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Definitions: Fin |
FinNoun1. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one. 2. One of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile. 3. One of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain. 4. A shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater). 5. A stabilizer that resembles the fins of a fish. 6. Organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals. Verb1. Equip with fins, as of a car. 2. Propel oneself through the water in a finning motion. 3. Show the fins above the water while swimming (of fish); "The sharks were finning near the surface". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fin" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Aerospace | 1. A fixed or adjustable airfoil or vane attached longitudinally to an aircraft, rocket, or similar body to provide a stabilizing effect.2. A projecting flat plate or structure, as a cooling fin. (references) |
Census | Designation for the (Finance Division), Bureau of the Census. (references) |
Energy | A thin sheet of material (metal) of a heat exchanger that conducts heat to a fluid. (references) |
Industry | A thin projection on the surface or edge; usually produced by penetration of glass into the jont of the mould. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A rough edge, especially of a drilled hole or the like; a fin is a ridge left on a casting at the junction of the parts of a mould. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Literature | Fin The hand. A contraction of finger. Thus we say, "Give us your fin" - i.e. shake hands. The derivation from a fish's fin is good only for a joke. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mechanical Engineering | Structure which covers the cylinders of an engine almost completely and allows the heat to escape. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A thin piece of metal attached to a length of tubing or other surface in order to increase the heat transfer area. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Metallurgy | Defects produced on rolled sections by the roll collars scoring the work. Source: European Union. (references) |
Physics | The change of a condition with time under steady state operating conditions. Source: European Union. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | FIN. An arm. A one finned fellow; a man who has lost an arm. SEA PHRASE. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Transportation | A fixed vertical surface designed to provide directional stability. A fin projecting from the upper or lower surface of the body is referred to as dorsal or ventral respectively. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The foremost use of fins are to propel an object through lateral thrust (see mechanics).
Fin construction is complicated and very tightly associated with the science of hydrodynamics. Fin construction is much centered around avoiding cavitation.
Examples of fin use:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fin."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
FIN | English | Futures Information Network | N/A |
FIN | French | République de Finlande | Geography, Law |
FIN | German | Republik Finnland | Geography, Law |
FIN | Italian | Repubblica di Finlandia | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: FinSynonyms: cinque (n), fins (n), five (n), fivesome (n), flipper (n), flippers (n), louver (n), louvre (n), pentad (n), quint (n), quintet (n), quintuplet (n), tail fin (n), tailfin (n), break water (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cunning | Phrase: diamond cut diamond; a' bis ou a blanc; fin contre fin; "something is rotten in the state of Denmark". |
Destruction | Destroying; Verb: demolition, demolishment; overthrow, subversion, suppression; abolition; (abrogation); biblioclasm; sacrifice; ravage, razzia; inactivation; incendiarism; revolution; extirpation; (extraction); beginning of the end, commencement de la fin, road to ruin; dilapidation; (deterioration); sabotage. |
End | Phrase: "as high as Heaven and as deep as hell"; deficit omne quod nascitur; en toute chose il faut considerer la fin; finem respice; ultimus Romanorum. |
Break up, commencement de la fin, last stage, turning point; coup de grace, deathblow; knock-out, -blow; sockdolager. | |
Money | Single, one-dollar bill; two-dollar bill; five-dollar bill, fiver, fin, Lincoln; ten-dollar bill, sawbuck; twenty-dollar bill, Jackson, double sawbuck; fifty-dollar bill; hundred-dollar bill, C-note. |
Navigation | Natation, swimming; fin, flipper, fish's tail. |
