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fine en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈfaɪ̯n/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /ˈfɑɪ̯n/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˈfaːn/ Southern US, /aɪ̯/-ungliding
• audio

Etymology

From Middle English fin, fyn, from Old French fin (“fine, minute, exact”), of obscure origin, but probably derived from Latin fīnīre (“to finish”) or fīnis (“boundary, limit, end”), with an abstract sense of fine or thin also arising in many Romance languages (compare Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish fino). Doublet of fino.

Meanings

1. Senses referring to subjective quality. ▸ Of superior quality.
   • Only a really fine wine could fully complement Lucía's hand-made pasta.
   • The tree frog that they encountered was truly a fine specimen.
   • "That's a fine young fellow," said the historiographer of earwigs, to an American who stood next him in the crowd. 1856, L. S. Lavenu, chapter XVII, in Erlesmere; or, Contrasts of Character, volume 1, London: Smith, Elder & Co., page 171:
   • "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there.[…]." 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
2. (ironic) Senses referring to subjective quality. ▸ Impressively bad, inappropriate, or unsatisfactory.
   • Here's another fine mess you've gotten us into.
   • You're a fine one to talk about laziness.
   • A fine romance, with no kisses, A fine romance, my friend, this is; We should be like a couple of hot tomatoes, But you're as cold as yesterday's mashed potatoes. 1936, “A Fine Romance”, in Dorothy Fields (lyrics), Jerome Kern (music), Swing Time (musical film):
3. (informal) Senses referring to subjective quality. ▸ Being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory; having one's well-being be no cause for concern.
   • How are you today? – Fine.
   • Will this one do? It's got a dent in it. – Yeah, it'll be fine, I guess.
   • Don't worry about us; the storm knocked the power out, but we're all fine.
   • It's fine with me if you stay out late, so long as you're back by three.
   • Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy, and came very near to saying so. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter III, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
   • On the surface, everything is fine. The sleek, futuristic spaceship setting is fine (if a little cold), the acting is fine (or better than fine, in Lawrence’s case), the music is fine, the lighting is fine, the editing, the camerawork—all fine. 2016 December 20, Katie Rife, “Passengers strains the considerable charms of Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2018:
4. (informal) Senses referring to subjective quality. ▸ Good-looking, attractive.
   • That man is so fine that I'd jump into his pants without a moment's hesitation.
   • It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
   • He's so fine (doo-lang-doo-lang-doo-lang) / Wish he were mine (doo-lang-doo-lang-doo-lang) / That handsome boy over there (doo-lang-doo-lang-doo-lang) / The one with the wavy hair (doo-lang-doo-lang-doo-lang) 1963, Ronnie Mack, “He's So Fine”, in He's So Fine, performed by The Chiffons:
5. Senses referring to subjective quality. ▸ Subtle, delicately balanced or discriminated.
   • In any case, Feinsilver’s nomenclatural suggestions and fine distinctions did not enjoy widespread adoption. 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 7:
6. (obsolete) Senses referring to subjective quality. ▸ Showy; overdecorated.
   • 1853, Matthew Arnold, Preface to The Poems of Matthew Arnold They will permit the poet to select any action he pleases, and to suffer that action to go as it will, provided he gratifies them with occasional bursts of fine writing
7. Senses referring to subjective quality. ▸ Delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; dexterous.
   • Thou haſt ſpoken all alreadie, vnleſſe thou canſt ſay they are married, but thou art too fine in thy euidence, therefore ſtand aſide. c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii], page 253, column 2:
   • The nicest and most delicate touches of satire consist in fine raillery. c. 1692, John Dryden, Discourse on Satire:
   • The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine! 1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: […] J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC:
   • He has as fine a hand at picking a pocket as a woman. 1728, John Gay, The Beggar's Opera:
8. Senses referring to subjective quality. ▸ An answer often used to cover an unnecessary explanation, rather to avoid conflict or an argument. Saying "I'm fine" can be used to avoid inquiry when the speaker is not really okay.
   • Do you want to talk about what happened? – [sharply, with annoyance or discomfort] I'm fine!
9. Senses referring to objective quality. ▸ Of a particular grade of quality, usually between very good and very fine, and below mint.
   • The small scratch meant that his copy of “X-Men #2” was merely fine when it otherwise would have been “near mint”.
10. (of weather) Senses referring to objective quality. ▸ Sunny and not raining.
    • If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
11. Senses referring to objective quality. ▸ Consisting of especially minute particulates; made up of particularly small pieces.
    • And if thy oblation be a meate offering baken in the frying pan,it ſhalbe made of fine flowꝛe with oyle. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 2:7:
    • When she touched the artifact, it collapsed into a heap of fine dust.
    • Grind it into a fine powder.
12. Senses referring to objective quality. ▸ Particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth.
    • But as our urban lives have grown more pressed for time, we have diced our opportunity costs finer and finer; from budgeting days or slabs of hours, we have come to rationing minutes. 2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 06 Apr 2020:
    • The threads were so fine that you had to look through a magnifying glass to see them.
13. Senses referring to objective quality. ▸ Made of slender or thin filaments.
    • They protected themselves from the small parasites with a fine wire mesh.
14. Senses referring to objective quality. ▸ Having a (specified) proportion of pure metal in its composition.
    • Coins nine tenths fine.
15. Behind the batsman and at a small angle to the line between the wickets.
    • […]to nudge it through the covers (or tickle it down to fine leg) for a four[…]
16. (obsolete) Subtle; thin; tenuous.
    • The eye standeth in the finer medium and the object in the grosser. 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

