He thought he perceived the black fin of a shark swimming near the surface of the water.
Source: tatoeba (1805761)
Fin
/fɪn/
Synonyms for "fin" (129 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (26)
aeroplaneairplaneaquaplaningaquaticsaustralian crawlbackstrokebalneationbathebathingbreaststrokebuckbutterflycc notec-notecartwheelcentcenturycinquecopper
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Verb(1 words)
break water
Strong matches (39)
Related words (64)
little phoebemillmulletnatationnickelpartspennypentachordpentadpentagonpentagrampentahedronpentameterpentapodypentarchypentastichpentateuchpentathlonphoebequarter
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quincunxquintquintetquintupletred centsawbucksidestrokesilver dollarskinsmackerstabilizersurfboardingsurfingswimswimmingten centsten-spottennerthousand dollarsthousand-dollar billtreading watertwenty-dollar billtwenty-five centstwo bitstwo-dollar billtwo-spotvwadingwaterskiingyard
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
More specific
6 entriesanal fincaudal findorsal finfive-dollar billpectoral finpelvic fin
Collocations
6 entriescaudal findorsal finfin rayfive dollar billpectoral finpelvic fin
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
4 entriesTranslations
125 translations across 89 languages.
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
1 entries- aleta noun (appendage of a fish)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- üzgəc noun (appendage of a fish)
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
3 entries- перка noun (appendage of a fish)
- плавни́к noun (appendage of a fish)
- стабилизатор noun (of a bomb)
Burmese
3 entries- ဆူးတောင် noun (appendage of a fish)
- ရေယက် noun (appendage of a fish)
- အတောင် noun (appendage of a fish)
Catalan
1 entries- aleta noun (appendage of a fish)
Central Melanau
1 entries- pidin noun (appendage of a fish)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 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
1 entries- finne noun (appendage of a fish)
Dutch
2 entries- vin noun (appendage of a fish)
- vin noun (of a bomb)
Erzya
1 entries- сёлмо noun (appendage of a fish)
Esperanto
1 entries- naĝilo noun (appendage of a fish)
Estonian
1 entries- uim noun (appendage of a fish)
Faroese
1 entries- fjøður noun (appendage of a fish)
Finnish
1 entries- evä noun (appendage of a fish)
French
3 entries- aileron noun (appendage of a fish)
- empennage noun (of a bomb)
- nageoire noun (appendage of a fish)
Galician
1 entries- aleta noun (appendage of a fish)
Georgian
1 entries- ფარფლი noun (appendage of a fish)
German
1 entries- Flosse noun (appendage of a fish)
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
1 entries- uggi noun (appendage of a fish)
Ido
1 entries- floso noun (appendage of a fish)
Inari Sami
1 entries- vepsi noun (appendage of a fish)
Indonesian
1 entries- sirip noun (appendage of a fish)
Ingrian
1 entries- siipi noun (appendage of a fish)
Irish
1 entries- eite noun (appendage of a fish)
Italian
2 entries- impennaggio noun (of a bomb)
- pinna noun (appendage of a fish)
Japanese
1 entries- 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
1 entries- 지느러미 noun (appendage of a fish)
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
1 entries- spura noun (appendage of a fish)
Lithuanian
1 entries- pelekas noun (appendage of a fish)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- pjeraso noun (appendage of a fish)
Macedonian
3 entries- пера́ја noun (appendage of a fish)
- перка noun (appendage of a fish)
- стабилиза́тор noun (of a bomb)
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 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
1 entries- قناد noun (appendage of a fish)
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
3 entries- aleta noun (of a bomb)
- barbatana noun (appendage of a fish)
- nadadeira noun (appendage of a fish)
Romanian
3 entries- aripioară noun (appendage of a fish)
- aripă noun (appendage of a fish)
- înotătoare noun (appendage of a fish)
Russian
3 entries- перо́ noun (appendage of a fish)
- плавни́к noun (appendage of a fish)
- стабилиза́тор noun (of a bomb)
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
1 entries- aleta noun (appendage of a fish)
Swedish
1 entries- fena noun (appendage of a fish)
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
2 entries- துடுப்பு noun (appendage of a fish)
- மீன்சிறகு noun (appendage of a fish)
Thai
1 entries- ครีบ noun (appendage of a fish)
Turkish
1 entries- yüzgeç noun (appendage of a fish)
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.
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)
Showing 4 of 18 available sentences.