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English
Etymology 1
From Middle English fin, fyn, from Old French fin (“fine, minute, exact”), of obscure origin, but probably derived from Latin fīnīre (“to finish”) or fīnis (“boundary, limit, end”), with an abstract sense of fine or thin also arising in many Romance languages (compare Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish fino). Doublet of fino.
Pronunciation
Adjective
fine (comparative finer, superlative finest)
- Senses referring to subjective quality.
- Of superior quality.
- Synonyms: good, excellent
The tree frog that they encountered was truly a fine specimen.
Only a really fine wine could fully complement Lucía's hand-made pasta.
1856, L. S. Lavenu, chapter XVII, in Erlesmere; or, Contrasts of Character[1], volume 1, London: Smith, Elder & Co., page 171:"That's a fine young fellow," said the historiographer of earwigs, to an American who stood next him in the crowd.
1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:"A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there. […]."
- (ironic) Impressively bad, inappropriate, or unsatisfactory.
- Synonym: hell of a
Here's another fine mess you've gotten us into.
1936, “A Fine Romance”, in Dorothy Fields (lyrics), Jerome Kern (music), Swing Time (musical film):A fine romance, with no kisses, A fine romance, my friend, this is; We should be like a couple of hot tomatoes, But you're as cold as yesterday's mashed potatoes.
- (informal) Being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory; having one's well-being be no cause for concern.
- Synonyms: all right, ok, o.k., okay, hunky-dory, kosher
How are you today? – Fine.
Will this one do? It's got a dent in it. – Yeah, it'll be fine, I guess.
It's fine with me if you stay out late, so long as you're back by three.
Don't worry about us; the storm knocked the power out, but we're all fine.
2016 December 20, Katie Rife, “Passengers strains the considerable charms of Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence”, in The Onion AV Club[2], archived from the original on 23 April 2018:On the surface, everything is fine. The sleek, futuristic spaceship setting is fine (if a little cold), the acting is fine (or better than fine, in Lawrence’s case), the music is fine, the lighting is fine, the editing, the camerawork—all fine.
- (informal) Good-looking, attractive.
That man is so fine that I'd jump into his pants without a moment's hesitation.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
1963, Ronnie Mack, “He's So Fine”, in He's So Fine, performed by The Chiffons:He's so fine (doo-lang-doo-lang-doo-lang) / Wish he were mine (doo-lang-doo-lang-doo-lang) / That handsome boy over there (doo-lang-doo-lang-doo-lang) / The one with the wavy hair (doo-lang-doo-lang-doo-lang)
- Subtle, delicately balanced or discriminated.
2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide[3], archived from the original on 10 February 2026, page 7:In any case, Feinsilver’s nomenclatural suggestions and fine distinctions did not enjoy widespread adoption.
- (obsolete) Showy; overdecorated.
- 1853, Matthew Arnold, Preface to The Poems of Matthew Arnold
- They will permit the poet to select any action he pleases, and to suffer that action to go as it will, provided he gratifies them with occasional bursts of fine writing
- Delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; dexterous.
c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii], page 253, column 2:Thou haſt ſpoken all alreadie, vnleſſe thou canſt ſay they are married, but thou art too fine in thy euidence, therefore ſtand aſide.
c. 1692, John Dryden, Discourse on Satire:The nicest and most delicate touches of satire consist in fine raillery.
- An answer often used to cover an unnecessary explanation, rather to avoid conflict or an argument. Saying "I'm fine" can be used to avoid inquiry when the speaker is not really okay.
Do you want to talk about what happened? – [sharply, with annoyance or discomfort] I'm fine!
- Senses referring to objective quality.
- Of a particular grade of quality, usually between very good and very fine, and below mint.
The small scratch meant that his copy of “X-Men #2” was merely fine when it otherwise would have been “near mint”.
- (of weather) Sunny and not raining.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough.
- Consisting of especially minute particulates; made up of particularly small pieces.
- Synonyms: fine-grained, fine-grain, powdered, powdery, pulverised, pulverized, small-grained
Grind it into a fine powder.
When she touched the artifact, it collapsed into a heap of fine dust.
- Antonym: coarse
- Particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth.
The threads were so fine that you had to look through a magnifying glass to see them.
2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian[4], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 April 2020:But as our urban lives have grown more pressed for time, we have diced our opportunity costs finer and finer; from budgeting days or slabs of hours, we have come to rationing minutes.
- Made of slender or thin filaments.
- Synonym: fine-threaded
- Antonym: coarse
They protected themselves from the small parasites with a fine wire mesh.
- Having a (specified) proportion of pure metal in its composition.
Coins nine tenths fine.
- (cricket) Behind the batsman and at a small angle to the line between the wickets.
[…] to nudge it through the covers (or tickle it down to fine leg) for a four […]
- (obsolete) Subtle; thin; tenuous.
1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:The eye standeth in the finer medium and the object in the grosser.
Derived terms
See below.
