"finny" meaning in All languages combined

See finny on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: finnier [comparative], finniest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪni Etymology: From fin + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fin|y}} fin + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} finny (comparative finnier, superlative finniest)
  1. (of a fish) Having one or more fins. Translations (having one or more fins): evällinen (Finnish), eiteach (Irish), skianagh (Manx)
    Sense id: en-finny-en-adj-6qfcTfPN Disambiguation of 'having one or more fins': 95 3 3
  2. Resembling a fin. Translations (resembling a fin): evämäinen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-finny-en-adj-mNHUUo~b Disambiguation of 'resembling a fin': 3 97 0
  3. Abounding in fishes. Translations (abounding in fish): kalaisa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-finny-en-adj-h7IvJN-z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Manx translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 2 95 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 13 4 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 9 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 14 9 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 14 9 78 Disambiguation of 'abounding in fish': 3 0 96

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for finny meaning in All languages combined (2.5kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fin",
        "3": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "fin + -y",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From fin + -y.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "finnier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finniest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "finny (comparative finnier, superlative finniest)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1928, RG&E News, volume 16, page 334",
          "text": "The finny trophies he brought back in the form of numerous fat pickerel were ample evidence of his fishermanship.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having one or more fins."
      ],
      "id": "en-finny-en-adj-6qfcTfPN",
      "links": [
        [
          "fin",
          "fin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a fish) Having one or more fins."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a fish"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "having one or more fins",
          "word": "evällinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "having one or more fins",
          "word": "eiteach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 3 3",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "having one or more fins",
          "word": "skianagh"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Resembling a fin."
      ],
      "id": "en-finny-en-adj-mNHUUo~b",
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "resembling a fin",
          "word": "evämäinen"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 2 95",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 4 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -y",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 9 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 9 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Irish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 9 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Manx translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1730–1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland\nCheerful at morn, he wakes from short repose,\nBreathes the keen air, and carols as he goes;\nWith patient angle trolls the finny deep,\nOr drives his venturous ploughshare to the steep;"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abounding in fishes."
      ],
      "id": "en-finny-en-adj-h7IvJN-z",
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 0 96",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "abounding in fish",
          "word": "kalaisa"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪni"
    }
  ],
  "word": "finny"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms suffixed with -y",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪni",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪni/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Manx translations"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fin",
        "3": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "fin + -y",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From fin + -y.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "finnier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finniest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "finny (comparative finnier, superlative finniest)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1928, RG&E News, volume 16, page 334",
          "text": "The finny trophies he brought back in the form of numerous fat pickerel were ample evidence of his fishermanship.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having one or more fins."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fin",
          "fin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a fish) Having one or more fins."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a fish"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Resembling a fin."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1730–1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland\nCheerful at morn, he wakes from short repose,\nBreathes the keen air, and carols as he goes;\nWith patient angle trolls the finny deep,\nOr drives his venturous ploughshare to the steep;"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abounding in fishes."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪni"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having one or more fins",
      "word": "evällinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "having one or more fins",
      "word": "eiteach"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "having one or more fins",
      "word": "skianagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "resembling a fin",
      "word": "evämäinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "abounding in fish",
      "word": "kalaisa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "finny"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-20 using wiktextract (1b9bfc5 and 0136956). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.