fin en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- fĭn
- /fɪn/
- /fən/ (New-Zealand)
- (US) audio
Etymology
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”).
Meanings
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One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
The fish's fins minimize water flow.
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.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
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A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
a dolphin's fin
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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.
- 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.
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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.
- The conning tower of a submarine.
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(UK, obsolete, slang) A person's hand.
"Done say I to that, Reuben, tip me your fin, my spark, and it shall be a bet."
1839, Dearden's Miscellany, volumes 1-2, page 661:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fins | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
dorsal fin · finback · splitfin · hindfin · pelvic fin · bowfin · triplefin · fin-foot · finning · shark fin soup · bigfin · redfin · ventral fin · fin-footed · swimfin · finspine · kitefin · finclip · threadfin · forefin · scalyfin · fin chop · adipose fin · fin keel · shortfin · snubfin · cephalic fin · soupfin · red-fin shark · Hoxton fin · fin gripper · whitefin · fin fold · finray · backfin · fin-like · finless · shark fin · unpaired fin · sailfin · finswimmer · shark-fin · silverfin · fin-toed · nanofin · abdominal fin · spotfin · finlike · definned · fin whale · fan-in-fin · sharpfin · tail fin · yellowfin · lobefin · anal fin · caudal fin · finlet · threefin · longfin · finfolk · finswimming · tailfin · swim fin · bluefin · sharkfin · finfish · monofin · finny · woundfin · bloodfin · pectoral fin · finfoot · fin key · finnage · paired fin · plainfin · sharksfin · blackfin · fin rot
Synonyms
flipper (device worn by divers) · vane (of a bomb) · flipper (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) · Mohican
Translations (206)
my အတောင် (appendage of a fish) · nl hanenkam (hairstyle) · da finne (device used by divers) · cy pysgadain (appendage of a fish) · smn vepsi (appendage of a fish) · fo fjøður (appendage of a fish) · fr nageoire (appendage of a fish) · fi evä (appendage of a fish) · izh siipi (appendage of a fish) · eu hegats (appendage of a fish) · lv stabilizators (aircraft component) · de Flosse (appendage of a fish) · gl aleta (appendage of a fish) · nn ugge (appendage of a fish) · eo naĝilo (appendage of a fish) · ang finn (appendage of a fish) · sv fena (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) · bcl parikpik (appendage of a fish) · ast ala (appendage of a fish) · kqr sirik (appendage of a fish) · ru плавни́к (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) · uz suzgich (appendage of a fish) · fr aileron (appendage of a fish) · da halefinne (aircraft component) · oc aleta (appendage of a fish) · de Seitenleitwerk (aircraft component) · el πτερύγιο (appendage of a fish) · gd ite (appendage of a fish) · ja フィン (device used by divers) · mk стабилиза́тор (of a bomb) · de Leitwerk (of a bomb) · sne siried (appendage of a fish) · lo ຄີບ (appendage of a fish) · ta மீன்சிறகு (appendage of a fish) · tg олати шино (appendage of a fish) · no finne (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) · es aleta (device used by divers) · fi räpylä (device used by divers) · cy asgell (appendage of a fish) · my ရေယက် (appendage of a fish) · sl plavut (appendage of a fish) · fo horn (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) · nl zwemvlies (device used by divers) · mel pidin (appendage of a fish) · ro înotătoare (appendage of a fish) · tl palaypay (appendage of a fish) · bg вертикален стабилизатор (aircraft component) · uk плаве́ць (appendage of a fish) · nl vin (appendage of a fish) · tl palikpik (appendage of a fish) · my ဆူးတောင် (appendage of a fish) · ru стабилиза́тор (aircraft component) · mk четка (hairstyle) · lt pelekas (appendage of a fish) · crs nazwar (appendage of a fish) · th ครีบ (appendage of a fish) · bg стабилизатор (of a bomb) · hu uszony (appendage of a fish) · mk стабилиза́тор (aircraft component) · la pinna (appendage of a fish) · bg плавни́к (appendage of a fish) · bg плавник (device used by divers) · da finne (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) · sjd ве̄ппьс (appendage of a fish) · uk плавни́к (appendage of a fish) · es aleta (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) · id sirip (appendage of a fish) · it pinna (device used by divers) · hy լողակ (appendage of a fish) · mk пера́ја (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) · ko 지느러미 (appendage of a fish) · bdr serek (appendage of a fish) · gl aleta (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) · tr palet (device used by divers) · de Höhenleitwerk (aircraft component) · de Fluke f Flosse (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) · fo