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Fine

Definition: Fine

Fine

Adjective

1. Superior to the average; "in fine spirits"; "a fine student"; "made good grades"; "morale was good"; "had good weather for the parade".

2. (informal) being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "an all-right movie"; "the passengers were shaken up but are all right"; "is everything all right?"; "everything's fine"; "things are okay"; "dinner and the movies had been fine"; "another minute I'd have been fine".

3. Minutely precise especially in differences in meaning; "a fine distinction".

4. Of texture; being small-grained or smooth to the touch or having fine particles; "wood with a fine grain"; "fine powdery snow"; "fine rain"; "batiste is a cotton fabric with a fine weave"; "covered with a fine film of dust".

5. Being in good health; "he's feeling all right again"; "I'm fine, how are you?".

6. Thin in thickness or diameter; "a fine film of oil"; "fine hairs"; "read the fine print".

7. Characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment; "fine wine"; "looking fine in her Easter suit"; "a fine gentleman"; "fine china and crystal"; "a fine violinist"; "the fine hand of a master".

8. (metallurgy); free or impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity; "gold 21 carats fine".

9. (of weather) pleasant; not raining, perhaps with the sun shining; "a fine summer evening".

Adverb

1. Sentence-initial expression of agreement.

2. In a delicate manner; "finely shaped features"; "her fine drawn body".

3. In a superior and skilled manner; "the soldiers were fighting finely".

Noun

1. Money extracted as a penalty.

Verb

1. Impose a fine on.

2. Issue a ticket or a fine to; "I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street"; "Move your car or else you will be ticketed!".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "fine" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Note: Fine \Fine\, adjective. [Comparative Finer; superlative Finest.]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Fine

DomainDefinition

Computing

Fine adj. [WPI] Good, but not good enough to be cuspy. The word `fine' is used elsewhere, of course, but without the implicit comparison to the higher level implied by cuspy. Source: Jargon File.

Food & Agriculture

Term applied to wines of high quality. Source: European Union. (references)

Law

A penalty requiring the payment of money, imposed by a court or similar body as prescribed by law. Source: European Union. (references)
 A daily fine for delay in performance of contractor in payment of debt. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A. Composed of or constituting relatively small particles; e.g., fine sandy loam. Ant. coarse b. Sometimes used to designate high-quality drill diamonds e.g., fine sandy loam. Ant. coarse. (references)

Slang in 1811

FINE. Fine as five pence. Fine as a cow-t--d stuck with primroses.
FINE. A man imprisoned for any offence. A fine of eighty-four months; a transportation for seven years. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Fine

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A fine is money paid as a financial punishment for the commission of minor crimes or as the settlement of a claim. A synonym is mulct.

Common examples of fines are monies paid for violations of traffic laws. Fines can also be used as a form of tax.

Do not confuse fines with bail.

A fine for alienation, in feudal law, is a sum of money paid to the lord by a tenant whenever he had occasion to make over his land to another. A fine of lands is a species of conveyance in the form of a fictitious suit compromised or terminated by the acknowledgment of the previous owner that such land was the right of the other party.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fine."

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Fine, New York

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Fine is a town located in St. Lawrence County, New York. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,622.

Geography


According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 438.8 km² (169.4 mi²). 432.8 km² (167.1 mi²) of it is land and 6.0 km² (2.3 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.36% water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 1,622 people, 667 households, and 452 families residing in the town. The population density is 3.7/km² (9.7/mi²). There are 1,137 housing units at an average density of 2.6/km² (6.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 97.29% White, 0.68% African American, 0.68% Native American, 0.37% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.06% from other races, and 0.92% from two or more races. 0.37% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 667 households out of which 25.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.9% are married couples living together, 7.5% have a female householder with no husband present, and 32.2% are non-families. 27.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 13.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.36 and the average family size is 2.83. In the town the population is spread out with 21.1% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 27.7% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 42 years. For every 100 females there are 97.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 100.0 males. The median income for a household in the town is $32,112, and the median income for a family is $38,618. Males have a median income of $38,043 versus $20,875 for females. The per capita income for the town is $16,744. 17.3% of the population and 13.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 24.1% are under the age of 18 and 10.8% are 65 or older.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fine, New York."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Fine

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.
EntrySourceExpressionField

FINE

EnglishFair trade initiative for EuropeBusiness
FICEnglishFine Instrument CenterN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Fine

Synonyms: all right(p) (adj), all-right(a) (adj), f. (adj), good (adj), hunky-dory (adj), o.k. (adj), ok (adj), okay (adj), all right (adv), alright (adv), delicately (adv), exquisitely (adv), finely (adv), very well (adv), amercement (n), mulct (n), ticket (v). (additional references)
Synonym by domain: fine-grained (geography).
Antonym: coarse (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Fine

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Beauty

Rich, superb, magnificent, grand, fine, sublime, showy, specious.

Dryness

Adjective: dry, anhydrous, arid; adust, arescent; dried. Verb: undamped; juiceless, sapless; sear; husky; rainless, without rain, fine; dry as a bone, dry as dust, dry as a stick, dry as a mummy, dry as a biscuit.

Inexpedience

Good, good as gold; excellent; better; superior; above par; nice, fine; genuine; (true).

Narrowness Thinness

Adjective: narrow, close; slender, thin, fine; thread-like; (filament); finespun, gossamer; paper-thin; taper, slim, slight-made; scant, scanty; spare, delicate, incapacious; contracted; unexpanded; (expand; ); slender as a thread.

Pride

Haughty lofty, high, mighty, swollen, puffed up, flushed, blown; vainglorious; purse-proud, fine; proud as Lucifer; bloated with pride.

Rarity

Adjective: rare, subtile, thin, fine, tenuous, compressible, flimsy, slight; light; cavernous, spongy. (hollow).

Size

Adjective: large, big; great; considerable, bulky, voluminous, ample, massive, massy; capacious, comprehensive; spacious; mighty, towering, fine, magnificent.

Smallness

Adjective: small, little; diminutive; (small in size); minute; fine; inconsiderable, paltry; (unimportant); faint; (weak); slender, light, slight, scanty, scant, limited; meager; (insufficient); sparing; few; low, so-so, middling, tolerable, no great shakes; below par, under par, below the mark; at a low ebb; halfway; moderate, modest; tender, subtle.

Texture

Textural, textile; fine grained, coarse grained; fine, delicate, subtile, gossamery, filmy, silky, satiny; coarse; homespun.

Truth

Exact, accurate, definite, precise, well-defined, just, just so, so; strict, severe; close; (similar); literal; rigid, rigorous; scrupulous; (conscientious); religiously exact, punctual, mathematical, scientific; faithful, constant, unerring; curious, particular, nice, delicate, fine; clean-cut, clear-cut.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Fine

English words defined with "fine": Doctor of Fine Artsfine art, Fine cut, Fine goods, fine print, Foot of the finelibrary fineMaster of Fine ArtsPrimer fineTo sail fine. (references)
Specialty definitions using "fine": administrative fine, arthropod fine moderfine adjuster, Fine as Fivepence, fine cord, fine crossbred-wools, fine grain, fine grinding, fine sand, fine scratch, fine silt, fine silverUnified fine thread. (references)
Etymologies containing "fine": Tenuis. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Fine" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Bemba (four), Esperanto (at last, finally, ultimately), French (dead smooth, delicate, neat, sleaziness, wisp), Frisian (find), Irish (family), Italian (chic, close, closure, conclusion, dainty, end, ending, fine, finish, object, purpose, result, sake, subtile, subtle, termination, thin), Latin (boundary, country, end, goal, land, limit, territory, up to), Manx (quiver, scabbard, sheath, vagina), Pidgin English (fine), Romanian (end), Scottish (a tribe, clan, kindred, tribe).

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Modern Usage: Fine

DomainUsage

Screenplays

He's a very fine young man. That's obvious (Doctor Zhivago; writing credit: Boris Pasternak; Robert Bolt)

If you want to shake hands with the devil, that's fine with me. I'll just make sure that you do it in hell (Mission: Impossible; writing credit: Bruce Geller; David Koepp)

Ok, that's fine too (Mr. Deeds; writing credit: Clarence Budington Kell; Robert Riskin)

Everything was fine until the grid was shut down by dickless here (Ghostbusters; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.)

You look fine. (The Philadelphia Story; writing credit: Donald Ogden Stewart. Based on the play by Philip Barry.)