Forms

Antonyms

coarse · coarse

Synonyms

fine-grain · powdered · fine-grained · excellent · powdery · all right · small-grained · good · kosher · fine-threaded · okay · o.k. · hunky-dory · pulverised · ok · hell of a · pulverized

Translations (214)

hy բարձրորակ (of superior quality) · sv utsökt (of superior quality) · sv fin (particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth) · no fin (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · it bella (of weather: sunny and not raining) · mi ranginamu (good-looking, attractive) · pdt fien (particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth) · pt fino (particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth) · pl cienki (made of slender or thin filaments) · pt bom (of weather: sunny and not raining) · es (parecerle / estar) bien / bueno (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · az narın (made up of particularly small pieces) · pdt fein (of superior quality) · ru утончённый (of superior quality) · ru краси́вый (good-looking, attractive) · eo bona (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · de filigran (made of slender or thin filaments) · ba ваҡ (made up of particularly small pieces) · ckb ورد (made up of particularly small pieces) · mi rauangi (made of slender or thin filaments) · fr bien (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · az gözəl (of weather: sunny and not raining) · ga breá (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · no fin (made up of particularly small pieces) · rup fin (of superior quality) · bg тъ́нък (particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth) · pl cienki (particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth) · az xırda (made up of particularly small pieces) · sv prydlig (good-looking, attractive) · sv vacker (good-looking, attractive) · nl uitstekend (of superior quality) · ga mín (made of slender or thin filaments) · pt bonito (good-looking, attractive) · pt fino (of superior quality) · no pen (good-looking, attractive) · sv finkornig (made up of particularly small pieces) · ru изя́щный (good-looking, attractive) · bg фин (good-looking, attractive) · de passabel (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · mi tōrirerire (good-looking, attractive) · ru превосхо́дный (of superior quality) · bg високока́чествен (of superior quality) · fi hieno (of superior quality) · it bello (of weather: sunny and not raining) · sv fin (of weather: sunny and not raining) · az yaxşı (of weather: sunny and not raining) · grc λεπτός (particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth) · es fino (of a particular grade of quality, usually between "very good" and "very fine", and below "mint") · ru сухо́й (of weather: sunny and not raining) · ro fin (of superior quality) · hu remek (of superior quality) · yi פֿײַן (of superior quality) · az fərli (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · fi kaunis (good-looking, attractive) · el εντάξει (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · oc fin (of superior quality) · da fin (made up of particularly small pieces) · fi oivallinen (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · sv framstående (of superior quality) · fi hieno (made up of particularly small pieces) · sv skicklig (of superior quality) · fi hyvä (of weather: sunny and not raining) · ja いい (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · no fint (of weather: sunny and not raining) · ms halus (made up of particularly small pieces) · sco braw (good-looking, attractive) · ru хоро́ший (of weather: sunny and not raining) · gd brèagha (good-looking, attractive) · grc αἴθριος (of weather: sunny and not raining) · sv ståtlig (good-looking, attractive) · ga breá (good-looking, attractive) · hu filigrán (particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth) · bg я́сен (of weather: sunny and not raining) · tpi orait (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · ru отли́чный (of superior quality) · iba lanit (made up of particularly small pieces) · arz كويس (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · hy բարձրակարգ (of superior quality) · ka თხელი (particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth) · th ดี (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · ru прекра́сный (good-looking, attractive) · de herrlich (of weather: sunny and not raining) · sv fin (made of slender or thin filaments) · mi tarapī (particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth) · sv härlig (of superior quality) · de akzeptabel (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · de gut (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · fi hieno (made of slender or thin filaments) · la mundus (of superior quality) · id baik (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · de filigran (particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth) · bg добъ́р (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · he דַּק (particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth) · fr fine (made up of particularly small pieces) · fr belle (of weather: sunny and not raining) · be фа́йны (good-looking, attractive) · kaw wagus (of superior quality) · ka ნატიფი (of superior quality) · mn нарийн (made up of particularly small pieces) · mi angiangi (made of slender or thin filaments) · ga breá (of superior quality) · ka სიფრიფანა (particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth) · fi ohut (particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth) · hy մանր (made up of particularly small pieces) · de fein (of superior quality) · ru худо́й (particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth) · sv nätt (particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth) · it fine (of superior quality) · cy mân (made up of particularly small pieces) · es fino (particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth) · ru то́нкий (made up of particularly small pieces) · sv liten (particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth) · sv stilig (good-looking, attractive) · ga dathúil (good-looking, attractive) · eo fajna (of superior quality) · la serēnus (of weather: sunny and not raining) · fi hieno (particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth) · it fine (made up of particularly small pieces) · el αίθριος (of weather: sunny and not raining) · es fino (made up of particularly small pieces) · fr fin (made up of particularly small pieces) · pt bom (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · km គួរ (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · az yararlı (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · rm fin (of superior quality) · mn нарийн (of superior quality) · bg си́тен (made up of particularly small pieces) · ase 5@Sternum-FingerUp Contact (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · sv härlig (of weather: sunny and not raining) · mi tōrire (good-looking, attractive) · nl prachtig (of weather: sunny and not raining) · bg изя́щен (good-looking, attractive) · cmn 晴好 (of weather: sunny and not raining) · nl fijn (made up of particularly small pieces) · la lautus (of superior quality) · uk фа́йний (good-looking, attractive) · ru я́сный (of weather: sunny and not raining) · fr fine (particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth) · fr fin (of superior quality) · id halus (made up of particularly small pieces) · no flott (of superior quality) · ru высокока́чественный (of superior quality) · sl kakovosten (of superior quality) · it bene (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · ru го́дный (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · acw كُوَيِّس (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · ko 훌륭하다 (good-looking, attractive) · he משובח (of superior quality) · sl v redu (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · he דַּק (made up of particularly small pieces) · sl lep (of weather: sunny and not raining) · bho नीक (of superior quality) · sv bra (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · es (estar) bien (para) (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · fi hieno (of a particular grade of quality, usually between "very good" and "very fine", and below "mint") · ru удовлетвори́тельный (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · nl goed (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · id lumat (made up of particularly small pieces) · mk ведро (of weather: sunny and not raining) · cy braf (of weather: sunny and not raining) · ka კარგი (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · sv fintrådig (made of slender or thin filaments) · no bra (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · sv smal (particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth) · el εκλεκτός (of superior quality) · ga dóighiúil (good-looking, attractive) · sv grann (good-looking, attractive) · es (ser) bueno (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · bg фин (made of slender or thin filaments) · chr ᎣᏍᏓ (of superior quality) · ru то́нкий (particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth) · de heiß (good-looking, attractive) · de genügend (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · az yönlü (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · ga slachtmhar (good-looking, attractive) · el εξαιρετικός (of superior quality) · de sexy (good-looking, attractive) · no fin (good-looking, attractive) · ccc mapesipili (particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth) · mn нарийн (particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth) · ja 平凡 (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · sv fin (made up of particularly small pieces) · fi ohut (made of slender or thin filaments) · fi kirkas (of weather: sunny and not raining) · pt fino (made up of particularly small pieces) · af fyn (of a particular grade of quality, usually between "very good" and "very fine", and below "mint") · sco braw (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · ga breá (of weather: sunny and not raining) · sv späd (particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth) · fr fin (particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth) · acw طيّب (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · ka წმინდა (made up of particularly small pieces) · fr beau (of weather: sunny and not raining) · ka კარგი (of weather: sunny and not raining) · ru хоро́ший (of superior quality) · ru ме́лкий (made up of particularly small pieces) · ru то́нкий (made of slender or thin filaments) · es fino (of superior quality) · ru ми́лый (good-looking, attractive) · sv fin (of superior quality) · pl fajny (good-looking, attractive) · sv präktig (of superior quality) · ru великоле́пный (of superior quality) · lo ເຕີ່ນາ (being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory) · sv utmärkt (of superior quality) · cmn 優良 /优良 (of superior quality) · fi hyvä (of a particular grade of quality, usually between "very good" and "very fine", and below "mint") · sl fin (made up of particularly small pieces) · mi matarehu (made up of particularly small pieces) · bg ху́бав (of weather: sunny and not raining) · ms halus (particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth) · da fin (of weather: sunny and not raining) · af fyn (of superior quality) · el λεπτός (particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth)

