French word

finnois

Pronunciation

IPA/finwa/

Meaning

  • masculine nounFinnish

Example

Je parle un peu le finnois.

I speak a little Finnish.

Illustration for finnois (Finnish)

More examples

Il lit des articles en finnois pour s'entraîner.

He reads articles in Finnish to practice.

Core concept

A language with many vowel sounds and meaning built by linking suffixes.

Common phrases

  • parler le finnois

    speak Finnish

  • apprendre le finnois

    learn Finnish

  • en finnois

    in Finnish

Similar words

suomi: The Finnish name for the Finnish language.
finlandais: A person from Finland.

Definition in French

Terme désignant la langue finnoise, caractérisée par un riche système vocalique et une morphologie agglutinante.

Word origin

French finnois derives from Latin Finnus, meaning a Finn, with the French adjective-forming suffix -ois.

Usage tips

  • As a language name, finnois is masculine and normally appears with the article le, as in le finnois.

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