Lyrics

She's in love with me and I feel fine, mmm. (I Feel Fine (Lennon/McCartney); performing artist: The Beatles)

What a fine little plane (Clockwork Creep; performing artist: 10CC)

CAUSE IN THE STREETS I'M FINE (Come Back In One Piece; performing artist: Aaliyah)

With a bit of rock music, everything is fine ("Dancing Queen"; performing artist: Abba)

I feel fine enough I guess (Pinch Me; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies)

Clever

France has neither winter nor summer nor morals. Apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country. (references; author: Mark Twain)

A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well. (references; author: unknown)

Life lesson: There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness. (references; author: unknown)

A smart husband buys his wife very fine china so she won't trust him to wash it. (references; author: unknown)

The church will host an evening of fine dining, superb entertainment, and gracious hostility. (references; author: unknown)

Tongue Twisters

Friendly Frank flips fine flapjacks. (references; author: unknown)

Of all the felt I ever felt, I never felt a piece of felt which felt as fine as that felt felt, when first I felt that felt hat's felt. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Dal capo al fine (1973)

Real Fine Tea from Berlin (1972)

...e alla fine lo chiamarono Jerusalem l'implacabile (1972)

Den Fine mand (1971)

La Fine del gioco (1970)

Song Titles

Feel So Fine (performing artist: Johnny Preston)

Brandy (Your A Fine Girl) (performing artist: Looking Glass)

I'm Doing Fine Now (performing artist: New York City)

I Feel Fine (performing artist: The Beatles)

He's So Fine (performing artist: The Chiffons)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Fine

DomainTitle

References

  • Artemis Fine Arts: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Dongbu Fine Chemical: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Korea Fine Chemical Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Nippon Fine Chemical Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Partridge Fine Arts PLC: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Greene & Greene: Architecture As a Fine Art: Furniture and Related Desighs (reference)

  • The Science & Fine Art of Natural Hygiene (Shelton, Herbert M. Hygienic System, V. 1.) (reference)

  • Fine Art Publicity: The Complete Guide for Galleries and Artists (reference)

  • Triggernometry: A Gallery of Gunfighters: With Technical Notes on Leather Slapping As a Fine Art, Gathered from Many a Loose Holstered Expert over t (reference)

  • Ready to Use Fine Motor Skills & Handwriting Activities for Young Children (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

  • Lenox Eternal 5-Piece Gold-Banded Fine China Placesetting (reference)

  • Lenox Holiday 20-Piece Gold-Banded Fine China Dinnerware Set (reference)

  • Bosch 1640VSPKG Fine Cut Power Handsaw Package (reference)

  • Kreg SPS-F125 1-1/4" #6 Fine Screw (1000-Pack) (reference)

  • Stanley 03-043 Fine Woodworking Push Drill (reference)

    (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Fine

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Photo Album: Fine

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Sideroblasts are erythroblasts with fine, iron-containing granules in the cytoplasm. Normal sideroblasts show random iron deposits, typically 1-5, in the cytoplasm. Abnormal sideroblasts show an increase of granular iron deposits around the nucleus. Credit: CDC.

An immature trophozoite of P. vivax is shown at the top of the slide in its characteristic ring shape, while the mature trophozoites contain large ameboid cytoplasms with large chromatin and fine yellowish brown pigment. Credit: CDC.

A fine example of glacial plucking showing direction of glacial ice motion from left to right in the image. Credit: America's Coastlines.

A fine team of sled dogs at Tigvariak Island. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

A platter of fine Pacific oysters - an epicurean delight displayed at Anthony's Oyster Olympics. The Oyster Olympics helps celebrate clean Pacific waters. Credit: Fisheries.

Chris Doley, of NOAA, hauls an experimental crab pot from the water at a sampling site. Blue crab pot samples were taken at shallow-water sites around Poplar Island using pots with mesh sizes about three times smaller than used in commercial crab pots. The mesh in the pots used for sampling was about 1/2" of fine mesh netting. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Setting crab pots in Poplar Harbor, note the fine mesh. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Chief Cook Doretha and 2nd Cook Sarah Satterfield prepare another fine meal in the ship's galley. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 65. Thoulet device for separating sediment from water. This device was developed to obtain very fine sediment samples that were still suspended in the water after passing through a series of sieves. Thoulet developed this instrument in 1878 prior to developing an interest in oceanography. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Acrylic painting of a Barrow's Goldeneye by Robert Steiner, 315 Cornwall Street, San Francisco, CA 94118. As one of the top wildlife artist's in the country, Bob Steiner, finally won the 1997 Federal Duck Stamp Contest at the age of 48 after 17 previous attempts. Chosen over 379 other entries, Steiner's Barrow's Goldeneye depicts the majesty of the species. The same design, with some enhancements, came in third in the 1995 Federal Duck Stamp Contest (the winner that year was the Surf Scoter design by Wilhelm Goebel). Mr. Steiner has designed a total of 47 duck stamp (state and other commissioned venues), more than any other artist. With a Bachelor's degree in painting and etching at the renowned Rhode Island School of Design, he also achieved a Master's degree in etching and fine art printmaking from San Francisco State University. Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page Visit the U.S. Fish and.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Fine
 

"Legion of fine arts" by Sherry Yeo
Commentary: "You see the shadow of an architecture building reflecting on the pond waters. ."
"Fine tune" by Federico Rocco
Commentary: "My old radio."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Fine".

PlayCaption
Excellent; great; superb; superior; good news; accomplished; admirable; attractive; capital; certified; champion; choice; choicest; desirable; distinctive; distinguished; estimable; exceptional; exemplary; exquisite; fine; finest; first; first-class; firs.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Fine

AuthorQuotation

Benjamin Franklin

She laughs at everything you say. Why? Because she has fine teeth.

Jonathan Swift

Fine words! I wonder where you stole them.

Luther

Allegories are fine ornaments and good illustrations, but not proof.

Miguel de Cervantes

Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted.

MoliFre

Oh how fine it is to know a thing or two!

Plutarch

Good birth is a fine thing, but the merit is our ancestors.

Poem and The Cid

Were his lord but worthy, God, how fine a vassal.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

St. Jerome

A fat paunch never breeds fine thoughts.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Fine

AuthorDateQuotation

Magna Carta

1215

If, however, the heir of any one of the aforesaid has been under age and in wardship, let him have his inheritance without relief and without fine when he comes of age. (reference)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

Any person having claimed payment of an enemy debt which is not admitted in whole or in part shall pay to the clearing office, by way of fine, interest at 5 per cent. on the part not admitted. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Fine

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

It seemed quite a shame, especially considering how many houses there are where fine instruments are absolutely thrown away

Sylvie and Bruno

Carroll, Lewis

He was a fine old man, but looked sadly ill and worn

Last Chance To See

Douglas Adams

At about one-thirty they eventually realise their mistake and shut up, just as the major dogfights of the evening are getting under way. These usually start with a few minor bouts between the more enthusiastic youngsters, and then the full chorus of heavyweights weighs in with a fine impression of what it might be like to fall into the pit of hell with the London Symphony Orchestra

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

On the breast of her gown, in fine red cloth, surrounded with an elaborate embroidery and fantastic flourishes of gold thread, appeared the letter A.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

I have your bed in the garden, you shall tend it, and we will see if your strawberries are as fine as mine

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

How fine are its tiny grains

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Looked fine then

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

The Emperor lays on the table three fine silken threads of six inches long

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

It should be the patron of the fine arts

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Fine

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

With one eye seeing clearly, they can still drive, read, and see fine details. (references)

The blood travels through a fine network of pulmonary vessels called capillaries. (references)

The needles used to inject insulin are extremely fine, so there is little discomfort. (references)

Business

Two payment methods exist in importing fine and specialty chemicals. (references)

This value accounts for 11% of all fine and specialty chemical imports. (references)

This will improve prospects for importing fine and specialty chemicals. (references)

Children

Korea

Firms with over 300 employees are required by law either to hire persons with disabilities or pay a fine. (references)

Sweden

The authorities generally respect these laws, and the usual sentence is a fine combined with counseling and monitoring by social workers. (references)

Korea

Surveys indicate that most companies either pay the fine or evade the law, with one 1999 survey indicating that 9 out of 10 firms with more than 300 employees failed to meet the mandated 2 percent job quota for persons with disabilities; the hiring of the persons with disabilities remains significantly below target levels. (references)

Civil Liberties

Albania

The punishment for libel varies from a fine to 2 years' imprisonment. (references)

Turkmenistan

Atakov was fined $12,000, an unusually large fine for such an offense. (references)

Egypt

Mahran was sentenced to 3 years' imprisonment and a fine of $46 (200 Egyptian pounds). (references)

Economic History

Austria

It's a fine line to walk. (references)

Russia

The Hermitage is one of the world's great fine arts museums. (references)

Laos

BOTH GIVING AND ACCEPTING BRIBES ARE CRIMINAL ACTS PUNISHABLE BY FINE AND/OR IMPRISONMENT. (references)