Thought | Phrase: the mind being on the stretch; the mind turning upon, the head turning upon, the mind running upon; " divinely, bent to meditation "; en toute chose il faut considerer la fin; " fresh-pluckt from bowers of never-failing thought "; " go speed the stars of Thought "; " in maiden meditation fancy-free "; " so sweet is zealous contemplation "; " the power of thought is the magic of the Mind "; " those that think must govern those that toil "; " thought is parent of the deed "; " thoughts in attitudes imperious "; " thoughts that breathe and words that burn "; vivere est cogitare; Volk der Dichter und Denker. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Fin |
| English words defined with "fin": Adipose fin ♦ Caudal fin ♦ dorsal fin ♦ heterocercal fin, homocercal fin. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "fin": AIR-CONDITIONING-COIL ASSEMBLER ♦ coil fin assembler, contra-propeller * ♦ dorsal spine ♦ flanged finish, folding fin, forming fixer, FORMING-MACHINE ADJUSTER ♦ George, Mark, John ♦ helical fin, hydrodynamic fin ♦ inner fin ♦ kamikaze packet ♦ LABORER, AMMUNITION ASSEMBLY II, longitudinal fin ♦ plate fin assembler, pre-swirl fin, propeller fin ♦ septate waveguide, skin suit, Sly Dog, spiral fin, strip fin. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "fin": Acanthopteri, Acanthopterygii, Affine ♦ Basipterygium ♦ Cheiropterygium, Chondropterygii ♦ Dactylopterous, Dermopterygii, Dipterygian ♦ Ichthyopterygium ♦ Malacopterygii, Mesopterygium, Metapterygium ♦ Osteopterygious ♦ Pinniform, Pinniped, Propterygium, Protopterus, Pterygopodium ♦ Tomopteris. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Fin" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Afrikaan (Finn), Albanian (delicate, nice, refined), Czech (finn), Dutch (Finn), French (aim, astute, close, conclusion, death, demise, end, ending, fate, fine, finish, keen, lively, object, point, sharp, slender, soft, sterling, stop, subtle, tag, termination, thin, willowy, witty), Frisian (fin), Lombard (conclusion, end, ending), Occitan (fine, slender, thin), Papiamen (conclusion, end, ending), Polish (Finn), Romanian (beautiful, choice, delicate, delicately, discriminating, excellent, fine, fine-drawn, finely, fine-spun, godchild, godson, gossamer, graceful, keen, nice, penetrating, quick, refined, select, sharp, shrewd, slender, soft, spidery, subtile, subtly, tenuous), Serbo-Croatian (fine, gossamer, subtle), Spanish (aim, cease, close, closure, conclusion, corona, end, ending, finale, fining, finish, goal, last, purpose, target, term), Swedish (aristocratic, bully, choice, clean, dainty, delicate, delicious, dignified, discriminating, elegant, excellent, fine, finespun, first rate, gentee, genteel, grand, handsome, high pitched, keen, ladylike, nice, polished, refined, select, sensitive, slender, smart, soft, superior, swell, tactful, tender, tenuous, thin). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | It scares some of the smaller ones away but attracts one really big one with the fin. (Jurassic Park III; writing credit: Peter Buchman) | |
Lyrics | Peace of mind was hard to fin (No Son Of Mine; performing artist: Genesis) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Fin de semana al desnudo (1974) Busco tonta para fin de semana (1973) Fin de saison (1973) La Fin et les moyens (1972) Fin de fiesta (1972) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Fin whale.Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |  | Photo #1.Cross-section of first spine of dorsal fin of young bluefin tuna showing annual growth rings. These rings are similar to tree growth rings. The wide (brown) areas represent summer growth during periods of high food intake. The narrow (white) bands represent periods of less fast growth during the winter when the fish's metabolism slows.Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Cross-section of first spine of dorsal fin of a one-year old bluefin tuna. This image is greatly magnified.Credit: Fisheries. |  | The introduction of toxins into the marine environment have drastic effects on the organisms that live there. Close up of a Barred Sand Bass with pectoral fin blunting.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Fig. 1. Blubber mincing knife. Fig. 2. Boarding knife. Fig. 3. Monkey-belt Fig. 4. Wooden toggle. Fig. 5. Chain-strap. Fig. 6. Throat-chain Fig. 7. Fin toggle. Fig. 8. Head-strap. Fig. 9. Blubber hook.Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |  | School of yellow fin tuna, hunted and hunter along the Gulf Stream. Thunnus albacares.Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
