Finnish

== English == === Alternative forms === Fin. (abbreviation) === Etymology === From Finn +‎ -ish. === Pronunciation === (Western) enPR: fĭn′ĭsh, IPA(key): /ˈfɪn.ɪʃ/ Rhymes: -ɪnɪʃ Homophone: finish (Indic) IPA(key): /fɪnnɪʃ/ === Adjective === Finnish (not comparable) Of or pertaining to Finland or the Finns; Finlandic, Finlandish. Of or pertaining to the Finnish language. ==== Derived terms ==== Karelo-Finnish ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Finnish (uncountable) 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). ==== Translations ==== === See also === Finn: a person from Finland. Finnish language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Torne Valley Finnish: a variety of Finnish spoken in Northern Sweden Kven: a variety of Finnish spoken in Northern Norway Karelian Wiktionary’s coverage of Finnish terms Appendix:Finnish Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Finnish === Further reading === Finnish–English Dictionary: from Webster’s Dictionary — the Rosetta Edition. ISO 639-1 code fi, ISO 639-3 code fin (SIL) Ethnologue entry for Finnish, fin ⁠