Human Rights

Malaysia

Thomas paid his fine, and the case was closed. (references)

Malaysia

Rahim had earlier paid a fine of $525 (RM 2000) for assaulting Anwar. (references)

Malaysia

However, in April the Court of Appeal converted his jail sentence into a $2,500 (RM 10,000) fine. (references)

Minorities

Austria

He paid a fine to cover the cost of restoring the damage done to the graves. (references)

Comoros

The Christian leader's father was forced to pay a fine, and the leader's family had to leave Domoni for a month. (references)

Switzerland

Persons convicted of racist crimes commonly are sentenced to from 3 days' to 3 years' imprisonment and a fine of up to $27,000 (40,000 Swiss francs). (references)

Political Economy

Ireland

Fine Gael ("Tribe of Ireland") is the second largest party in the Dail. (references)

TAIWAN

Violations will face a maximum three-year jail sentence and a fine of NT$6.0 million. (references)

Ireland

The Greens also take a skeptical stance toward greater European integration, a position not shared by Fianna Fail, Fine Gael, Labour or the Progressive Democrats. (references)

Political Rights

Belgium

Voting in all elections is compulsory, and failure to vote is subject to a nominal fine. (references)

Djibouti

In 1996 the five, Moumin Bahdon Farah, Ahmed Boulaleh Barreh, Ali Mahamade Houmed, Ismael Guedi Hared, and Abdillahi Guireh Rayaleh, were accused of insulting former president Hassan Gouled Aptidon and sentenced to 6 months in prison and a large fine. (references)

Trade

Argentina

Failure to re-export goods will result in a fine. (references)

Travel

Czech Rep

The city also has fine, usually quick, public transit to most points. (references)

Austria

Motorists who do not possess the appropriate sticker are subject to a fine. (references)

Norway

One drink could put a person over the legal limit and could result in a fine. (references)

Women

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The judge ordered only a $407 (900 KM) fine. (references)

Burkina Faso

Perpetrators are subject to 6-months' to 3-years' imprisonment and a significant fine. (references)

Swaziland

Even in the modern courts, sentences frequently result in several months in jail, a fine, or both. (references)

Worker Rights

Jordan

The fine is doubled if the offense is repeated. (references)

Spain

Trafficking in workers is punishable by 2 to 5 years' imprisonment and a fine. (references)

Sri Lanka

For trafficking in children, the law allows imprisonment of 5 to 20 years, and a fine. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

MEERSCHAUM, n. (Literally, seafoam, and by many erroneously supposed to be made of it.) A fine white clay, which for convenience in coloring it brown is made into tobacco pipes and smoked by the workmen engaged in that industry. The purpose of coloring it has not been disclosed by the manufacturers. There was a youth (you've heard before, This woeful tale, may be), Who bought a meerschaum pipe and swore That color it would he! He shut himself from the world away, Nor any soul he saw. He smoke by night, he smoked by day, As hard as he could draw. His dog died moaning in the wrath Of winds that blew aloof; The weeds were in the gravel path, The owl was on the roof. "He's gone afar, he'll come no more," The neighbors sadly say. And so they batter in the door To take his goods away. Dead, pipe in mouth, the youngster lay, Nut-brown in face and limb. "That pipe's a lovely white," they say, "But it has colored him!" The moral there's small need to sing -- 'Tis plain as day to you: Don't play your game on any thing That is a gamester too. Martin Bulstrode

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Fine

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Bill Clinton

Not to my knowledge. She's got a steady boyfriend and he's a really fine young man. I like him very much.

Dennis Miller

It's fine to think your children are better than everybody else's, because everybody thinks their kids are uniquely perfect.

Diane Sawyer

Right, because I asked for a Kleenex and it was the only thing you had in house at this fine establishment, as I recall.

Donald Rumsfeld

Well, I guess the most important thing I can say is that it's a terrible tragedy and our heart goes out to the families and the friends of those fine people. We lost some Afghans also in that same incident.

John McCain

I think he's fine. Those are really routine. Almost all of us who reach, you know, a certain age those things come out, because we were so much exposed to the sun when we were children, and that's an extremely minor thing.

Julianne Moore

That happens to me at the end of a movie. You know I'm fine at the beginning and then near the end I start getting depressed because I realize I've made all the wrong choices.

Maureen O'Hara

Believe me, I think John Wayne was a fine actor. He could not have been respected by the entire world for not just his Americanism, but for his portrayals on the screen if he wasn't a good actor.

Phyllis Diller

Short of breathness. Short breath. I am short of breath. But right now, I'm fine because I'm looking at you.

Rush Limbaugh

You don't need to be able to get a fourteen-gazillion-dollar verdict and put an otherwise fine company out of business, thereby preventing the vaccine in the first place.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Fine

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Woodrow Wilson

1913-1921But the evil has come with the good, and much fine gold has been corroded.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001The great majority of our teachers do a fine job.

George W. Bush

2001-2005Good jobs begin with good schools, and here we've made a fine start.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Fine

"Fine" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.77% of the time. "Fine" is used about 11,818 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)98.77%11,673788
Noun (singular)0.72%8535,870
Lexical Verb (base form)0.25%3063,341
Adverb (general)0.21%2569,787
Lexical Verb (infinitive)0.03%3202,518
Noun (proper)0.03%3202,518
                    Total100.00%11,818N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Fine

The following table summarizes the usage of "fine" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
FineLast name4,0003,297
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Fine

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "fine".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
ThebezN/ABiblical

Fine linen or silk

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Usage in Company Names: Fine

CountryNameCountryName
Japan

Nippon Fine Chemical Co., Ltd.

Luxembourg

Artemis Fine Arts

South Korea

Dongbu Fine Chemical

United Kingdom

Partridge Fine Arts PLC

USA

Finlay Fine Jewelry Corporation

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Fine

Expressions using "fine": a fine kettle of fish a fine kettle of fish! a fine pair of oxen a fine piece of work! administrative fine amenable to a fine arthropod fine moder be fine blank like fine roll brave fine gay glorious cut it fine cut up fine doctor of Fine Arts draw a fine line draw it fine everything's fine extra fine feel fine fine adjuster fine adjustment fine aggregate fine animal hair Fine arch fine art fine art publisher fine arts fine arts insurance fine athlete fine away fine bill fine cheese fine chemicals fine climate fine comb fine cord Fine cut fine day fine distinction fine down fine feathers make fine birds fine fellow fine fettle fine flour Fine for alienation fine gentleman fine gold Fine goods fine grain fine grain radar fine grained fine lady fine language fine line fine linen fine metal fine motions Fine of lands fine off fine pen fine pitch fine pitch stop fine point fine powder fine print fine rain fine sand fine scratch fine seed fine sense of humor fine sense of humour fine silk fine smb. fine specimen fine spray fine staple wool Fine stuff fine talking fine teacher fine trade bill fine tune fine tuning fine understanding fine weather fine wine fine wool fine work fine writing fine young man Foot of the fine Freedom fine go over smth. with a fine comb have a fine palate have a fine time with heavy fine i feel fine i'm fine thank you! impose a fine on smb. imposition of a fine in fine in fine condition in fine feather. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "fine": fine-art, fine-balanced, fine-boned, fine-bred, fine-bristled, fine-by-me, fine-chisel, fine-class, fine-cotton, fine-cut, fine-denier, fine-detail, fine-draw, fine-drawn, fine-enough, fine-featured, fine-finishing, fine-fitting, fine-flavoured, fine-fleece, fine-gems, fine-grain, fine-grained, fine-ground, fine-grown, fine-hewn, fine-honed, fine-leaved, fine-leaved heath, fine-limbed, fine-lined, fine-looking, fine-mesh, fine-mix, fine-needle, fine-needle aspiration, fine-nosed, fine-paper, fine-particled, fine-pointed, fine-print, fine-quality, fine-sand, fine-sanding, fine-scale, fine-scored, fine-skinned, fine-slatted, fine-sounding, fine-spinning, fine-spoken, fine-spun, fine-structural, fine-structure, fine-textured, fine-threaded, fine-tipped, fine-toned, fine-tooth, fine-toothed, fine-toothed comb, fine-tune, fine-tuned, fine-tuners, fine-tuning, fine-voiced, fine-weather, fine-woolled.

Ending with "fine": ultra-fine.

