Finn

¹

[fin]

noun

1. Irish Legend.,  a leader of the Fenian warriors and the father of Ossian: the subject of many legends.

Finn

²

[fin]

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Finland.

2. any native speaker of Finnish.

3. a native speaker of any Finnic language.

Finn.

³

Or Finn

abbreviation

1. Finnish.

Finn

¹

/ fɪn /

noun

1. a native, inhabitant, or citizen of Finland

2. a speaker of a Finnic language, esp one of the original inhabitants of Russia, who were pushed northwards during the Slav migrations

3. a type of dinghy, designed to be sailed by one person

Finn

²

/ fɪn /

noun

1. known as Finn MacCool . (in Irish legend) chief of the Fianna, father of the heroic poet Ossian

Finn

³

/ ˈfɪn /

noun

1. Neil ( Mullane ). born 1958, New Zealand singer and songwriter; lead singer with the group Crowded House (from 1985) with whom he recorded the albums Crowded House (1986), Woodface (1991), and Time on Earth (2007). Solo albums include Try Whistling This (1998)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Finn¹

Old English Finnas (plural); related to Old Norse Finnr Finn, Latin Fennī the Finns, Greek Phinnoi

Example Sentences

He had come to sponsor my teenage son Finn as he received the sacrament of Confirmation, a Catholic rite of adolescence.

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The move will mean Trismik’s team of one Brit, one Italian and one Finn will have to uproot their lives in Europe.

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Finn O’Connor, 17, said that he supports the ban and that social media hasn’t helped with his own attention-span issues.

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Remarkably, the Finn, the 1982 world champion, performed that lap on a rear tyre that was developing a slow puncture.

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The point was driven home for me by a scene in Percival Everett’s timely 2024 novel “James,” a rendition of Mark Twain’s “Huckleberry Finn” told from the perspective of the title character, an escaped slave.

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