fine en · ADV · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈfaɪ̯n/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /ˈfɑɪ̯n/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˈfaːn/ Southern US, /aɪ̯/-ungliding
• audio

Etymology

From Middle English fin, fyn, from Old French fin (“fine, minute, exact”), of obscure origin, but probably derived from Latin fīnīre (“to finish”) or fīnis (“boundary, limit, end”), with an abstract sense of fine or thin also arising in many Romance languages (compare Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish fino). Doublet of fino.

Meanings

1. Well, nicely, in a positive, agreeable way.
   • Everything worked out fine.
2. (colloquial, dated, dialectal) Finely; elegantly; delicately.
3. In a manner so that the driven ball strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be barely deflected, the object ball being driven to one side.

Forms

Synonyms

all right · OK · very well · alright

Translations (19)

cs fajn (expression of agreement) · ru прекра́сно (expression of agreement) · ru хорошо́ (expression of agreement) · uk до́бре (expression of agreement) · be до́бра (expression of agreement) · no bra (expression of agreement) · sv fint (expression of agreement) · de gut (expression of agreement) · fi hyvä on (expression of agreement) · bg добре́ (expression of agreement) · fr bien (expression of agreement) · sl prav (expression of agreement) · el καλά (expression of agreement) · ru отли́чно (expression of agreement) · el εντάξει (expression of agreement) · eo bone (expression of agreement) · no fint (expression of agreement) · it bene (expression of agreement) · sv OK (expression of agreement)

fine en · INTJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈfaɪ̯n/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /ˈfɑɪ̯n/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˈfaːn/ Southern US, /aɪ̯/-ungliding
• audio

Etymology

From Middle English fin, fyn, from Old French fin (“fine, minute, exact”), of obscure origin, but probably derived from Latin fīnīre (“to finish”) or fīnis (“boundary, limit, end”), with an abstract sense of fine or thin also arising in many Romance languages (compare Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish fino). Doublet of fino.

Meanings

1. Expression of (typically) reluctant or agreement.
2. Expression of (typically) reluctant acceptance, without further argument or discussion, of another person's viewpoint.

fine en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈfaɪ̯n/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /ˈfɑɪ̯n/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˈfaːn/ Southern US, /aɪ̯/-ungliding
• audio

Etymology

From Middle English fin, fyn, from Old French fin (“fine, minute, exact”), of obscure origin, but probably derived from Latin fīnīre (“to finish”) or fīnis (“boundary, limit, end”), with an abstract sense of fine or thin also arising in many Romance languages (compare Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish fino). Doublet of fino.