Containing "fine": eleven-o'clock-on-a-fine-night-an, ultra-fine-tuned.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Fine

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

fine art

6,283

fine dining

237

fine wine

2,010

fine ass

221

fine art photography

1,409

fine wood working

209

fine china

1,316

fine watch

200

fine gardening

886

fine art poster

183

fine print

733

fine pen

170

jeanna fine

647

museum of fine arts

161

fine art nude

575

palace of fine arts

160

fine jewelry

533

fine girl

159

fine

500

fine art gallery

158

fine arts

489

fine living

148

fine art print

478

art book fine guest tjarda

134

fine motor skill

461

fine reader

130

boston museum of fine arts

321

hair style for fine hair

129

fine lingerie

298

fine swiss watch

128

fine furniture

287

fine linen

125

nude fine art photography

286

fine young cannibal

116

fine crystal

262

jenna fine

111

fine home building

248

one fine day

105

museum fine arts houston

242

fine writing instrument

102
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Fine

Language Translations for "fine"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

uitstekend (very, very well), teer (dainty, delicate, refined), puik (eminent, great), mooi (beautiful, fair, handsome, lovely), kostelik (delicious, great, lovely), gaaf (good, nice, okay, very, very well), delikaat (dainty, delicate, refined), deftig (beautiful, fair, handsome, lovely), boete. (various references)

   

Albanian

  

i shkëlqyer (admirable, bright, brilliant, capital, choice, copybook, corking, crack, cracking, Dandy, divine, excellent, fabulous, famous, fantastic, fantastical, first rate, flamboyant, gaudy, glazy, glorious, glossy, gorgeous, great, heavenly, immense, marvellous, marvelous, perfect, pink, plum, powerful, prize, pukka, rare, ripping, royal, smashing, splendid, splendiferous, whizzbang, wicked), delikat (delicate, fragile, frail, hothouse, kid glove, subtile, subtle), gjobë (amercement, forfeit, forfeiture, mulct, penalty), gjobis (amerce, estreat, mulct, penalize), i imët (cramped, detailed, minute, petite, pinpoint, puny, shallow, shoal, small, small minded, thin, tiny, wee, wispy), i mirë (benign, canny, carriageable, decent, desirable, gentle, good, good tempered, goodly, handsome, keen, kind, kindhearted, kindly, lovely, nice, pleasant, pukka, salable, tops, virtuous), bukur (beautiful, beautifully, capitally, fair, handsome, lovely, nicely, prettily), i përsosur (consummate, crowned, flawless, indefectible, nonpareil, slap up), shumë mirë (capitally, highly, primely), i shumtë (considerable, multiple, numerous), i stërholluar (fastidious, luxuriant, sophisticated, wiredrawn), i vockël (minuscule, minute, pettifogging, picayune, piddling, pinpoint, potty, puny, slight, teeny, tiny, trifling, wee, wispy), mot i mirë, përsos (cultivate, perfect), shkëlqyeshëm (capitally, famously, first rate, summa cum laude), i mprehtë (acute, astute, bright, clairvoyant, Clarion, discerning, edgy, exquisite, high, high pitched, incisive, ingenious, keen, keen-witted, knowing, nimble, penetrating, penetrative, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, piercing, piping, pointed, pungent, quick, ridged, ridgy, sagacious, salt, sharp, sharp cut, shrill, subtile, subtle, tart, trenchant). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏حسن (advantage, alter, ameliorate, amend, beautiful, better, elaborate, extend, handsome, improve, innovate, like better, make efficient, ok, okay, okey, perfect, polish, pretty, reclaim, reform, season, upgrade, well), ‏بسط (couch, distend, expand, expound, extend, extension, facilitate, lay, reach, simplify, spread, state, stretch, unroll, unwind, unwrap, vulgarize), ‏دقيق (accurate, careful, close, delicate, elaborate, exact, express, farina, flour, inappreciable, infinitesimal, intangible, just, keen, mathematical, meal, nearness, nice, painstaking, particular, pernickety, precise, punctilious, punctual, rigorous, scrupulous, searching, sharp, sound, specific, straightforward, strict, ticklish, tiny, touchy, tricky, true, veracious), ‏ظريف (amiable, amicable, amusing, companionable, flowing, gallant, humorist, humorous, humourist, jolly, likeable, nice, obliging, pet, pleasing, prepossessing, pretty, quaint, stylish, witty, wry), ‏رائع (admirable, bonny, brag, brave, conspicuous, dazzling, ducks, ducky, effective, elegant, emphatic, entrancing, exceptional, exquisite, extraordinary, fabulous, felicitous, glorious, gorgeous, grand, heavenly, in apple-pie order, irresistible, lovely, magnificent, marvellous, marvelous, mighty, miraculous, noteworthy, out of this world, outstanding, palmy, picturesque, portentous, precious, prestigious, rattling, recherche, remarkable, ripening, ripping, sensational, showy, sightly, signal, singular, smash, smashing, solid, some, spanking, sparkling, splendid, stunning, stupendous, super, superb, swell, terrific, topping, tremendous, uncommon, wonder, wonderful, wondrous), ‏روق (clarify, defecate, elutriate), ‏رقيق (aerial, affectionate, airy, angelic, bland, bleeding heart, dainty, delicate, feminine, filmy, flimsy, fluffy, fragile, frothy, gauzy, gentle, gingerly, gossamery, gracious, hearty, kind hearted, kindly, lovely, mellow, mincing, nice, orchidaceous, pastel, photogenic, piano, quiet, refined, romance, sharp, sloppy, smooth, soft-hearted, suave, subtle, sugary, superfine, tender, tenuous, thin, thinning, tilery, trick, warm, watery), ‏رفيع (astral, elevated, great, polite, sublime, superlative, supreme, thin), ‏أنيق (bijou, chic, classy, coxcomb, dainty, dapper, dashing, dinky, dressy, elegant, exclusive, gallant, genteel, good looking, gracious, jaunty, ladylike, mincing, natty, neat, nice, perky, personable, posh, presentable, rich, saucy, seemly, sharp, smart, smug, sophisticated, spick and span, sporting, sportsmanlike, sporty, spruce, stylish, suave, swagger, swell, tailor made, taut, tidy, tight, trim, well groomed), ‏جذاب (allurement, alluring, appealing, attractive, becoming, captivating, catching, catchy, charming, cute, desirable, ducky, engaging, enticing, fascinating, fetching, inviting, magnetic, magnetizing, nice, picturesquely, pleasant, prepossessing, pretty, seductive, sweet, taking, tasty), ‏جميل (beaut, beauteous, beautiful, comeliness, comely, courtesy, dainty, fair, favor, favour, good looking, grace, graceful, gratitude, handsome, kind act, lovely, magnificent, nice, pretty, shapely, sightly, sweet), ‏بديع (admirable, adorable, amazing, excellent, magnificent, marvellous, marvelous, original, splendid, superb, unique, unprecedented, wonderful), ‏حساس (compassionate, critical, emotional, feeling, hypersensitive, impressionable, maudlin, responsive, sensational, sensible, sensitive, sentient, sentiment, sentimental, susceptible, sympathetic, temperamental, tender, tender-hearted, ticklish), لطيف (delicate, thin), ‏غرامة (forfeit, forfeiture, mulct, penalty), ‏غرم (forfeit, mulct), ‏لطيف (affable, agreeable, amiable, benign, bland, charming, civil, civilized, complaisance, complaisant, courteous, courtly, decent, delicate, fair, fair-spoken, friendly, genial, gentle, good natured, gracious, handsome, kind, kindly, light, mild, nice, pet, pleasant, polite, poppet, pretty, refreshing, smooth, soft, suave, sweet, tender, tenuous, thin, urbane), ‏ناعم (cosiness, delicate, downy, gentle, glace, mellow, neat, on velvet, powdery, silken, silky, smooth, soft, springy, squashy, tender, velvet, velvety), ‏نهاية (close, demise, end, ending, fate, fining, finish, limit, stop, tag, tail end, termination, terminus), ‏مرهف (delicate, flimsy, sensitive, slender), ‏ممتاز (admirable, banner, best, bonny, boss, brave, choice, clipping, cool, dandy, deluxe, distingue, distinguished, ducky, elegant, excellent, exceptional, exquisite, extra, famous, fancy, first class, first rate, first-string, mighty, noble, of first degree, outstanding, premium, prime, select, splendid, star, stellar, super, superb, superior, swell, thoroughbred, thumbs up, tiptop, top notch, vintage, wizard), ‏ممتع (delightful, engaging, enjoyable, entertaining, good, gratifying, interesting, lovely, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, refreshing, sapid, sightly, what fun), ‏فاخر (brag, deluxe, excellent, exquisite, fancy, glory, luxurious, splendid, superior), ‏في أحسن حال (full well), ‏صاف (bright, clear, fair, lucid, net, pellucid, perspicuous, placid, pure, puristic, raw, round, serene, sincere, stark, unclouded). (various references)

   