 | Head shot of Fin sheep.Credit: USDA. |  | A Douglas SBD-3 "Dauntless" scout bomber (Bureau # 4542), of USS Enterprise's Bombing Squadron Six (VB-6), is parked on board USS Yorktown (CV-5) after landing at about 1140 hrs on 4 June 1942. This plane, damaged during the attack on the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga that morning, landed on Yorktown as it was low on fuel. It was later lost with the carrier. Its crew included Ensign George H. Goldsmith, pilot, and Radioman 1st Class James W. Patterson, Jr. Note damage to the horizontal tail and dual stripes painted on the fin.Credit: NAVY. |
 | View of the afterbody, showing rudders and propellers, with other "Kaiten" in the background, at the Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, 7 September 1945. Japanese "kanji" character painted on the fairwater of "Kaiten" number 26 is "yoko", probably a unit marking for Yokosuka naval base. Top fin of the "Kaiten" in the foreground features a painted Japanese navy flag.Credit: NAVY. |  | Herreshoff fin keel, El Chico.Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Maldives | There are 15 companies allowed to fish yellow fin tuna within the 75-mile economic zone of the Maldives, but only about six are in operation. (references) |
Mauritius | Mauritius also is expected to attract more regional based companies in the coming years as a result of the Regional Headquarters Scheme and the Permanent Residence Scheme introduced by government in 2000. Finanzplan, William E. Connor, and Fin Inter Investment and Services Ltd. are the first three companies to obtain their regional headquarters certificate from the government. (references) | |
Political Economy | Finland | Per capita gross national product in 2000 was $23,408 (160,914 FIN). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Fin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.59% of the time. "Fin" is used about 297 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 92.59% | 275 | 17,685 |
| Unclassified Items | 5.39% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.68% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.34% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 297 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | National Rural Utilities Coop Fin Corp |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "fin": Adipose fin ♦ anal fin ♦ Apidose fin ♦ Caudal fin ♦ cooling fin ♦ dorsal fin ♦ elevator fin ♦ en toute chose il faut considerer la fin ♦ fin construction ♦ fin contre fin ♦ Fin de siecle ♦ fin keel ♦ fin leading edge deicing ♦ Fin ray ♦ fin swimming ♦ fin whale ♦ helical fin ♦ heterocercal fin ♦ homocercal fin ♦ hydrodynamic fin ♦ inner fin ♦ longitudinal fin ♦ pectoral fin ♦ pelvic fin ♦ propeller fin ♦ shark's fin ♦ spiral fin ♦ strip fin ♦ tail fin ♦ ventral fin ♦ vertical fin ♦ W Mifflin Fin ♦ whale fin. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "fin": fin-back, fin-de-siecle, fin-flaring, Fin-footed, fin-gered, fin-like, fin-ray, fin-rays, fin-rot, Fin-toed. | |
Ending with "fin": blue-fin, de-fin, fan-in-fin, Feather-fin, fish-fin, orange-fin, ray-fin, shark-fin, tail-fin, three-fin, whale-fin, X-tail-fin. | |
Containing "fin": long-fin tunny, yellow-fin tuna. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
fin | 352 | control fin system | 29 |
conquistador del del el fin mundo | 154 | feather fin fur | 28 |
fin math.uchicago.edu | 117 | antes del fin | 26 |
fin nor | 97 | fin de siecle | 25 |
blue fin | 94 | feather fin resort | 23 |
slant fin | 86 | fin yahoo | 23 |
feather fin | 70 | fin feathers fur | 22 |
le bec fin | 63 | comb fin | 22 |
fin del mundo | 56 | top fin aquarium | 21 |
46 fin | 55 | boat fin red | 21 |
conquistador del del fin mundo | 54 | fin de semana | 20 |
fin whale | 45 | el fin del mundo | 19 |
top fin | 42 | black fin shark | 19 |
yellow fin tuna | 41 | 45 fin | 19 |
fin rot | 41 | fin.gov.bc.ca registries | 18 |
blue fin restaurant | 39 | shark fin soup | 18 |
blue fin boat | 38 | feather fin fur outfitters | 16 |
fin nor reel | 34 | fin recipe tuna yellow | 16 |
shark fin | 33 | fin huckleberry | 16 |
conquistadores del del fin mundo | 30 | fin air | 16 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "fin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | fletë (lamina, leaf, page, petal, pinion, sheet, vane, wing), pendë (barrage, dam, dike, embankment, feather, mole, pinion, plumage, plume, quill, seawall, sluice, span, Weir, yoke), krah (arm, bay, beam, boom, bundle, cantilever, console, flank, hand, outhouse, outrigger, pinion, Pinna, shoulder, side, wing, winger), këmbalkë (reading desk, stilt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مجموعة الزيل, مجداف (paddle), زعنفة السمك, زعانف الغواص, ريشة التوربين, شىء كالزعنفة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basque | hegats (feather). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ребро (arris, hip, horn, rib), вертикален стабилизатор (keel), перка (brace and bit, bucket, flapper, paddle, palm, prop, propeller, vane), плавник (swimmeret). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 魚鰭 , 飞翅 (fins). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | ploutev (flipper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | finne (burr, drift, Finn, flash). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vin (cysticercus, gill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | naĝilo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ripa (gill, handle, rib, strengthening rib, web), purse (flash, flush, overflush, overpress, spew). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | nageoire, ailette. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | fin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | flosse (flapper, flat stud, flipper, frogmen's flipper, mauler, stabilizer), rippe (channel, cord, costa, edge, gill, integral key, louver, midrib, plain rib, puffed portion, raised portion, rasp, rib, ridge, row, segment, spline, strengthening rib, vein, web, wing rib), Grat (border, brim, brink, burr, collar mark, edge, edging, flash, flush, fringe, hip, overfill, overflow, overflush, overpress, paring, razor edge, ridge, rim, scallop, shaving, spew, thorn, trimming). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πτερύγιο (ala, baffle, barb, bead flipper, blade, cant, cant of tumbler, cutting blade, feather, finger, flail, flailing hammer, flap, flash, flicker, flipper, gill, paddle, pavilion, pinion, pterygium, rotor blade, scraper, side, side of a tumbler, swinging flail, twig, vane, wing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מיצב (fixative, stabilizer), ס פיר (bilge keel, flapper, flipper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | uszony (flapper, flipper, paddle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | sirip (crest (of crocodile-tail), fin (of fish)). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pinna (a projection from a hull to give lateral stability on the water, collar mark, finn, flash, flipper, frogmen's flipper, ham mussel, overfill, paddle, sponson), aletta (blade, collar mark, flash, flyer, gill, horn, louver, lug, overfill, vane). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 鰭 , フィールド競技 (face, face sheet, face value, face-card, face-off, fade, fade ball, fade-in, fade-out, fatal, Federation Internationale de Nation Amateur cup, FI, fiance, fiction, field events, fielder's choice, fifty-fifty, figurative, figure, figure skating, Fiji, filament, filaria, filibuster, fill, fill-in, film, film library, film net, filter, filter-bank, filtering, FINA cup, finale, finger, finger bowl, fingering, finish, Finland, fiscal policy, fish, fish meal, fishing, fit, fitness, fitness shoes, fitting, fitting room, fix, fixed, fixer, fjord, FO, phase, Philadelphia, philanthropy, philharmonic, philharmonie, Philippines, Philips, philosophy, physical, physical protection, questionnaire that asks for a demographic profile, vinyl drainpipe with fins). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | フィン , ひれ (shawl). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 탄미익 (fins). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | frioggan (barb, beard, beard of hook, bristle, dander, offence, offend), asney (nerve, rib, timber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | finne (find, Finn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occitan | nadarèla, aleta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | ala (wing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | infay barbatana (baleen, busk, flipper, frogmen's flipper, steel, whalebone). (various references) nervurã (nervure, rib, string, vein), mânã (arm, claw, fist, flapper, flipper, hand, handful, look, paw), labã (arm, claw, fist, flapper, flipper, foot, pad, paw, sole), derivã (drift, leeway), aripioarã (paddle, wing, winglet). (various references) плавник (driftwood, flipper, paddle). (various references) ite (a feather, feather, fin of a fish, pen, plume, quill). (various references) vertikalni stabilizator, peraje (flapper, pinna), novčanica od pet dolara. (various references) aleta (a projection from a hull to give lateral stability on the water, aerofoil, airfoil, blade, empennage, flap, flipper, flyer, frogmen's flipper, gill, lift-up drawer front, mitt, paddle, pinna, quarter, retarding border, sail, sponson, wing). (various references) fena (pinna, vertical stabilizer). (various references) ตั"ครีบปลา, ว่ายน้ำโ"ยการใช้ตีนกบ, รองเท้าตีนเป็"ของนัก"ำน้ำ. (various references) yüzgeç (flipper, pinna, swimmer), palet (flipper, palette, pallet, pallete, track), kanat (aerofoil, flank, flanking, flap, leaf, limb, pinion, plane, ptero-, surface, Van, wing), el (fist, flapper, hand, hand-held, hand-operated, one shot, other person, pud), beş dolarlık banknot. (various references) плавець (flipper, swimmer). (various references) cạnh bên. (various references) asgell (wing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | ala, alae, alam, alarum, alas, alis, ascella, ascellas, medala, pinna. