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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   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). uncountable
2. 2
   the official language of Finland; belongs to the Baltic Finnic family of languages wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Of or pertaining to Finland or the Finns; Finlandic, Finlandish. not-comparable

   "The law would allow Finnish border guards to reject migrant asylum applications at crossing points under certain circumstances."

2. 2
   Of or pertaining to the Finnish language. not-comparable

Adjective

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

englishfinlandicfinlandishfinnlanguagesuomi

Example

More examples

"I got pregnant from the Finnish harpist that I told you about last night."

Etymology

From Finn + -ish.

Related phrases

Karelo-Finnishtorne valley finnish

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