Basque

  

bukaera (slender). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

остър за ум (incisive, quick, subtle), добре сложен (clean, clean-limbed, shapely, upstanding, well knit, well-built, well-made, well-proportioned, well-set), избистрям се (clarify, settle), изтънчен (cool, dainty, delicate, discriminating, fastidious, polished, polite, refined, subtle, urbane), изтънявам (fine-draw, grow thin, slenderize, taper, thin, thin away, wear away), прекрасно (beautifully), без примес (clean, pure, self, unalloyed), едва (barely, but, faintly, hardly, just, lightly, narrowly, scarce, scarcely), елегантен (classy, dashing, debonair, doggy, dressy, elegant, feat, genteel, graceful, jimp, mod, nifty, plush, plushy, posh, rakish, saucy, sharp, silk stocking, smart, snappy, stylish, swell, swish, tasty), за малко не, налагам глоба на (amerce), намалявам (abate, abbreviate, allay, attenuate, bring down, clip, contract, curtail, cut back, cut down, decline, decrease, deduct, deflate, degrade, deplete, detract, dim, diminish, ebb, extenuate, impair, knock off, lessen, lighten, lull, minify, minimize, moderate, modify, pare down, prejudice, put back, put down, reduce, remit, run down, scant, shorten, shrink, sink, slacken, subdue, take from, thin, thin away, thin down, understate, wane, work down), отличен (alpha plus, banner, crack, excellent, grand, groovy, immense, master stroke, masterly, mean, nailing, peachy, pre eminent, prime, prize, roaring, slick, spanking, splendid, superb, unexceptionable, whizbang, wicked, wizard), деликатен (considerate, delicate, fastidious, fragile, nice, pernickety, prickly, slender, slippery, slippy, soft, tender, thoughtful, ticklish), остър (acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, angular, argute, arrowy, biting, bitter, crusty, cutting, edgy, excruciating, fulminating, gabled, grating, gravelly, grinding, high pitched, keen, lancinating, metallic, nice, nipping, nippy, penetrating, penetrative, peppery, perspicacious, piercing, piquant, poignant, pointed, pungent, ragged, searching, sharp, shrill, slashing, stiff, strident, strong, tangy, trenchant), светъл (auspicious, bright, cheerful, cheery, clear, fair, fair haired, light, liquid, lucent, lucid, pale, relucent, rosy, unshadowed, vivid, white), глоба (amercement, forfeit, mulct, penalty, surcharge), глобявам (amerce, assess, mulct, surcharge), капаро (earnest, handsel), тънък (acute, cobwebby, gauzy, hairsplitting, high pitched, jimp, lightweight, liny, neat, nice, niggling, reedy, sheer, shrewd, sleazy, slender, slight, slim, subtle, subulate, tenuous, thin, threadlike, thready, willowy), фин (dainty, delicate, distinguished, exquisite, nice, recherche, refined, sheer), чист (absolute, chaste, clean, cleanly, clear, crisp, crystal, downright, fair, fresh, heavenly, immaculate, incorrupt, innocent, lucid, mere, native, natty, neat, net, orderly, oriental, pellucid, pristine, pure, rank, sanitary, self, sheer, simon-pure, soilless, solid, stainless, sterling, straight, sublime, sweet, taintless, trim, unadulterated, unalloyed, unblemished, unmixed, unpolluted, unsophisticated, unspotted, unstained, virgin, virginal, virtuous, white, white-handed), чудесен (admirable, beautiful, champion, clipping, cool, corking, delicious, elegant, excellent, fabulous, famous, glorious, gorgeous, great, heavenly, hot, immense, lovely, magnificent, marvellous, marvelous, neat, nifty, noble, priceless, rattling, regular, ripping, scrumptious, smashing, spanking, splendid, super, terrific, thundering, topping, walloping, wizard, wonderful), чудесно (fantastically, that's great, tiptop, well done, wonderfully), хубав (beautiful, bonny, fair, good, good looking, goodly, handsome, jolly, neat, nice, nice-looking, personable, pretty, proper, rich, seemly, sightly, well favored, well-favoured), рядък (close, infrequent, occasional, one in a thousand, rare, recherche, singular, sparse, thin, uncommon, washy), ситен (niggling, small), слънчев (heliacal, solar, sunny), отлично (capitally, excellently, famously, first rate, par excellence, perfectly, perfectly well, primely, to perfection, well enough). (various references)

   

Catalan

  

multa, excel-lent (great). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

美好 (happy, OK), 優美 (elegant, graceful), 優良 (good), (a-ok, a-okay, fined, finely, Fining, GOOD, goodly, NICE, ok, Okay), (clear), (minutely, slender, thin), 不賴 (good, not bad), 罰金 (to forfeit), 良好 (favorable, good, well), 精細 (careful, meticulous), 精美 (delicate, refinement), (delicate, minute), 纖小 (delicate), 纖細 (slim, tender), 要得 (good), 罰款 (penalty). (various references)

   

Croatian

  

dobro (good, well). (various references)

   

Czech

  

ryzí (genuine, pure, sincere, sterling, unadulterated, unalloyed, unsophisticated), drobný (close, diminutive, minor, petty, small, tiny), hezký (attractive, considerable, fair, good, good looking, gorgeous, handsome, nice, nice-looking, personable, pretty), jemný (bland, dainty, delicate, gentle, graceful, gracious, light, milky, nice, silken, silky, soft, suave, subtle, superfine, sweet, tender, tenuous, thin, wispy), krásný (beautiful, fair, good looking, neat), pìknì (prettily, well), pìkný (good looking, handsome, nice, nice-looking, pretty, specious), èistý (absolute, blank, clean, clear, neat, net, new, perfect, pure, stainless, straight, taintless, tidy, true, unalloyed, untainted, white), pokutovat (penalize), ztepilý, senzaèní (delicious, gorgeous, grand, great, groovy, hot, magic, mean, sensational, smashing, startling, stunning, swell, terrific, thrilling, wonderful), skvìlý (accomplished, admirable, bright, brilliant, dashing, distinguished, excellent, glorious, grand, palmy, proud, splendid, swell, tiptop, wonderful), skvìle (delightfully, great), tenký (skinny, slim, small, tenuous, thin), výborný (beautiful, excellent, great), vynikající (accomplished, amazing, beautiful, champion, chance, delicious, egregious, eminent, excellent, exquisite, magnificent, notable, outstanding, preeminent, prize, prominent, star, sterling, superlative, wonderful), pokuta (mulct, penalty). (various references)

   

Danish

  

smuk (beautiful, fair, handsome, lovely), skøn (beautiful, fair, handsome, lovely), bøde (penalty). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

schoon (beautiful, clean, fair, handsome, lovely, pure), net (above-board, beautiful, beautifully, cleanly cut, elegant, exactly, fair, handsome, honest, just, just now, lovely, neat, net, network, okay, precise, precize, right, upright), mooi (beautiful, beautifully, fair, handsome, lovely, nice, pretty), fraai (beautiful, fair, handsome, lovely), fijn (beautiful, handsome, refined, subtle, tasty), boete (criminal fine, penalty, surcharge). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

monpuno, monpuni, eminente (very well), delikata (dainty, delicate, refined), bonege (very well), bonega (great), bone (OK, okay, well), bela (beautiful, handsome, lovely). (various references)

   

Estonian

  

hästi (very, well). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

vakur (beautiful, fair, handsome, lovely), peningabót. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

عالی (Beautiful, Brave, Capital, Excellent, Exquisite, Famous, Gallant, High, Immense, Knockout, Lofty, Much, Palmary, Remarkable, Ripping, Spiffy, Splendid, Super, Superb, Superlative, Supreme, Swank, Unrivaled), رقیق شدن , ریز (Atomic, Minuscule, Minute, Pony, Shred, Small, Snippet, Tiny, Wee, Weeny), جریمه (Penalty, Surcharge), جریمه گرفتن از, جریمه کردن (Assess, Penalize), خوب (Good, Nice, Okay, Pretty, Super, Well), شگرف (Excellent, Prodigious, Tremendous, Wondrous), صاف کردن (Clear, Even, Face, Hone, Pave, Percolate, Perk, Plane, Serene, Sleek, Smooth, Strain, Unwrap, Urbanize), فاخر (Costly), تاوان (Indemnity, Penalty, Reparation), غرامت (Damage, Indemnity, Repayment), لطیف (Benign, Delicate, Gaseous, Gentle, Gossamer, Rare, Rosewater, Soft, Subtle, Tender, Tenuous, Volatile), کوچک کردن (Abject, Extenuate, Playdown), نرم (Downy, Effeminate, Floppy, Levigate, Limber, Lithe, Mellow, Plastic, Pliant, Silken, Silky, Sleek, Slick, Smooth, Soft, Spongy, Suave, Supple, Tractable, Velvet), نازک (Attenuate, Eggshell, Ethereal, Frail, Gossamer, Slim, Soft, Spare, Tenuous), صاف شدن (Smooth). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kaunis (beautiful, fair, good-looking, handsome, lovely), hieno (chic, choice, delicate, elegant, exquisite, finely dressed, noble, refined, thin). (various references)

