finnish

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/ˈfɪn.ɪʃ/

adj 2noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

pregnant

She was Finnish and pregnant when she moved to London for her new job.

VERB + FINNISH

allow, am, cannot, greeted, learn, loves, speaking, taught

My daughter loves Finnish and has been studying it for two years now.

FINNISH + NOUN

embassy, harpist, it's, language, mother, teacher

My mother taught me to speak Finnish when I was just a small child.

PREP.

from, in

She moved from Finnish to English when she started working at the international company.

ADV.

only

He only finished his homework after his mother reminded him twice.

Definitions

adj

Of or pertaining to Finland or the Finns; Finlandic, Finlandish.

The law would allow Finnish border guards to reject migrant asylum applications at crossing points under certain circumstances.

Of or pertaining to the Finnish language.

noun

The Finno-Ugric language spoken by the majority of the people living in Finland, one of the two official languages of the country (the other is Swedish).

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the official language of Finland

suomi

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The law would allow Finnish border guards to reject migrant asylum applications at crossing points under certain circumstances.

Wiktionary

I got pregnant from the Finnish harpist that I told you about last night.

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May I introduce Attorney Tammi, a new student. Mrs. Virtanen, the Finnish teacher.

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I'm Finnish.

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I am Finnish, but I speak also Swedish.

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This is the first time I've ever greeted Marika in Finnish.

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