Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

finglish

/ˈfɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fin-glish
IPA: /ˈfɪŋɡlɪʃ/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A variant of Finnish language that is spoken by the descendants of Finnish immigrants to North America, the vocabulary of which is heavily influenced by English. It is far from being a uniform language, mainly exists in spoken form, and seems bound to disappear.

American usage; Dated; Uncountable

noun

A way of speaking Finnish using English-language terminology excessively. It is particularly common among those professions which are in close contact with the English-speaking world such as IT-professionals, marketing people and managers of global firms.

Derogatory; Uncountable

noun

English spoken with a heavy Finnish accent and using Finnish linguistic structures, Finnish broken English.

Derogatory; Uncountable

Etymology

Blend of Finnish + English.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Finnglish (alternative)

Synonyms

American Finnish

Rhymes With

english king's english anglo-indian english queen's english jenglish

Questions

How do you pronounce finglish?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɪŋɡlɪʃ/.
What does finglish mean?: A variant of Finnish language that is spoken by the descendants of Finnish immigrants to North America, the vocabulary of which is heavily influenced by English. It is far from being a uniform language, mainly exists in spoken form, and seems bound to disappear.
Where does finglish come from?: Blend of Finnish + English.

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