fin

F f

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [fin]
- /fɪn/
- /fɪn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [fin]
- /fɪn/

Definitions of fin word

noun fin Slang. a five-dollar bill. 1
verb with object fin to cut off the fins from (a fish); carve or cut up, as a chub. 1
verb with object fin to provide or equip with a fin or fins. 1
verb without object fin to move the fins; lash the water with the fins, as a whale when dying. 1
noun fin A flattened appendage on various parts of the body of many aquatic vertebrates and some invertebrates, including fish and cetaceans, used for propelling, steering, and balancing. 1
noun fin webbed part of a fish 1

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Origin of fin

First appearance:

before 1000

One of the 6% oldest English words

before 1000; Middle English, Old English finn; cognate with Dutch vin, Low German finne; akin to Swedish fena

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Parts of speech for Fin

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Fin

fin popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for fin

noun fin

hand — Learned [lur-nid] /ˈlɜr nɪd/ (Show IPA), 1872–1961, U.S. jurist.
vane — Sir Henry (Sir Harry Vane) 1613–62, British statesman and author.
appendage — An appendage is something that is joined to or connected with something larger or more important.
pinna — Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
stabilizer — a person or thing that stabilizes.

All 18 Synonyms of fin

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