   

Flemish

  

goed (good). (various references)

   

French

  

amende, excellent, beau, tendre, fin (finish), délicat. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

moai (beautiful, fair, handsome, lovely), jildboete. (various references)

   

Galician

  

ben. (various references)

   

German

  

fein (acute, choice, cunning, dainty, delicate, elegant, excellent, fancy, fashionable, finely, great, keen, nice, nicely, polite, posh, pretty, refined, Savory, savoury, sensitive, smart, splendid, subtle, subtly, swell, tenuous, thin, wispy), Geldstrafe (mulct), schön (absolute, beautiful, beautifully, bonny, brightly, comely, easily, enjoyable, fair, finely, good enough, goodly, great, handsome, lovely, nice, nice-looking, nicely, precious, pretty, pulchritudinous, really, smoothly, splendid, well), gut (all right, belongings, beneficial, capable, domain, efficiently, estate, farm, freight, gear, good, goods, handsomely, holding, item, keen, manor, material, nice, nicely, o.k., okay, possession, property, quiet, ranch, rigging, safely, sharp, solid, that's good, understood, well), zart (dainty, delicate, filmy, fragile, frail, gentle, minion, refined, sensitive, soft, subtle, tender, tenderly, tenuous), Strafe (chastisement, forfeit, penalty, penance, punishment, retribution, sentence), hübsch (beautiful, bonnie, bonny, comely, delightful, fair, handsome, lovely, neat, neatly, nice, nice-looking, nifty, pretty, tidy, trim), geldbuße (parking fine, penalty), dünn (finely, flimsy, gaunt, lank, lean, rare, rarefied, skinny, sparse, sparsely, spindly, tabular, tenuous, tenuously, thin, thinly, thinn, watery, weak). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πρόστιμο (forfeit, forfeiture, mulct, penalty, scot). (various references)

   

Guarani

  

porãmba (very fine). (various references)

   

Haitian Creole

  

anfòm. (various references)

   

Hawaiian

  

bukur (beautiful, fair, handsome, lovely). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

משובח (a1 quality, best, choicest, excellent, praised), מעולה (a1 quality, eminent, excellent, first rate, prize, prominent, sterling, superior, tiptop, vintage), מצוין (capital, distinguished, eminent, excellent, outstanding, ripping, shining, spanking, splendid, sterling, superb, surpassing, swell), יופי (aesthetics, beauty, charm, loveliness, lovely, niceness, prettiness, pulchritude, splendor, wonderful), לקנוס (condemn, impose a penalty, mulct, punish, sentence), להטיל קנס, שפיר (excellent, well), קנס (forfeit, mulct, penalty), עונש (forfeit, penalty, punishment, retribution), עדין (as yet, dainty, delicate, elegant, gentle, gracious, mild, noble, not yet, slender, soft, still, subtle, tender, yet), ענוג (delicate, delight, effeminate, enjoyment, joy, mild, pleasure, tender), דקיק (flimsy, tenuous, very thin), דק (delicate, flimsy, lean, slender, slight, slim, spindly, thin), נאה (comely, dwelling, habitation, handsome, meadow, natty, nice, pasture, personable, pleasant, presentable, pretty, seemly, sightly). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szépen (beautifully, fairly, handsomely, nicely, to get on with one's work, to meet death calmly), szép (beautiful, fair, good, handsome, lovely, nice, nice-looking, pretty), pénzbírság (mulct), bírság (forfeit, penalty, Scot). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

fínt (fine/nice), fallegur (beautiful, fair, handsome, lovely), fagur (beautiful, fair, handsome, lovely). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

menyenangkan (agreeable, amusing, comfortable, congenial, cozy, enjoyable, entertaining, groovy, pleasant), lumat (pulverized), denda (mulct), dawai (wire), betul (correct, exact, really, right, true), baik (good, kosher, nice, okay, right, well). (various references)

   

Irish

  

sciamhach (beautiful, handsome, lovely), maisiúil (beautiful, handsome, lovely), gnaíúil (beautiful, handsome, lovely), dathúil (beautiful, handsome, lovely), dóighiúil (beautiful, handsome, lovely), breá, Úlainn (beautiful, handsome, lovely). (various references)

   

Italian

  

multa (forfeit, forfeiture, mulct), contravvenzione (contravention, infringement, minutes, misdemeanor, mulct, protocol, violation), multare, delicato (dainty, delicate, gentle, maidenly, refined, sensitive, slight, soft, sore, subtile, subtle, tender, thin, ticklish, touchy, tricky), bello (beautiful, bonny, fair, good, good looking, goodly, handsome, kind, lovely, nice, pleasant, pretty, sheen, sightly, smart, well), penale (criminal, forfeit, penal, penalty clause), fino (as far as, even, pure, subtile, subtle, thin, till, up to), carino (affable, beautiful, cute, decent, dinky, fair, friendly, good-natured, handsome, kind, lovable, lovely, nice, poppet, pretty, sweet). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

繊細 (delicate, nice, subtle), 罰金 (penalty), 細かい (minute, small), 細い (slender, thin), 宜しい (all right, can, good, may, OK, very well, will do). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ファイン , しめた (all right, I've got it), ばっきん (penalty), ほそい (slender, thin), せいろう (basket used for steaming food, brothel, clear, fair, government-labour, serene), せんさい (cutting, delicate, former wife, incompetence, lack of ability, late wife, nice, pruning, shearing, subtle, trimming, war damage), こまかい (minute, small), こまか (detailed, small, stingy), こうこ (anxiety, excellent, finance corporation, for ever, from ancient times, historic, looking back, love of antiquities, pertinent, the public, the world, unprecedented, worry), りっぱ (elegant, handsome, imposing, legal, legitimate, prominent, splendid), めのつんだ (close), ゆうりょう (admission-paid, excellent, hunting, superior, toll), よろしい (all right, can, good, may, OK, very well, will do), はんそくきん, ちみつ (accurate, delicate, elaborate, minute). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

(BEST). (various references)

   

Malay

  

indah (beautiful, fair, handsome, lovely), cantik (beautiful, charming, fair, handsome, lovely). (various references)

   

Manx

  

uail (disservice, injury, penalty, privation, ruination), ooley (determination, estimate, estimation), meein (bland, clement, gentle, Halcyon days, pet, silky, smooth, soft, tame not wild; assuage pain; small ground, tame; assuage; small ground), keyl (attenuated, drawn out, gracile, hairline, lanky, lean, narrow, slender, slight, slim, small, spare, tapered, thin, watery, watery of soup, weak, weak as solution, willowy), final, cur ooley er, cur final er, braew (brave, handsome, nice, precious, rare, splendid). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

vakker (beautiful, fair, handsome, lovely), utmerket (eminent, excellent, great), skjønn (beautiful, fair, handsome, judgement, lovely), pen (beautiful, fair, handsome, lovely), mulkt. (various references)

   

Occitan

  

fin (slender, thin). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

kiut (beautiful, fair, handsome, lovely), ekselentemente (very well), ekselente (eminent, great), delikadu (dainty, delicate, refined), delikado (dainty, delicate, refined), bunita (beautiful, fair, handsome, lovely, pretty). (various references)

   

Pidgin English

  

fine. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

inefay.(various references)

   

Polish

  

znakomity (great), wyborny (great), piękny (beautiful, fair, handsome, lovely), świetny (great), ładny (beautiful, fair, handsome, lovely, pleasing, pretty). (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

multa, fino (braw, choice, dainty, delicate, dressy, exquisite, gallant, gaunt, genteel, gentlemanly, gossamer, keen, knowing, lean, nice, nobby, out-and-out, posh, refined, select, sharp, sheer, sleazy, slender, slim, smart, stylish, subtil, subtile, subtle, tactful, tasteful, tenuous, thin, well-bred, well-made, wispy), excelente (accomplished, champion, choice, classic, classical, crack-a-jack, distinctive, excellent, first-class, first-rate, golden, good, great, magnificent, palmary, splendiferous, standout, super, superior, tiptop, top-hole, topping, undeniable), belo (beauteous, beautiful, gallant, good-looking, handsome, lovely, sightly), penalidade (mulct, penalty, punishment, sanction), formoso (beautiful, bonny, handsome, lovely), bonito (beautiful, dinky, fetching, good, good-looking, handsome, lovely, nice, nice-looking, pretty). (various references)

   

Portuguese Brazilian

  

belas. (various references)

   

