Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

finner

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables: finner
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A finback whale.

Etymology

Etymology tree English fin Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English finner From fin + -er.

Inflected Forms

finners (plural)

Questions

What does finner mean?: A finback whale.
Where does finner come from?: Etymology tree English fin Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English finner From fin + -er.

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