finnois
French, noun
finnois is spelled F-I-N-N-O-I-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 39,702nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Finnois is a French masculine noun meaning “Finnish, the Finnish language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Finnois is a different word: “Finn (of Finnish ethnicity, not nationality)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue finno-ougrienne parlée en Finlande”.
What does finnois mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineFinnish, the Finnish language
adjective
- 1
Finnish (related to the Finnish language)
noun
- 1
masculineFinn (of Finnish ethnicity, not nationality)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif aux Finnois. 2. Relatif à la langue finnoise ou à une personne dont le finnois est la langue maternelle.
noun: 1. Langue finno-ougrienne parlée en Finlande.
noun: 1. Personne appartenant au peuple finnois, groupe ethnique historique, associé à la Finlande et à la langue finnoise. 2. Finlandais ^([1]).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of finnois
- finnoise feminine
- finnoises feminine plural
- Finnoise feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to finnois
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is finnois in French?
finnois appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).