English Explanatory Dictionary

fin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
  2. A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
  3. A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.
  4. A similar structure protruding from a projectile, used to help keep it on course.
  5. A similar structure on the bottom of a surfboard, used to help steer it.
  6. A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along the top of the head from about the crown to the forehead.
  7. A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.
  8. An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc., used to facilitate cooling.
  9. A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder.
  10. The conning tower of a submarine.
  11. A person's hand.
verb
  1. To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.
  2. (Of a fish) to swim with the dorsal fin above the surface of the water.
  3. To swim in the manner of a fish.
  4. To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins.
noun
  1. a five-pound (£5) note; the sum of five pounds.
  2. A five-dollar bill; the sum of five dollars.
noun
  1. "The end".
  2. Denotes the end of the road.
noun
  1. finasteride
name
  1. commune in the Somme department in France
noun
  1. Initialism of facility ID number.
  2. Initialism of force identification number.

Pronunciation

fĭn /fɪn/ en-us-fin.ogg

Word forms

fin fins finning finned

Etymology

From Middle English fin, from Old English finn, from Proto-Germanic *finnō, *finǭ (“dorsal fin”) (compare Dutch vin, German Finne, Swedish finne, fena), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pīn- (“backbone, dorsal fin”) (compare Old Irish ind (“end, point”), Latin pinna (“feather, wing, fin”), Tocharian A spin (“hook”).

Synonyms

vane Mohican flipper finny fiver finnuf Lincoln finis

Related words

cul-de-sac fin de siècle

Derived words

abdominal fin adipose fin anal fin backfin bigfin blackfin bloodfin bluefin bowfin caudal fin cephalic fin definned dorsal fin fan-in-fin finback fin chop finclip finfish fin fold finfolk finfoot fin-foot fin-footed fin gripper fin keel fin key finless finlet finlike fin-like finnage finning finny finray fin rot finspine finswimmer finswimming fin-toed fin whale forefin hindfin Hoxton fin kitefin lobefin longfin monofin nanofin paired fin pectoral fin pelvic fin plainfin redfin red-fin shark sailfin scalyfin shark-fin shark fin sharkfin shark fin soup

Translations

Albanian: pendë Amharic: ክንፍ Arabic: زِعْنِفَة Armenian: լողակ Armenian: թև Asturian: aleta Azerbaijani: üzgəc West Coast Bajau: serek Basque: hegats Belarusian: плаўні́к Bau Bidayuh: siried Central Bikol: parikpik Bulgarian: перка Bulgarian: плавни́к Bulgarian: стабилизатор Burmese: အတောင် Burmese: ဆူးတောင် Burmese: ရေယက် Catalan: aleta Chinese Mandarin: 鰭 /鳍 Chinese Mandarin: 魚鰭 /鱼鳍 Czech: ploutev Old Czech: plútva Danish: finne Dutch: vin Erzya: сёлмо Esperanto: naĝilo Estonian: uim Faroese: fjøður Finnish: evä French: nageoire French: aileron French: empennage Galician: aleta Georgian: ფარფლი German: Flosse German: Leitwerk Greek: πτερύγιο Ancient Greek: πτερύγιον Hebrew: סְנַפִּיר Hindi: पंख Hindi: मीनपक्ष Hungarian: uszony Icelandic: uggi Ido: floso Indonesian: sirip Ingrian: siipi Irish: eite Old Irish: ette Italian: pinna Italian: impennaggio
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