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Finns

/fɪnz/

Finns is the plural of Finn.

Meaning of Finn

Noun

Finn (plural Finns)

  1. A national of Finland.
    • Culturally and economically Finland is a Western nation. But would the Finns fight if the Soviets tried to use Finnish territory as a springboard to attack NATO?1989 May, Priit J. Vesilind, “The Baltic: Arena of Power”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 614
  2. A person of ethnic Finnish (Suomi) ancestry; a non-Swedish, non-Sami Finlander.
  3. A member of any Finnic nationality, such as (more narrowly) a Baltic Finn such as a Karelian or Estonian, or (more broadly) a Volga Finn or Perm Finn.
    Synonyms:
    Suomi, Finnishman
  4. A male given name from Old Norse.

See all 7 meanings of Finn

Phrases with Finns

Words that rhyme with Finns

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Questions about Finns

What is Finns the plural of?
Finns is the plural of Finn.
How do you pronounce Finns?
Finns is pronounced /fɪnz/.

Words near Finns in the dictionary

  1. Finnophone
  2. finnophones
  3. Finnraccoon
  4. Finnraccoons
  5. Finnrey
  6. Finns
  7. finnsko
  8. finnskos
  9. Finnucane
  10. finnuf
  11. finnufs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Finns (page history and authors); Finn (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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