Meanings

1. Fine champagne; French brandy.
   • He refilled his glass. ‘The fine is very good,’ he said. 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber, published 2007, page 18:
   • ‘Darling,’ Lois told her, ‘don't get depressed. Have another fine.’ 1928, Jean Rhys, Quartet, Penguin, published 2000, page 34:
   • We had dined at l'Avenue's, and afterward went to the Café de Versailles for coffee. We had several fines after the coffee, and I said I must be going. 1926, Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, Scribner, published 2003, page 14:
2. (plural-normally) Something that is fine; fine particles.
   • They filtered silt and fines out of the soil.

Forms

Relateds

filing

fine en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈfaɪ̯n/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /ˈfɑɪ̯n/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˈfaːn/ Southern US, /aɪ̯/-ungliding
• audio

Etymology

From Middle English fin, fyn, from Old French fin (“fine, minute, exact”), of obscure origin, but probably derived from Latin fīnīre (“to finish”) or fīnis (“boundary, limit, end”), with an abstract sense of fine or thin also arising in many Romance languages (compare Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish fino). Doublet of fino.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify.
   • to fine gold
   • 1666 (written), 1681 (published), Thomas Hobbes, A Dialogue between a Philosopher and a Student of the Common Laws of England It hath been fined and refined by […] learned men.
2. (intransitive) To become finer, purer, or cleaner.
3. To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.
   • The tools to be used for this surface tillage are those that comminute or fine the soil most completely without compacting it or leaving it in ridges or in furrows 1913, Liberty Hyde Bailey, The Practical Garden Book:
4. To change by fine gradations.
   • to fine down a ship's lines, i.e. to diminish her lines gradually
   • I often sate at home On evenings, watching how they fined themselves With gradual conscience to a perfect night. 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “(please specify either |book=1 to 9 or the page)”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLC:
5. (transitive) To clarify (wine and beer) by filtration.
6. (dated, intransitive) To become gradually fine; to diminish; to dwindle (with away, down, or off).
   • I watched her [the ship] […] gradually fining down in the westward until I lost sight of her hull. 1882, William Clark Russell, My Watch Below:

Forms

Deriveds

semifine (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine shyt (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine-tuned universe (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fineleaf (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · draw it fine (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine as frog hair (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine adjustment tool (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine-leaved water-dropwort (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine cut (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · every good boy does fine (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · post-fine (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine count (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine bean (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · finesome (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · as fine as Dick's hatband (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine leg (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine print (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · to a fine fare-thee-well (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine-grained (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · finedraw (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine structure (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · day fine (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · finetop (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · you're fine (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine-needle aspiration (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine-structure constant (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · not to put too fine a word on it (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · chance would be a fine thing (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine-toothed comb (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine line (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine structure constant (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · chance'd be a fine thing (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine arts (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · unit fine (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine tune (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fineness (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine art (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · finedrawn (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · unfine (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · rifle is fine (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · ultrafine (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine-feathered friend (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine-spun (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine-looking (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine-tune (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine-tooth comb test (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine motor skill (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · I'm fine, thank you (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · finify (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · sail fine (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · finer things (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine words butter no parsnips (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine penny (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · freedom fine (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine-toothed (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · day-fine (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · superfine (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fineish (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine-tooth comb (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine weather for ducks (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine feathers make fine birds (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine-spoken (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · cut it fine (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · not to put too fine a point on it (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · in fine fettle (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fineless (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · ja well no fine (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine-leaved water dropwort (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · age like a fine wine (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine toothcomb (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · in fine feather (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · just fine (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine herbs (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · overfine (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine and dandy (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · one of these fine days (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · have a fine finger (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · in fine (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · extrafine (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · Fine Flower (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine and dandy like sour candy (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · finespun (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · down to a fine art (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine casual (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine as frog's hair (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · hyperfine (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · know fine well (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine dining (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · finely (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · age like fine wine (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine chemical (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine stuff (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine artist (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · play fine (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · microfine (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1) · fine ounce (Terms derived from fine - etymology 1)