sveiv (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) · tr yüzgeç (appendage of a fish) · sq pendë (appendage of a fish) · no svømmeføtter (device used by divers) · kk жүзбеқанат (appendage of a fish) · ast aleta (device used by divers) · es aleta (appendage of a fish) · ro aripioară (appendage of a fish) · fr empennage (aircraft component) · bg плавник (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) · be плаўні́к (appendage of a fish) · ko 오리발 (device used by divers) · pt pé de pato (device used by divers) · dsb pjeraso (appendage of a fish) · zh 魚鰭 /鱼鳍 (appendage of a fish) · izh siipi (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) · ro aripă (appendage of a fish) · nb finne (appendage of a fish) · myv сёлмо (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) · ta துடுப்பு (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) · fr nageoire (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) · am ክንፍ (appendage of a fish) · ja 鰭 (appendage of a fish) · ru ласт (device used by divers) · ca aleta (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) · ka ფარფლი (appendage of a fish) · nl flipper (device used by divers) · mn сэрвээ (appendage of a fish) · io floso (appendage of a fish) · hy թև (appendage of a fish) · mvv kikiwos (appendage of a fish) · mk перка (appendage of a fish) · sga ette (appendage of a fish) · ru ласт (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) · ko 물갈퀴 (device used by divers) · sv labb (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) · et uim (appendage of a fish) · pt nadadeira (appendage of a fish) · ru плавни́к (appendage of a fish) · ru перо́ (appendage of a fish) · sms veäʹpss (appendage of a fish) · pl płetwa (appendage of a fish) · de Finne (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) · nl vin (of a bomb) · fi evä (aircraft component) · mnb padhi (appendage of a fish) · zh 脚蹼 (device used by divers) · nl staartvin (aircraft component) · ko 핀 (device used by divers) · grc πτερύγιον (appendage of a fish) · zlw-ocs plútva (appendage of a fish) · nl vin (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) · bg перка (appendage of a fish) · ta துடுப்பு (appendage of a fish) · fi uimaräpylä (device used by divers) · bg перка (device used by divers) · io floso (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) · se veaksi (appendage of a fish) · sv simfötter (device used by divers) · lv spura (appendage of a fish) · mk перка (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) · pt barbatana (appendage of a fish) · uz yuzgich (appendage of a fish) · lv ķīlis (aircraft component) · no finner (device used by divers) · mfe nazwar (appendage of a fish) · pt nadadeira (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) · fa باله (appendage of a fish) · la penna (appendage of a fish) · vi vây (appendage of a fish) · gl aleta (device used by divers) · nn finne (appendage of a fish) · it impennaggio (of a bomb) · pt aleta (of a bomb) · az üzgəc (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) · myv сёлмо (appendage of a fish) · fi evä (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) · is uggi (appendage of a fish) · mi pakihawa (pectoral) (appendage of a fish) · sv fena (appendage of a fish) · wmw ripupa (appendage of a fish) · is horn (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) · ca aleta (appendage of a fish) · nl vin (aircraft component) · gd eithre (appendage of a fish) · it impennaggio (aircraft component) · mi urutira (appendage of a fish) · ms sirip (appendage of a fish) · ota قناد (appendage of a fish) · vi vi (appendage of a fish) · az üzgəc (appendage of a fish) · ast aleta (appendage of a fish) · hi पंख (appendage of a fish) · de Schwimmflossen) (device used by divers) · sk plutva (appendage of a fish) · he סְנַפִּיר (appendage of a fish) · ca aleta (device used by divers) · ota قناد (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) · tr yüzgeç (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) · sh пера́ја (appendage of a fish) · no hanekam (hairstyle) · tr yüzme paleti (device used by divers) · sh плитва (appendage of a fish) · it pinna (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal) · ru стабилиза́тор (of a bomb) · ky сүзгүч канат (appendage of a fish) · sh perája (appendage of a fish) · fr palme (device used by divers) · fr empennage (of a bomb) · it pinna (appendage of a fish) · zh 鰭 /鳍 (appendage of a fish) · hi मीनपक्ष (appendage of a fish) · sh plitva (appendage of a fish) · fa پره (appendage of a fish) · pt aleta (aircraft component) · sv fena (aircraft component) · de Leitwerk (aircraft component) · pt barbatana (device used by divers) · pt estabilizador (aircraft component) · cs ploutev (appendage of a fish) · ru ла́сты (device used by divers) · mi paihau (appendage of a fish) · mk пера́ја (appendage of a fish) · da finne (appendage of a fish) · ga eite (appendage of a fish) · mi hawa (ventral) (appendage of a fish) · ar زِعْنِفَة (appendage of a fish) · mi tira (appendage of a fish) · zlw-opl plutwa (appendage of a fish) · no finne (aircraft component)
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