Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fennicism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fen-ni-cism
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A word, phrase or grammatical phenomenon typical of the Finnish language, when used in another language.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The influence of the Finnish language on another language, especially on Finland Swedish.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"...extensive use of fennicisms is often considered to be a sign of eroding Swedish language skills..."
"Another difference between the literary usage of Soviet Estonia and émigré Estonians lies in the use of Fennicisms"
"The cult of Fennicism spread rapidly among the Finnish..."
"Snellman: "the history of Finnish literature is the history of Fennicism..."

Usage

Inflected Forms

Fennicisms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Fennicize

Synonyms

Finnicism

Questions

What does fennicism mean?: A word, phrase or grammatical phenomenon typical of the Finnish language, when used in another language.

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