Relateds

finings (clarify by filtration) · finite · final

Synonyms

purify (to make or become finer, purer, or cleaner) · refine (to make or become finer, purer, or cleaner) · clarify (to make or become finer, purer, or cleaner)

Translations (27)

cs pročistit se (to become finer, purer, or cleaner) · cs vyčistit (to make finer, purer, or cleaner) · bg избистрям се (to become finer, purer, or cleaner) · cs zjemnit (to make finer, purer, or cleaner) · de klären (clarify by filtration) · bg рафинирам (to make finer, purer, or cleaner) · fi kirkastua (to become finer, purer, or cleaner) · cs pročistit (to make finer, purer, or cleaner) · fi jalostaa (to make finer, purer, or cleaner) · fi jalostua (to become finer, purer, or cleaner) · bg пречиствам се (to become finer, purer, or cleaner) · fi hienontua (to become finer, purer, or cleaner) · fi kirkastaa (clarify by filtration) · fi kirkastaa (to make finer, purer, or cleaner) · cs vyčistit se (to become finer, purer, or cleaner) · bg пречи́ствам (to make finer, purer, or cleaner) · de sieben (clarify by filtration) · fi hienontaa (to make finer, purer, or cleaner) · cs zjemňovat (to make finer, purer, or cleaner) · bg филтрирам (clarify by filtration) · fi hienostua (to become finer, purer, or cleaner) · te అపరాధము (to make finer, purer, or cleaner) · fi puhdistua (to become finer, purer, or cleaner) · de filtern (clarify by filtration) · bg рафинирам (clarify by filtration) · fi puhdistaa (to make finer, purer, or cleaner) · te అపరాధము (to become finer, purer, or cleaner)

fine en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /faɪn/

Etymology

From Middle English fyn, fyne, from Old French fin, from Medieval Latin fīnis (“a payment in settlement or tax”). Doublet of fin and finis.

Meanings

1. A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law.
   • The fine for jay-walking has gone from two dollars to thirty in the last fifteen years.
   • The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood. 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:
2. (obsolete) Money paid by a tenant on the commencement of a tenancy so that their rent may be small or nominal.
3. (qualifier:Cambridge University slang) A drink that must be taken during a meal or as part of a drinking game, following an announcement that anyone who has done some (usually outrageous) deed is to be fined; similar to I have never; commonly associated with swaps; very similar to a sconce at Oxford University, though a fine is the penalty itself rather than the act of issuing it.
   • Fine if you've…

Forms

Deriveds

The Fine City · bar fine · fineless

Descendants

faini · faen · faen · fain

Synonyms

amercement

Translations (129)