Quechua

  

waleq (well). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

frumos (artistic, artistical, beautiful, beautifully, bonny, brave, calm, canny, catchy, choice, clean, delicate, enjoyable, fair, flowing, gay, generous, good, good looking, goodly, greatly, handsome, handsomely, lovely, merry, mild, neat, nice, nicely, personable, pretty, proper, settled, shapely, slowly, specious, well favored, well-favoured, well-featured), excelent (a1, best, capital, champion, clinking, consummate, crack, excellent, excellently, exquisite, first rate, golden, great, noble, passing, roaring, special, splendid, that's capital, tiptop, topping). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

ясный (articulate, clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, cloudless, definite, direct, distinct, lucid, matter of course, obvious, pellucid, perspicuous, pronounced, self-explanatory, unshadowed, vivid), тонкий (delicate, finespun, gauzy, keen, papery, sleazy, slender, slim, slimline, subtle, thin, twiggy, wispy), штраф (fines, mulct, penalties, penalty, surcharge, vindictive damages), красивый (beauteous, beautiful, bonny, dishy, flavorful, gallant, good looking, good-looking, goodly, handsome, lovely, nice, personable, pulchritudinous, sightly, well favored, well-favoured), высококачественный (fine-line, high-quality, letter quality, top-of-the-line), оштрафовать, налагать штраф, мелкий (dusty, minute, paltry, peanut politician, pettifogging, petty, piddling, potty, shallow, shoal, small minded, small time, small-time, two-by-four), прекрасный (beauteous, beautiful, gallant, glorious, jim-dandy, nailing, noble, prize, tops), превосходный (admirable, bang-up, beautiful, capital, clinking, divine, excellent, grand, groovy, hunky-dory, jim-dandy, nailing, once-stellar, palmary, posh, prime, smashing, spanking, superb, superlative, surpassing, tiptop, top-hole, topnotch, top-notch, transcendent, unexceptionable, unexceptional), превосходно (capitally, nobly, primely, superbly, surpassingly, toppingly), пеня, изящный (airy, dainty, delicate, dinky, distingue, dressy, elegant, jimp, neat, nice, nifty, nobby, polite, refined, slim, slinky). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

fìnealta (elegant), rìomhach (costly, elegant, handsome), briagha (beautiful, fair, handsome, lovely, See <A HREF="mf01.html#brèagha">brèagha</A>), brèagh. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

fino (finely), fin (gossamer, subtle), vrli (brave, excellent, virtuous), tanak (finespun, gossamer, light, liny, scone, scrannel, sleazy, slender, slight, tenuous, thin, weak, wispy), lep (beauteous, beautiful, bonny, dreamy, fair, goodly, handsome, nice, pretty, scenic, scenical), kazniti novčano, kazna (castigation, forfeit, penalty, punishment, rap, retribution, scourge), globiti (amerce), globa (amercement, mulct, penalty), gladak (even, glib, level, napless, sleeky, slick, smooth), dobro (all right, good, ok, pat, right, well), dobar (benign, good, kind, regular, wholesome), čist (clean, clear, fresh, limpid, mere, neat, net, plain, pure, sheer, spotless, tidy, unadulterated, unmixed, unspotted). (various references)

   

Somali

  

fiicanahay, tahay (being). (various references)

   

Sotho

  

phela (doing, feel, feeling, feeling fine). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

multa (forfeit, minutes, mulct, penalty, protocol, ticket), fino (choice, dainty, delicate, discriminating, gaunt, genteel, gossamer, ladylike, lean, nice, polished, refined, semiprecious, sharp, sheer, shrewd, slender, suave, subtil, subtile, subtle, thin), multar (give a ticket, mulct, penalize, take somebody's name), excelente (Dandy, eminent, excellence, excellent, golden, goodly, great, ripping, shining, solid, sterling, tiptop), bonito (affable, beauteous, beautiful, charming, delightful, fair, friendly, good-natured, handsome, kind, lovely, lustrous, nice, pretty). (various references)

   

Sranan

  

moy (beautiful, fair, handsome, lovely), butu. (various references)

   

Swahili

  

bora (better, eminent, great). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

vite (penalty), vacker (beautiful, comely, fair, handsome, lovely, pretty, sightly, sweet, tidy, winsome), fin (aristocratic, bully, choice, clean, dainty, delicate, delicious, dignified, discriminating, elegant, excellent, 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), böter (forfeit, forfeiture, mulct), skön (beautiful, comfortable, discretion, fair, funky, handsome, lovely, nice, pretty, voluptuous), fint (dodge, dummy, feint, good show, good work, nice, nicely, stratagem, that's great), bra (all right, bonny, funky, good, great, jolly, longish, nice, not badly, o.k., ok, okay, okeydokey, quite, right, useful, very, very much, well). (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

magandá (beautiful, fair, handsome, lovely), mabuti (good), maayos. (various references)

   

Thai

  

น่าพึงพอใจ (tidy), บาง, สวยงาม (exquisite, fair), อากาศแจ่มใส, ละเอียด (elaborate, nice), ปรับเป็นเงิน, ค่าปรับ (indemnity), ดี (good, hunky-dory, kushty, nice, tickety-boo). (various references)

   

Tswana

  

siame. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

güzel (appealing, beauteous, beautiful, beautifully, beauty, Belle, bonny, comely, fair, goluptious, good, good looking, goodly, handsome, lovely, nice, nifty, personable, pleasant, plummy, prettily, pretty, pulchritudinous, sapid, shapely, sightly, smart, swell, the beautiful, well, well favored, well-favoured, winsome). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

uюak (little, small), telper (pretty), jerime salmak, jerime (penalty), iri (small). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

ясний (articulate, categorical, clean-cut, clear, cloudless, coherent, definite, determinate, distinct, elegant, explicative, explicatory, limpid, lucid, neat, nude, obvious, orotund, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, robust, trenchant), робити тоншим (thin away), чудовий (a, admirable, adorable, ambrosial, bang up, beautiful, brave, bright, bully, capital, champion, charming, clinking, consummate, crack, Dandy, delectable, delicious, delightful, eminent, excellent, flawless, glorious, goluptious, gorgeous, immense, magnific, magnifical, magnificent, noble, notable, noted, palmary, peachy, posh, prime, princely, proper, providential, ravishing, remarkable, resplendent, ripping, something like, sovereign, spiffing, superb, super-duper, topping, undeniable, way out, wizard, wonderful), штраф (doomage, forfeit, mulct, penalization, penalty, sconce), витончений (airy, attic, bijou, choice, curious, dainty, delicate, elegant, fastidious, lepid, nice, rarefied, refined, slender, slinky, subtile, subtle, super, twee, zing), вишуканий (accomplished, ambitious, becoming, chic, choice, courtly, dainty, delicate, distinguished, dressmaker, exquisite, foppish, kid glove, minion, nice, nutty, polished, polite, precious, quaint, recherche, trim, way up), очищати (alcoholize, chasten, clarify, clean, cleanse, clear, defecate, depurate, deterge, outwash, purge, purify, rarefy, rectify, refine, scale, weed), прекрасний (admirable, adorable, ambrosial, beauteous, capital, delectable, delicious, out of this world, something like, splendid, splendiferous), пеня (ransom, wite). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

mịn (soft), đường bệ đẹp, bảnh đẹp, có ý ca ngợi tế nhị, cuối cùng (aftermost, backmost, bottom, closing, conclusive, eventually, finally, finish, lastly, lattermost, rearmost, terminative, ultimate, ultimately), giải lớn, hay (grand, often, oftentimes, pretty, readable, stunning), $in fine$ tóm lại, khả quan, xinh (bonny, lovely, nice-looking, prettily, pretty), rực rỡ (flamboyant, fulgent, gay, glorious, gorgeous, illuminant, lustrous, palmy, refulgent, sheeny, splendid), sau hết, tốt (all right, decently, famously, feracious, fertile, hunky, o.k., splendid), thanh mảnh; sắc tốt, tinh vi; chính xác cao thượng, trong sáng sặc sỡ, khéo (dab, dexterous, dextrous, skilful). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

ffein, anial (desert, desolate, grievous, wild, wilderness), arwych, braf (bonny), cain (elegant, fair), camgwl (blame, penalty), coeth (elegant, refined), dirwy, addfwyndeg, gwych (brilliant, splendid), teg (beautiful, fair), gwymp (fair), hardd (beautiful, handsome), ma+n (petty, small), main (slender, thin), manw+aidd (delicate), prydferth (beautiful, handsome), rhywiog (genial, kindly, tender), te+r (clear, pure, refined), dirwyo (amerce). (various references)

   

Xhosa

  

kulungile (It is fine, It's fine), bayaphila (Are they well/ fine?, They are fine). (various references)

