Fin

//fɪn//

Synonyms for "fin" (135 found)

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Closest matches (27)

Verb(1 words)
break water

Strong matches (41)

Related words (67)

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18 entries

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Synonyms

6 entries

Related terms

2 entries

derived

80 entries

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has context

5 entries

is a

4 entries

manner of

2 entries

part of

2 entries

related to

27 entries

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Translations

198 translations across 90 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • pendë noun (appendage of a fish)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ክንፍ noun (appendage of a fish)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • πτερύγιον noun (appendage of a fish)

Arabic

1 entries
  • زِعْنِفَة noun (appendage of a fish)

Armenian

2 entries
  • թև noun (appendage of a fish)
  • լողակ noun (appendage of a fish)

Asturian

2 entries
  • aleta noun (appendage of a fish)
  • aleta noun (device used by divers)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • üzgəc noun (appendage of a fish)
  • üzgəc noun (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal)

Basque

1 entries
  • hegats noun (appendage of a fish)

Bau Bidayuh

1 entries
  • siried noun (appendage of a fish)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • плаўні́к noun (appendage of a fish)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • parikpik noun (appendage of a fish)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • вертикален стабилизатор noun (aircraft component)
  • перка noun (appendage of a fish)
  • перка noun (device used by divers)
  • плавни́к noun (appendage of a fish)

Burmese

3 entries
  • ဆူးတောင် noun (appendage of a fish)
  • ရေယက် noun (appendage of a fish)
  • အတောင် noun (appendage of a fish)

Catalan

3 entries
  • aleta noun (appendage of a fish)
  • aleta noun (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal)
  • aleta noun (device used by divers)

Central Melanau

1 entries
  • pidin noun (appendage of a fish)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 脚蹼 noun (device used by divers)
  • 魚鰭 /鱼鳍 noun (appendage of a fish)
  • 鰭 /鳍 noun (appendage of a fish)

Czech

1 entries
  • ploutev noun (appendage of a fish)

Danish

4 entries
  • finne noun (appendage of a fish)
  • finne noun (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal)
  • finne noun (device used by divers)
  • halefinne noun (aircraft component)

Dutch

4 entries
  • flipper noun (device used by divers)
  • hanenkam noun (hairstyle)
  • staartvin noun (aircraft component)
  • vin noun (appendage of a fish)

Erzya

2 entries
  • сёлмо noun (appendage of a fish)
  • сёлмо noun (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • naĝilo noun (appendage of a fish)

Estonian

1 entries
  • uim noun (appendage of a fish)

Faroese

3 entries
  • fjøður noun (appendage of a fish)
  • horn noun (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal)
  • sveiv noun (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal)

Finnish

4 entries
  • evä noun (appendage of a fish)
  • evä noun (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal)
  • evä noun (aircraft component)
  • räpylä noun (device used by divers)

French

4 entries
  • aileron noun (appendage of a fish)
  • empennage noun (aircraft component)
  • empennage noun (of a bomb)
  • nageoire noun (appendage of a fish)

Galician

3 entries
  • aleta noun (appendage of a fish)
  • aleta noun (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal)
  • aleta noun (device used by divers)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ფარფლი noun (appendage of a fish)

German

2 entries
  • Flosse noun (appendage of a fish)
  • Flosse noun (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal)

Greek

1 entries
  • πτερύγιο noun (appendage of a fish)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • סְנַפִּיר noun (appendage of a fish)

Hindi

2 entries
  • पंख noun (appendage of a fish)
  • मीनपक्ष noun (appendage of a fish)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • uszony noun (appendage of a fish)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • horn noun (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal)
  • uggi noun (appendage of a fish)

Ido

2 entries
  • floso noun (appendage of a fish)
  • floso noun (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal)

Inari Sami

1 entries
  • vepsi noun (appendage of a fish)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • sirip noun (appendage of a fish)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • siipi noun (appendage of a fish)
  • siipi noun (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal)

Irish

1 entries
  • eite noun (appendage of a fish)

Italian

4 entries
  • impennaggio noun (aircraft component)
  • impennaggio noun (of a bomb)
  • pinna noun (appendage of a fish)
  • pinna noun (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal)

Japanese

2 entries
  • フィン noun (device used by divers)
  • 鰭 noun (appendage of a fish)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • жүзбеқанат noun (appendage of a fish)

Kildin Sami

1 entries
  • ве̄ппьс noun (appendage of a fish)

Kimaragang

1 entries
  • sirik noun (appendage of a fish)

Korean

4 entries
  • 물갈퀴 noun (device used by divers)
  • 오리발 noun (device used by divers)
  • 지느러미 noun (appendage of a fish)
  • 핀 noun (device used by divers)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • сүзгүч канат noun (appendage of a fish)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຄີບ noun (appendage of a fish)