la multa (payment for breaking the law) · hi जुर्माना (payment for breaking the law) · sl globa (payment for breaking the law) · yi קנס (payment for breaking the law) · sk pokuta (payment for breaking the law) · ug شتراف (payment for breaking the law) · nl bekeuring (payment for breaking the law) · ko 범칙금 (payment for breaking the law) · ky айып (payment for breaking the law) · gd cìs (payment for breaking the law) · bg гло́ба (payment for breaking the law) · my ဒဏ်ငွေ (payment for breaking the law) · vi tiền bồi thường (payment for breaking the law) · yue 罰款 /罚款 (payment for breaking the law) · nrf amende (payment for breaking the law) · pt multa (payment for breaking the law) · so ganaax (payment for breaking the law) · kmr xeramet (payment for breaking the law) · de Geldstrafe (payment for breaking the law) · ja 反則金 (payment for breaking the law) · cs pokuta (payment for breaking the law) · uk пеня́ (payment for breaking the law) · sh glòba (payment for breaking the law) · it multa (payment for breaking the law) · nl boete (payment for breaking the law) · ko 벌금 (payment for breaking the law) · ms denda (payment for breaking the law) · sw faini (payment for breaking the law) · ur جُرْمانَہ (payment for breaking the law) · el πρόστιμο (payment for breaking the law) · ga cáin (payment for breaking the law) · nl geldboete (payment for breaking the law) · sv bot (payment for breaking the law) · th คาปรับ (payment for breaking the law) · yue 罰金 /罚金 (payment for breaking the law) · ug جەرىمانە (payment for breaking the law) · de Geldbuße (payment for breaking the law) · de Bußgeld (payment for breaking the law) · ru штраф (payment for breaking the law) · oc multa (payment for breaking the law) · tg ҷарима (payment for breaking the law) · pl grzywna (payment for breaking the law) · cmn 罰金 /罚金 (payment for breaking the law) · ro amendă (payment for breaking the law) · el χρηματική ποινή (payment for breaking the law) · cy dirwy (payment for breaking the law) · io amendo (payment for breaking the law) · nb bot (payment for breaking the law) · fa جریمه (payment for breaking the law) · be штраф (payment for breaking the law) · grc ποινή (payment for breaking the law) · mi whaina (payment for breaking the law) · lo ຄ່າປັບໄໝ (payment for breaking the law) · ga fíneáil (payment for breaking the law) · is sekt (payment for breaking the law) · hi दंड (payment for breaking the law) · bn জরিমানা (payment for breaking the law) · dsb pokutne pjenjeze (payment for breaking the law) · as ডঁৰ (payment for breaking the law) · sh ка̏зна (payment for breaking the law) · ps جرمانه (payment for breaking the law) · tr ceza (payment for breaking the law) · he קְנָס (payment for breaking the law) · eo monpuno (payment for breaking the law) · sh гло̀ба (payment for breaking the law) · tg ҷурмона (payment for breaking the law) · sh kȁzna (payment for breaking the law) · grc θωή (payment for breaking the law) · uk штраф (payment for breaking the law) · uz jarima (payment for breaking the law) · gd càin (payment for breaking the law) · be пе́ня (payment for breaking the law) · hu pénzbírság (payment for breaking the law) · hy տուգանք (payment for breaking the law) · lo ເບັ້ຽປັບ (payment for breaking the law) · mk глоба (payment for breaking the law) · cmn 罰鍰 /罚锾 (payment for breaking the law) · mn ᠲᠣᠷᠭᠠᠭᠤᠯᠢ (payment for breaking the law) · fi sakko (payment for breaking the law) · mt multa (payment for breaking the law) · az cərimə (payment for breaking the law) · ky штраф (payment for breaking the law) · sq gjobë (payment for breaking the law) · kk айыппұл (payment for breaking the law) · uz shtraf (payment for breaking the law) · mn торгууль (payment for breaking the law) · tk jerime (payment for breaking the law) · ko 과태료 (payment for breaking the law) · id denda (payment for breaking the law) · ar غَرَامَة (payment for breaking the law) · ca multa (payment for breaking the law) · hi अर्थदंड (payment for breaking the law) · lv sods (payment for breaking the law) · tl multa (payment for breaking the law) · la poena (payment for breaking the law) · grc ζημία (payment for breaking the law) · da bøde (payment for breaking the law) · kmr seza (payment for breaking the law) · lv naudassods (payment for breaking the law) · tr cerime (payment for breaking the law) · km ប្រាក់ពិន័យ (payment for breaking the law) · lo ປັບໃໝ (payment for breaking the law) · cmn 罰款 /罚款 (payment for breaking the law) · eu isun (payment for breaking the law) · az cəza (payment for breaking the law) · lb Bouss (payment for breaking the law) · ky жазапул (payment for breaking the law) · ru взыска́ние (payment for breaking the law) · fa جرمانه (payment for breaking the law) · th เบี้ยปรับ (payment for breaking the law) · as জৰিমনা (payment for breaking the law) · sq tatim (payment for breaking the law) · kmr ceza (payment for breaking the law) · ka ჯარიმა (payment for breaking the law) · et trahv (payment for breaking the law) · fr amende (payment for breaking the law) · rif abruṣi (payment for breaking the law) · de Buße (payment for breaking the law) · it sanzione (payment for breaking the law) · vi tiền phạt (payment for breaking the law) · nb mulkt (payment for breaking the law) · lt bauda (payment for breaking the law) · sip ཀྱོམ (payment for breaking the law) · gl multa (payment for breaking the law) · ru пе́ня (payment for breaking the law) · as আদায় (payment for breaking the law) · ja 罰金 (payment for breaking the law) · sl kazen (payment for breaking the law) · es multa (payment for breaking the law)

