, lipu, linja and walo are probably Finnish inspired as well.

11

We are a multicultural team with French, American, British, Chinese, Korean, Dutch and Finnish colleagues.

12

Also, we think Finnish mythology is way cool.

Quote examples

1

So the answer is probably "a Finnish telecom equipment maker that many people mistakenly assume was bought by Microsoft".

2

Since the Snowden leaks, there has been lobbying to give the military and Supo ("protection police", roughly the Finnish NSA, but police rather than civilian) the right to spy abroad and mass collect data.

3

At a glance: älä, kala, -kin, nenä, nimi, sama, sinä are exact Finnish words and "pimeja" is a slight alteration of "pimeä".

Proper noun examples

1

Runk and runc are pronounced the same there and have the same meaning as in Swedish/Finnish...

2

She's a fan of a bunch of languages, not just Finnish.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use finnish in a sentence?

For these who don't know: Kalevala is the name of the Finnish epic about the origin of the world.

What does finnish mean?

Of or pertaining to the Finnish language.

What part of speech is finnish?

finnish is commonly used as adjective, noun.