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flipper
English
Etymology
From flip +? -er.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?fl?p?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?fl?p?/
- Rhymes: -?p?(r)
Noun
flipper (plural flippers)
- In marine mammals such as whales, a wide flat limb, adapted for swimming.
- A flat, wide, paddle-like rubber covering for the foot, used in swimming.
- A flat lever in a pinball machine, triggered by the player to strike the ball and keep it in play.
- (theater) A small flat used to support a larger one.
- 1998, Martin Harrison, The Language of Theatre (page 104)
- The flipper is designed to give support by standing at a 90-degree angle to the flat. It probably gets its name from its appearance: cut out like a piece of profile scenery, it resembles the flipper of a marine animal, […]
- 2013, Jonathan Law, The Methuen Drama Dictionary of the Theatre
- When standing alone, a flat may have a small extension, a FLIPPER, for added strength.
- 1998, Martin Harrison, The Language of Theatre (page 104)
- (cricket) A type of ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, which spins backwards and skids off the pitch with a low bounce.
- (informal, US) Television remote control, clicker.
- (dated, slang) The hand.
- 1888, Hélène E A. Gingold, Denyse (page 222)
- Give me your flipper, old man, and tell me if I can be of any service to you. I'll do what you want at all hazards.
- 1888, Hélène E A. Gingold, Denyse (page 222)
- (dentistry) A kind of false tooth, usually temporary.
- 2005, Washington Appellate Reports: Volume 128
- Dr. Woo attempts to distinguish Blakeslee by pointing out that “one can fondle a breast without having anything to do with dentistry, but one cannot take molds, fabricate and insert flippers into another person's mouth without practicing dentistry."
- 2005, Washington Appellate Reports: Volume 128
- A kitchen spatula.
- 2009, Amy J. Yowell, The Silent Cry (page 161)
- Remember the mornings when you help me fix eggs and pancakes for breakfast. You always had to use the “flipper” to turn the pancakes and eggs.
- 2009, Amy J. Yowell, The Silent Cry (page 161)
- Someone who flips, in the sense of buying a house or other asset and selling it quickly for profit.
- Someone who flips in any other sense, for example throwing a coin.
Translations
See also
- fin
Verb
flipper (third-person singular simple present flippers, present participle flippering, simple past and past participle flippered)
- To lift one or both flippers out of the water and slap the surface of the water.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English flipper.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fl?.p?r/
- Hyphenation: flip?per
- Rhymes: -?p?r
Noun
flipper m (plural flippers, diminutive flippertje n)
- A flipper, a fin (swimming gear).
- Synonym: zwemvlies
- A flipper (limb-like appendage of an aquatic animal).
- Synonym: vin
- A flipper, a flipper bumper (lever in a pinball machine for hitting the ball; also the input device for operating this lever).
- (rare) A pinball machine.
- Synonym: flipperkast
Derived terms
- flipperkast
French
Etymology 1
From English flipper, the part of a pinball machine used to strike the ball up higher on the game surface.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fli.pœ?/
Noun
flipper m (plural flippers)
- pinball
Etymology 2
From English flip (one's lid).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fli.pe/
Verb
flipper
- (colloquial, slang) to freak out
Conjugation
Further reading
- “flipper” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Noun
flipper m (invariable)
- pinball (game and machine)
Related terms
- flippare
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fin
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: f?n, IPA(key): /f?n/
- Homophones: thin (with th-fronting), Finn
- Rhymes: -?n
Etymology 1
From Middle English fin, from Old English finn, from Proto-Germanic *finn?, *fin? (“dorsal fin”) (compare Dutch vin, German Finne, Swedish finne, fena), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)p?n- (“backbone, dorsal fin”) (compare Old Irish ind (“end, point”), Latin pinna (“feather, wing”), Tocharian A spin (“hook”), Sanskrit ????? (sphyá, “splinter, staff”).
Noun
fin (plural fins)
- (ichthyology) One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
- A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
- A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.
- A similar structure on the tail of a bomb, used to help keep it on course.
- A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along the top of the head from about the crown to the forehead.
- A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.
- An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc., used to facilitate cooling.
- A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder.
- (nautical) The conning tower of a submarine.
Synonyms
- (appendange of a fish):
- (appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal): flipper (of mammals)
- (aircraft component):
- (of a bomb): vane
- (hairstyle): Mohican
- (device worn by divers): flipper
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
fin (third-person singular simple present fins, present participle finning, simple past and past participle finned)
- (transitive) To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.
- (intransitive) (Of a fish) to swim with the dorsal fin above the surface of the water.
- (intransitive) To swim in the manner of a fish.
- A neutrally buoyant diver does not need to fin to maintain depth.
- (transitive) To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins.
Further reading
- Fin in the 1921 edition of Collier's Encyclopedia.
Etymology 2
From Yiddish ?????? (finf, “five”). Doublet of five, pimp, and finnuf.
Noun
fin (plural fins)
- (Britain, formerly Australia, slang) a five-pound (£5) note; the sum of five pounds.
- Synonym: fiver
- (US, slang, dated) a five-dollar bill; the sum of five dollars.
- Synonyms: fiver, Lincoln
Anagrams
- INF, NFI, if'n, inf.
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin finis.
Noun
fin m or f (plural fins)
- end (extreme part)
- end (final part, in time)
Bambara
Adjective
fin
- black
Synonyms
- finman
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
Ultimately, from Old Norse Finnr (“Finn, Sami”).
Adjective
fin
- Finnish
References
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN
Dalmatian
Alternative forms
- fien
Etymology
From Latin faenum. Compare Italian fieno, Romanian fân, Friulian fen, Romansch fain, French foin, Portuguese feno, Spanish heno. Alternative form also possibly through a Venetian intermediate as a loan word.
