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Finnglish

Finnglish is the alternative spelling of Finglish.

Meaning of Finglish

Noun

Finglish (uncountable)

  1. (US, dated) A variant of Finnish language that is spoken by the descendants of Finnish immigrants to North America, the vocabulary of which is heavily influenced by English. It is far from being a uniform language, mainly exists in spoken form, and seems bound to disappear.
    Synonyms:
    American Finnish
  2. (derogatory) A way of speaking Finnish using English-language terminology excessively. It is particularly common among those professions which are in close contact with the English-speaking world such as IT-professionals, marketing people and managers of global firms.
  3. (derogatory) English spoken with a heavy Finnish accent and using Finnish linguistic structures, Finnish broken English.

Questions about Finnglish

What is Finnglish the alternative spelling of?
Finnglish is the alternative spelling of Finglish.

Words near Finnglish in the dictionary

  1. finnesko
  2. finneskos
  3. Finney
  4. Finney County
  5. Finneys
  6. Finnglish
  7. Finnhorse
  8. Finnhorses
  9. Finnian
  10. Finnic
  11. Finnicise

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Finnglish (page history and authors); Finglish (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.

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