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Finnish

//ˈfɪn.ɪʃ// adj, noun

Definitions

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
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

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Finn + -ish.

Etymology 2

From Finn + -ish.

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