   

Yucatec

  

hats'uts (beautiful, fair, handsome, lovely). (various references)

   

Zulu

  

-hle (beautiful, fair, good, handsome, lovely, nice, okay, pretty), -bukekayo (beautiful, fair, handsome, lovely). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Fine

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

esig. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

bellus, cardinalis, delicata, delicatae, delicate, delicati, delicatum, delicatus, elegans, eximius, exquisitus, finis, formosus, gracilis, multa, multae, multaeque, multam, multamque, multaque, multarum, multas, multatione, multato, multavit, multis, multo, multoque, muto, obrizae, obrizi, obrizum, pulcher, pulcher pulchra pulchrum, subtilior, subtilis, tenues, tenui, tenuis, tenuissimum, tenuitatem, teres. (various references)

Avestan200-600

srîra. (various references)

Medieval Latin700-1500

finis. (various references)

Old French900-1400

fin, prim. (various references)

Middle English1100-1500

net. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Fine

LanguageDateSourceProverbs Chapter 31, Verse 24
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintSindonaV epoihsen kai apedoto perizwmata de toiV cananaioiV
Latin405VulgateSamech sindonem fecit et vendidit et cingulum tradidit Chananeo
Middle English1395WyclifSameth. Sendel she made, and solde; and a litil girdil she toc to Canane.
Jacobean English1611King JamesShe maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
Victorian English1833WebsterShe maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles to the merchant.
Basic English1964OgdenShe makes linen robes and gets a price for them, and traders take her cloth bands for a price.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Fine

LanguageProverbs Chapter 31, Verse 24
CebuanoSiya nagabuhat ug mga saput nga lino ug nagabaligya kanila, Ug nagahatud ug mga bakus ngadto sa magpapatigayon.
CroatianPlatno tka i prodaje ga i pojase daje trgovcu.
DanishHun væver Linned til Salg og sælger Bælter til Kræmmeren.
DutchSamech. Zij maakt fijn lijnwaad en verkoopt het; en zij levert den koopman gordelen.
FinnishHän aivinapaitoja tekee ja myy, vöitä hän kauppiaalle toimittaa.
FrenchElle fait des chemises, et les vend, Et elle livre des ceintures au marchand.
GermanSie macht einen Rock und verkauft ihn; einen Gürtel gibt sie dem Krämer.
Haitian CreoleMadanm li fe rad pou l' vann, li fè bèl senti, li vann yo ak machann.
HungarianGyolcsot szõ, és eladja; és övet, melyet ád a kereskedõnek.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariIa membuat pakaian dan ikat pinggang lalu menjualnya kepada pedagang.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka diperbuat oleh perempuan itu kain khasah lalu dijualnya dan dibawanya masuk akan ikat-ikat pinggang kepada saudagar.
ItalianConfeziona tele di lino e le vende e fornisce cinture al mercante.
MaoriE hanga ana e ia he rinena pai, a hokona atu ana; e hoatu ana e ia he whitiki ki nga kaihoko.
NorwegianHun gjør skjorter og selger dem, og belter leverer hun til kjøbmannen.
PortugueseSâmerue. Faz vestidos de linho, e vende-os, e entrega cintas aos mercadores.   
RumanianEa face cqmqwi, wi le vinde, wi dq cingqtori negustorului.
RussianпОБ ДЕМБЕФ РПЛТЩЧБМБ Й РТПДБЕФ, Й РПСУЩ ДПУФБЧМСЕФ ЛХРГБН жЙОЙЛЙКУЛЙН.
SpanishTelas hace y las vende; entrega cintas al mercader.
SwedishFina linneskjortor gör hon och säljer dem, och bälten avyttrar hon till krämaren.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Fine

Derivations

Words beginning with "fine": fineable, fined, finely, fineness, finenesses, finer, fineries, finery, fines, finespun, finesse, finessed, finesses, finessing, finest. (additional references)

Words ending with "fine": affine, confine, define, hyperfine, misdefine, olefine, predefine, redefine, refine, superfine, ultrafine. (additional references)

Words containing "fine": affined, affinely, affines, coffined, confined, confinement, confinements, confiner, confiners, confines, defined, definement, definements, definer, definers, defines, fluffiness, fluffinesses, goofiness, goofinesses, huffiness, huffinesses, iffiness, iffinesses, misdefined, misdefines, olefines, overrefined, overrefinement, overrefinements, paraffined, predefined, predefines, puffiness, puffinesses, redefined, redefines, refined, refinement, refinements, refiner, refineries, refiners, refinery, refines, scruffiness, scruffinesses, sniffiness, sniffinesses, spiffiness, spiffinesses. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Fine" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: afien, Afina, afine, efine, eine, Einem, Faine, Faini, fana, Fanek, fanet, Fani, fante, Fbie, feen, feien, fena, fene, fenek, fenet, Feni, fenne, fennen, feno, fente, fenue, ferne, fibe, fice, fieb, Fiee, fieh, fiek, fien, Fiene, fieno, fieny, fiew, fige, fike, fime, fina, finan, finap, Finau, finc, fince, finde, Finel, finem, finen, finet, finey, finez, finf, fing, f'ing, fini, finic, finiz, finken, finna, finne, finnen, finnet, finney, fino, finp, finq, finqe, finse, finu, finx, finy, fise, fixe, fize, fline, Fni, fnip, foen, foina, fona, fono, fonte, Fonu, foune, fune, funen, funey, Funna, funo, fyce, fyen, fyn, fynde, fyne, Fyneux, ifie, ineq, oine. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Fine"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "fine" (pronounced fī"n)
3f ī" nconfine, define, redefine, refine.
2-ī" nalign, Aline, assign, benign, brine, cline, consign, decline, design, dine, disincline, divine, enshrine, entwine, incline, intertwine, line, malign, mine, nine, opine, pine, realign, reassign, recombine, redesign, resign, shine, shrine, sign, sine, spine, Stein, supine, swine, Thein, thine, tine, Trine, twine, Tyne, vine, whine, wine.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Fine

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: neif.

Words within the letters "e-f-i-n"

-1 letter: fen, fie, fin.

-2 letters: ef, en, if, in, ne.

 Words containing the letters "e-f-i-n"
 

+1 letter: elfin, feign, feint, fiend, fined, finer, fines, infer, knife, neifs.

 

+2 letters: affine, define, elfins, fadein, fainer, famine, feeing, feigns, feints, feline, ferine, feting, feuing, fiance, fiends, finale, finder, finely, finery, finest, finger, finite, finked, finned, foined, friend, fringe, infare, infect, infers, infest, infuse, knifed, knifer, knifes, niffer, olefin, redfin, refind, refine.

 

+3 letters: affined, affines, antefix, beefing, benefic, benefit, bluefin, bonfire, caffein, coinfer, confide, confine, conifer, defiant, defined, definer, defines, defying, densify, effendi, faciend, fadeins, faience, fainest, fainted, fainter, famines, fancied, fancier, fancies, fanlike, fannies, fanwise, fanzine, fascine, fawnier, fearing, feasing, feazing, feeding, feeling, feezing, feigned, feigner, feinted, felines, felling, felting, feminie, fencing, fending, fermion, fernier, fessing, fetting, feuding, fiancee, fiances, fifteen, figment, finable, finagle, finales, finance, finches, finders, finesse, fingers, finises, finites, finless, finlike, finnier, fireman, firemen, firepan, fishnet, fitment, fitness, flavine, fleeing, flexing, flexion, fleying, flinder, flinger, flinted, foreign, freeing, friends, fringed, fringes, fueling, fulmine, funicle, funkier, funnier, funnies, gunfire, hefting, infante, infares, infects, infeoff, inferno, infests, infidel, infield, infixed, infixes, inflame, inflate, inflect, infused, infuser, infuses, kerfing, knifers, leafing, liftmen, lobefin, niffers, niftier, nifties, nonlife, offline, olefine, olefins, pfennig, redfins, reefing, reffing, refinds, refined, refiner, refines, refrain, reunify, selfing, sniffed, sniffer, sniffle, snifter, stiffen, unfired, unfixed, unfixes, uniface, unified, unifier, unifies.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Sounds
10. Quotations: Familiar
11. Quotations: Historic
12. Quotations: Fiction
13. Quotations: Non-fiction
14. Quotations: Spoken
15. Quotations: Speeches
16. Usage Frequency
17. Names: Frequency
18. Names: Derived from
19. Names: Company Usage
20. Expressions
21. Expressions: Internet
22. Translations: Modern
23. Translations: Ancient
24. Bible Trace
25. Abbreviations
26. Acronyms
27. Derivations
28. Rhymes
29. Anagrams
30. Bibliography


  

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