Word.ws English Dictionary

Fennicisms

Fennicisms is the plural of Fennicism.

Meaning of Fennicism

Noun

Fennicism (countable and uncountable, plural Fennicisms)

  1. A word, phrase or grammatical phenomenon typical of the Finnish language, when used in another language.
    • ...extensive use of fennicisms is often considered to be a sign of eroding Swedish language skills...
  2. (uncountable) The influence of the Finnish language on another language, especially on Finland Swedish.
    • The cult of Fennicism spread rapidly among the Finnish...1947. Tompuri, Elli. Voices from Finland: An Anthology of Finland's Verse and Prose in English... Sanoma: 1947, p. 7

Questions about Fennicisms

What is Fennicisms the plural of?
Fennicisms is the plural of Fennicism.

Words near Fennicisms in the dictionary

  1. Fennicise
  2. Fennicised
  3. Fennicises
  4. Fennicising
  5. Fennicism
  6. Fennicisms
  7. Fennicization
  8. Fennicize
  9. Fennicized
  10. Fennicizes
  11. Fennicizing

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Fennicisms (page history and authors); Fennicism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Fennicisms.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/fennicisms. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.