FINNISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Finnish mean? 

• FINNISH (noun)
  The noun FINNISH has 1 sense:

1. the official language of Finland; belongs to the Baltic Finnic family of languages

  Familiarity information: FINNISH used as a noun is very rare.

• FINNISH (adjective)
  The adjective FINNISH has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Finland or the people of Finland

  Familiarity information: FINNISH used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FINNISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The official language of Finland; belongs to the Baltic Finnic family of languages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Finnish; Suomi

Hypernyms ("Finnish" is a kind of...):

Baltic-Finnic (a group of Finnic languages including Finnish and Estonian)

Derivation:

Finnish (of or relating to or characteristic of Finland or the people of Finland)

• FINNISH (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Finland or the people of Finland

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Finnish architecture

Pertainym:

Finland (republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917)

Derivation:

Finnish (the official language of Finland; belongs to the Baltic Finnic family of languages)

 Context examples 

The Finnish Spitz resembles a fox with a pointed muzzle, perked ears.

(Finnish Spitz, NCI Thesaurus)

I had a dog, at least I had him for a few days until he ran away, and an old Dodge and a Finnish woman who made my bed and cooked breakfast and muttered Finnish wisdom to herself over the electric stove.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

Gatsby looked with vacant eyes through a copy of Clay's Economics, starting at the Finnish tread that shook the kitchen floor and peering toward the bleared windows from time to time as if a series of invisible but alarming happenings were taking place outside.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)