Noun
fin m
- hay
Danish
Etymology
From late Old Norse fínn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fin/, [?fi?n]
- Rhymes: -in
Adjective
fin
- fine
- choice, classy
- delicate
- fashionable
- grand, posh, genteel
Inflection
East Yugur
Etymology
From Chinese ? (f?n), compare Western Yugur fïn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?n/
Noun
fin
- minute
French
Etymology
From Middle French fin, from Old French fin, from Latin finis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??/
- Homophones: faim, fins, feins, feint, feints
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
fin f (plural fins)
- end, close, finish
- end, end goal, objective, purpose
Derived terms
Related terms
- finir
- final
Adjective
fin (feminine singular fine, masculine plural fins, feminine plural fines)
- thin, fine
- (Quebec) kind, nice
Derived terms
Further reading
- “fin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin f?nis.
Noun
fin m (plural fins)
- end
Adjective
fin
- fine, thin
Related terms
- finâl
- finî
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese fin (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin f?nis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?fi?]
Noun
fin m or f (plural fines)
- end
Derived terms
- á fin
- ao fin
- fin de semana
- por fin
Related terms
- final
- finar
References
- “fin” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “fin” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “fin” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “fin” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “fin” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Gothic
Romanization
fin
- Romanization of ????????????
Italian
Noun
fin f
- Apocopic form of fine
Ladin
Etymology
From Latin f?nis.
Noun
fin m (plural fins)
- aim, end, goal
Ladino
Etymology
From Old Spanish [Term?], semi-learned term from Latin f?nis.
Noun
fin f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ????)
- end
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French fin, from Latin finis.
Noun
fin f (plural fins)
- end; finish
- (figuratively) death
Descendants
- French: fin
Norman
Etymology
From Old French fin, from Latin finis.
Adjective
fin m
- (Guernsey) fine
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From late Old Norse finn, from Latin finis
Adjective
fin (neuter singular fint, definite singular and plural fine, comparative finere, indefinite superlative finest, definite superlative fineste)
- fine
Derived terms
- finjustere
- hårfin
References
- “fin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse finn, from Latin finis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi?n/
Adjective
fin (masculine and feminine fin, neuter fint, definite singular and plural fine, comparative finare, indefinite superlative finast, definite superlative finaste)
- fine
- pretty, handsome
- posh
- good
Derived terms
- hårfin
References
- “fin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan fin, from Latin finis.
Adjective
fin m (feminine singular fina, masculine plural fins, feminine plural finas)
- fine (particularly slender)
Derived terms
- finament
Further reading
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, ?ISBN, page 484.
Old French
Etymology
From Latin finis.
Adjective
fin m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fine)
- fine, delicate
Declension
Descendants
- Middle French: fin
- French: fin
- Norman: fin
- ? Middle English: fyn, fin
- English: fine
- Yola: fhyne
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Latin finis.
Noun
fin f (oblique plural fins, nominative singular fin, nominative plural fins)
- end (final part)
Descendants
- Catalan: fi
- Occitan: fin
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fin/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French fin, from Latin finis.
Adjective
fin m or n (feminine singular fin?, masculine plural fini, feminine and neuter plural fine)
- fine, delicate
- subtle
Declension
Etymology 2
From Vulgar Latin root *f?li?nus, from Latin f?lius. Compare also Albanian fijan, Italian figliano.
Noun
fin m (plural fini, feminine equivalent fin?)
- godson
Declension
Related terms
- fin?
- fiu
See also
- na?
Romansch
Etymology 1
Preposition
fin
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) until, till
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) by
Synonyms
- (Sursilvan) tochen
- (Sutsilvan) antocen, antoca, toca
- (Rumantsch Grischun) enfin
- (Surmiran) anfignen
- (Puter, Vallader) infin
- (by):
- (Sursilvan) entochen
Conjunction
fin
- (Rumantsch Grischun) until
Synonyms
- (Sursilvan) tochen che, entochen che
- (Sutsilvan) antoca, antocen, toca
- (Surmiran) anfignen tgi
- (Puter, Vallader) fin cha
Adverb
fin
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) as far as
Synonyms
- (Sursilvan) tochen, entochen
- (Sutsilvan) antocen, antoca, toca
- (Surmiran) anfignen
- (Puter, Vallader) infin
Etymology 2
From Latin f?nis.
Adjective
fin m (feminine singular fina, masculine plural fins, feminine plural finas)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) fine
Alternative forms
- (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) fegn
Etymology 3
From Latin f?nis.
Adjective
fin f (plural fins)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) end
Alternative forms
- (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) fegn
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German fein and Italian fino, from Latin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fî?n/
Adjective
f?n (definite f?n?, comparative finiji, Cyrillic spelling ????)
- fine, delicate
- thin
- sensitive
- refined
- first-class, high-class
- tasty, delicious
Declension
Related terms
- fino?a
References
- “fin” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
Slovene
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian fino.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fí?n/
Adjective
f?n (comparative fin?jši, superlative n?jfin?jši)
- fine, refined, high-class
- fine, thin
Further reading
- “fin”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish fin, a semi-learned descendant of Latin f?nis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fin/, [?f?n]
Noun
fin m (plural fines)
- (sometimes feminine) end
- purpose, aim, objective, goal
- end, stop, halt, close, finish (ending point)
Derived terms
Related terms
- final
- sinfín
- finir
Further reading
- “fin” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
References
Swedish
Etymology
Since at least the 16th century, from French fin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi?n/
- Rhymes: -i?n
Adjective
fin (comparative finare, superlative finast)
- fine, elegant
- good, excellent
- thin
- subtle
Declension
Anagrams
- inf.
Volapük
Noun
fin (nominative plural fins)
- end
Declension
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