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "fin": finable, finagle, finagled, finagler, finaglers, finagles, finagling, final, finale, finales, finalis, finalise, finalised, finalises, finalising, finalism, finalisms, finalist, finalists, finalities, finality, finalization, finalizations, finalize, finalized, finalizes, finalizing, finally, finals, finance, financed, finances, financial, financially, financier, financiers, financing, financings, finback, finbacks, finch, finches, find, findable, finder, finders, finding, findings, finds, fine, fineable. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "fin": biffin, blackfin, bloodfin, bluefin, boffin, bowfin, chromaffin, coffin, cycloolefin, cycloparaffin, diolefin, elfin, enterochromaffin, griffin, lobefin, muffin, nitroparaffin, olefin, paraffin, polyolefin, puffin, ragamuffin, redfin, threadfin, tiffin, uncoffin, yellowfin. (additional references) | |
Words containing "fin": affinal, affine, affined, affinely, affines, affinities, affinity, airproofing, baffing, barfing, bedwarfing, beefing, befinger, befingered, befingering, befingers, begulfing, biffing, biffins, blackfins, bloodfins, bluefins, bluffing, bodysurfing, boffing, boffins, bowfins, briefing, briefings, buffing, bullfinch, bullfinches, butterfingered, butterfingers, chaffinch, chaffinches, chaffing, chafing, cheffing, childproofing, chuffing, coffined, coffing, coffining, coffins, cofinance, cofinanced, cofinances, cofinancing, coiffing, coifing. (additional references) | |
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"Fin" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: afan, afin, efin, ein, fahn, Faini, famn, fann, fanp, fanx, fapn, fayn, fazn, Fbim, fean, feen, Fehn, fein, Fejn, fenn, feno, fenv, Ffi, fia, fian, fic, fien, fieno, fif, Fih, fii, fij, fik, filn, fim, fina, finc, finf, fing, f'ing, fini, finna, fino, finp, finq, finu, finx, finy, fio, fip, fiq, firn, fiu, fiv, fiw, fiy, Fiynn, flin, flinf, fln, Fni, fnip, foina, fonn, frin, frn, fuhn, funn, fyen, fyn, ifn, ifon, qfi. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "fin" (pronounced fi"n) |
| 2 | -i" n | akin, been, begin, Berlin, bin, Brin, chagrin, chin, din, gin, grin, herein, inn, Jin, kin, Lin, Linn, pin, Quin, shin, sin, skin, spin, syn, therein, thin, tin, twin, violin, wherein, win, within, Wynn, Yin. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-i-n" | |
-1 letter: if, in. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-i-n" | |
+1 letter: fain, find, fine, fink, fino, fins, firn, foin, info, naif, neif. | |
+2 letters: elfin, fagin, faint, feign, feint, ficin, fiend, final, finch, finds, fined, finer, fines, finis, finks, finny, finos, firns, fling, flint, foins, fundi, fungi, gonif, infer, infix, infos, infra, knife, naifs, neifs, nifty, sniff, unfit, unfix, unify. | |
+3 letters: affine, biffin, boffin, bowfin, coffin, confit, define, elfins, facing, fadein, fading, fagins, fainer, faints, faking, famine, faming, fanion, farina, faring, fating, faxing, faying, fazing, feeing, feigns, feints, feline, ferine, feting, feuing, fiance, fibrin, ficins, fiends, fifing, filing, finale, finals, finder, finely, finery, finest, finger, finial, fining, finish, finite, finked, finned, firing, firkin, firman, fixing, flavin, flinch, flings, flints, flinty, florin, flying, foined, foison, forint, fornix, foxing, friend, fringe, fringy, frying, fuming, fundic, fungic, funkia, fusain, fusing, fusion, fuzing, goniff, gonifs, ignify, infall, infamy, infant, infare, infect, infers, infest, infirm, inflow, influx, infold, inform, infuse, ingulf, knifed, knifer, knifes, minify, muffin, nazify, nidify, niffer, notify, offing, olefin, puffin, redfin, refind, refine, sinful, sniffs, sniffy, tiffin, tinful, unfair, unfits, unfixt, unific, vinify, wifing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 69 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .. -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01101001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F i n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0069 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)407580 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Names: Company Usage 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Translations: Ancient 15. Abbreviations 16. Acronyms | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Orthography | 21. Bibliography |
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