fine en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /faɪn/

Etymology

From Middle English fyn, fyne, from Old French fin, from Medieval Latin fīnis (“a payment in settlement or tax”). Doublet of fin and finis.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To issue a fine as punishment to (someone).
   • She was fined a thousand dollars for littering, but she appealed.
2. (intransitive) To pay a fine.
   • Men fined for the king's good will; or that he would remit his anger; women fined for leave to marry. 1818, Henry Hallam, View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages:

Forms

Deriveds

fineable · unfined · finable

Relateds

finance

Synonyms

amerce

Translations (45)

ca multar (to issue a fine as punishment) · mi whaine (to issue a fine as punishment) · sw faini (to issue a fine as punishment) · nl bekeuren (to issue a fine as punishment) · es multar (to issue a fine as punishment) · uk оштрафува́ти (to issue a fine as punishment) · km ផាក (to issue a fine as punishment) · grc ζημιόω (to issue a fine as punishment) · cmn 罰款 /罚款 (to issue a fine as punishment) · sv bötfälla (to issue a fine as punishment) · vi bắt phạt (to issue a fine as punishment) · no bøtelegge (to issue a fine as punishment) · ar غَرَّمَ (to issue a fine as punishment) · mn торгох (to issue a fine as punishment) · mi whaina (to issue a fine as punishment) · sl kaznovati (to issue a fine as punishment) · be штрафава́ць (to issue a fine as punishment) · nl beboeten (to issue a fine as punishment) · eo monpuni (to issue a fine as punishment) · az cərimələmək (to issue a fine as punishment) · he לקנוס (to issue a fine as punishment) · ru оштрафова́ть (to issue a fine as punishment) · yue 罰錢 /罚钱 (to issue a fine as punishment) · ga cáin (to issue a fine as punishment) · la multō (to issue a fine as punishment) · uk штрафува́ти (to issue a fine as punishment) · pt multar (to issue a fine as punishment) · cs pokutovat (to issue a fine as punishment) · no ilegge bot (to issue a fine as punishment) · km ពិន័យ (to issue a fine as punishment) · cs udělit pokutu (to issue a fine as punishment) · lo ປັບ (to issue a fine as punishment) · th ปรับ (to issue a fine as punishment) · el επιβάλλω πρόστιμο (to issue a fine as punishment) · ga fíneáil (to issue a fine as punishment) · sl oglobiti (to issue a fine as punishment) · hy տուգանել (to issue a fine as punishment) · gl multar (to issue a fine as punishment) · ru штрафова́ть (to issue a fine as punishment) · de mit einer Geldstrafe belegen (to issue a fine as punishment) · it multare (to issue a fine as punishment) · bg глобявам (to issue a fine as punishment) · be аштрафава́ць (to issue a fine as punishment) · fi sakottaa (to issue a fine as punishment) · vi phạt vạ (to issue a fine as punishment)

fine en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• fē'nā
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈfiːneɪ/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. The end of a musical composition.
2. The location in a musical score that indicates the end of the piece, particularly when the piece ends somewhere in the middle of the score due to a section of the music being repeated.

Forms

Deriveds

da capo al fine=D.C. al fine

fine en · NOUN · etymology 4

Etymology

From Middle English finen, fynen, from Old French finer, finir. See finish (transitive verb).

Meanings

1. (obsolete) End; conclusion; termination; extinction.
   • Is this the fine of his fines? c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
   • And secret feare, to see their fatall fine 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 37:
2. (qualifier:feudal law) A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
   • To cause them to pay more rent or a gretter fyne than they haue ben acustomed to do in tyme past. 1523, Anthony Fitzherbert, The Boke of Surveying and Improvements:
3. (UK) A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease.

Forms

fine en · VERB · etymology 4

Etymology

From Middle English finen, fynen, from Old French finer, finir. See finish (transitive verb).

Meanings

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To finish; to cease.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to cease; to stop.

Forms