Latin

2 entries
  • penna noun (appendage of a fish)
  • pinna noun (appendage of a fish)

Latvian

3 entries
  • spura noun (appendage of a fish)
  • stabilizators noun (aircraft component)
  • ķīlis noun (aircraft component)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • pelekas noun (appendage of a fish)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • pjeraso noun (appendage of a fish)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • пера́ја noun (appendage of a fish)
  • пера́ја noun (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal)
  • перка noun (appendage of a fish)
  • перка noun (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal)

Malay

1 entries
  • sirip noun (appendage of a fish)

Mauritian Creole

1 entries
  • nazwar noun (appendage of a fish)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • сэрвээ noun (appendage of a fish)

Mwani

1 entries
  • ripupa noun (appendage of a fish)

Māori

4 entries
  • hawa (ventral) noun (appendage of a fish)
  • paihau noun (appendage of a fish)
  • pakihawa (pectoral) noun (appendage of a fish)
  • tira noun (appendage of a fish)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • veaksi noun (appendage of a fish)

Norwegian

4 entries
  • finne noun (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal)
  • finne noun (aircraft component)
  • finner noun (device used by divers)
  • hanekam noun (hairstyle)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • finne noun (appendage of a fish)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • finne noun (appendage of a fish)
  • ugge noun (appendage of a fish)

Occitan

1 entries
  • aleta noun (appendage of a fish)

Old Czech

1 entries
  • plútva noun (appendage of a fish)

Old English

1 entries
  • finn noun (appendage of a fish)

Old Irish

1 entries
  • ette noun (appendage of a fish)

Old Polish

1 entries
  • plutwa noun (appendage of a fish)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • قناد noun (appendage of a fish)
  • قناد noun (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal)

Persian

2 entries
  • باله noun (appendage of a fish)
  • پره noun (appendage of a fish)

Polish

1 entries
  • płetwa noun (appendage of a fish)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • aleta noun (aircraft component)
  • aleta noun (of a bomb)
  • barbatana noun (appendage of a fish)
  • barbatana noun (device used by divers)

Romanian

3 entries
  • aripioară noun (appendage of a fish)
  • aripă noun (appendage of a fish)
  • înotătoare noun (appendage of a fish)

Russian

4 entries
  • ла́сты noun (device used by divers)
  • ласт noun (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal)
  • ласт noun (device used by divers)
  • перо́ noun (appendage of a fish)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • eithre noun (appendage of a fish)
  • ite noun (appendage of a fish)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • perája noun (appendage of a fish)
  • plitva noun (appendage of a fish)
  • пера́ја noun (appendage of a fish)
  • плитва noun (appendage of a fish)

Seychellois Creole

1 entries
  • nazwar noun (appendage of a fish)

Skolt Sami

1 entries
  • veäʹpss noun (appendage of a fish)

Slovak

1 entries
  • plutva noun (appendage of a fish)

Slovene

1 entries
  • plavut noun (appendage of a fish)

Spanish

3 entries
  • aleta noun (appendage of a fish)
  • aleta noun (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal)
  • aleta noun (device used by divers)

Swedish

4 entries
  • fena noun (appendage of a fish)
  • fena noun (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal)
  • fena noun (aircraft component)
  • labb noun (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal)

Tagal Murut

1 entries
  • kikiwos noun (appendage of a fish)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • palaypay noun (appendage of a fish)
  • palikpik noun (appendage of a fish)

Tajik

1 entries
  • олати шино noun (appendage of a fish)

Tamil

3 entries
  • துடுப்பு noun (appendage of a fish)
  • துடுப்பு noun (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal)
  • மீன்சிறகு noun (appendage of a fish)

Thai

1 entries
  • ครีบ noun (appendage of a fish)

Turkish

4 entries
  • palet noun (device used by divers)
  • yüzgeç noun (appendage of a fish)
  • yüzgeç noun (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal)
  • yüzme paleti noun (device used by divers)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • плаве́ць noun (appendage of a fish)
  • плавни́к noun (appendage of a fish)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • suzgich noun (appendage of a fish)
  • yuzgich noun (appendage of a fish)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • vi noun (appendage of a fish)
  • vây noun (appendage of a fish)

Welsh

2 entries
  • asgell noun (appendage of a fish)
  • pysgadain noun (appendage of a fish)

West Coast Bajau

1 entries
  • serek noun (appendage of a fish)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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He thought he perceived the black fin of a shark swimming near the surface of the water.

Source: tatoeba (1805761)

Shark fin soup is very popular in China.

Source: tatoeba (2492028)

Shark fin soup is commonly served at Chinese weddings and banquets.

Source: tatoeba (2492029)

That man has a hand, rather than a paw, hoof, fin or wing has set him above all other animals and has enabled him to develop a culture based on toolmaking and tool using.

Source: tatoeba (5146546)

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