Translations
of superior quality — see also good
- Afrikaans: fyn (af)
- Armenian: բարձրակարգ (hy) (barjrakarg), բարձրորակ (hy) (barjrorak)
- Aromanian: fin
- Bhojpuri: नीक (nīk)
- Bulgarian: високока́чествен (bg) (visokokáčestven)
- Cherokee: ᎣᏍᏓ (osda)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 優良 / 优良 (zh) (yōuliáng)
- Dutch: uitstekend (nl)
- Esperanto: fajna
- Finnish: hieno (fi)
- French: fin (fr)
- Georgian: ნატიფი (naṭipi)
- German: fein (de)
- Greek: εκλεκτός (el) (eklektós), εξαιρετικός (el) (exairetikós)
- Hebrew: משובח (meshubáḥ)
- Hungarian: remek (hu)
- Irish: breá
- Italian: fine (it)
- Javanese:
- Old Javanese: wagus
- Latin: lautus, mundus
- Mongolian: нарийн (mn) (nariin)
- Norwegian: flott (no)
- Occitan: fin (oc)
- Plautdietsch: fein
- Portuguese: fino (pt)
- Romanian: fin (ro)
- Romansh: fin
- Russian: хоро́ший (ru) (xoróšij), отли́чный (ru) (otlíčnyj), превосхо́дный (ru) (prevosxódnyj), великоле́пный (ru) (velikolépnyj), утончённый (ru) (utončónnyj), высокока́чественный (ru) (vysokokáčestvennyj)
- Slovene: kakovosten
- Spanish: fino (es)
- Swedish: fin (sv), framstående (sv), härlig (sv), präktig (sv), skicklig (sv), utmärkt (sv), utsökt (sv)
- Yiddish: פֿײַן (fayn)
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of a particular grade of quality, usually between "very good" and "very fine", and below "mint" — see also good
of weather: sunny and not raining — see also sunny
being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory
- American Sign Language: 5@Sternum-FingerUp Contact
- Arabic:
- Egyptian Arabic: كويس
- Hijazi Arabic: طيّب (ṭayyib), كُوَيِّس (kuwayyis)
- Azerbaijani: yararlı (az), yönlü, fərli
- Bulgarian: добъ́р (bg) (dobắr)
- Dutch: goed (nl)
- Esperanto: bona (eo)
- Finnish: oivallinen (fi)
- French: bien (fr)
- Georgian: კარგი (ka) (ḳargi)
- German: gut (de), akzeptabel (de), passabel (de), genügend (de)
- Greek: εντάξει (el) (entáxei)
- Indonesian: baik (id)
- Irish: breá
- Italian: bene (it)
- Japanese: 平凡 (ja) (heibon), いい (ja) (ii)
- Khmer: គួរ (km) (kuə)
- Lao: ເຕີ່ນາ (tœ̄ nā)
- Norwegian: fin (no), bra (no)
- Portuguese: bom (pt)
- Russian: го́дный (ru) (gódnyj), удовлетвори́тельный (ru) (udovletvorítelʹnyj)
- Scots: braw
- Slovene: v redu
- Spanish: (parecerle / estar) bien (adverb) / bueno, (ser) bueno (para), (estar) bien (para)
- Swedish: bra (sv)
- Thai: ดี (th) (dii)
- Tok Pisin: orait
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- Belarusian: фа́йны (fájny)
- Bulgarian: фин (bg) (fin), изя́щен (bg) (izjášten)
- Finnish: kaunis (fi)
- German: sexy (de), heiß (de)
- Irish: breá, dathúil, dóighiúil, slachtmhar
- Korean: 훌륭하다 (ko) (hullyunghada)
- Māori: tōrire, tōrirerire, ranginamu
- Norwegian: fin (no), pen (no)
- Polish: fajny (pl)
- Portuguese: bonito (pt)
- Russian: прекра́сный (ru) (prekrásnyj), краси́вый (ru) (krasívyj), ми́лый (ru) (mílyj), изя́щный (ru) (izjáščnyj)
- Scots: braw
- Scottish Gaelic: brèagha
- Swedish: grann (sv), prydlig (sv), stilig (sv), ståtlig (sv), vacker (sv)
- Ukrainian: фа́йний (fájnyj)
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made up of particularly small pieces
particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth — see also thin
made of slender or thin filaments
Translations to be checked
Adverb
fine (comparative more fine, superlative most fine)
- Well, nicely, in a positive, agreeable way.
- Synonyms: all right, alright, OK, very well
Everything worked out fine.
- (dated, dialect, colloquial) Finely; elegantly; delicately.
- (pool, billiards) In a manner so that the driven ball strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be barely deflected, the object ball being driven to one side.
Translations
Interjection
fine
- Expression of (typically) reluctant agreement.
- Expression of (typically) reluctant acceptance, without further argument or discussion, of another person's viewpoint.
Noun
fine (plural fines)
- Fine champagne; French brandy.
1926, Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, Scribner, published 2003, page 14:We had dined at l'Avenue's, and afterward went to the Café de Versailles for coffee. We had several fines after the coffee, and I said I must be going.
1928, Jean Rhys, Quartet, Penguin, published 2000, page 34:‘Darling,’ Lois told her, ‘don't get depressed. Have another fine.’
1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber, published 2007, page 18:He refilled his glass. ‘The fine is very good,’ he said.
- (usually in the plural) Something that is fine; fine particles.
They filtered silt and fines out of the soil.
Usage notes
Particularly used in plural as fines of ground coffee beans in espresso making.
See also
Verb
fine (third-person singular simple present fines, present participle fining, simple past and past participle fined)
- (transitive) To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify.
to fine gold
- 1666 (written), 1681 (published), Thomas Hobbes, A Dialogue between a Philosopher and a Student of the Common Laws of England
- It hath been fined and refined by […] learned men.
- (intransitive) To become finer, purer, or cleaner.
- To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.
1913, Liberty Hyde Bailey, The Practical Garden Book:The tools to be used for this surface tillage are those that comminute or fine the soil most completely without compacting it or leaving it in ridges or in furrows
- To change by fine gradations.
to fine down a ship's lines, i.e. to diminish her lines gradually
- (transitive) To clarify (wine and beer) by filtration.
- (intransitive, dated) To become gradually fine; to diminish; to dwindle (with away, down, or off).
1882, William Clark Russell, My Watch Below:I watched her [the ship] […] gradually fining down in the westward until I lost sight of her hull.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from fine - etymology 1
Related terms
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Translations
to make finer, purer, or cleaner
to become finer, purer, or cleaner
Translations to be checked
Etymology 2
From Middle English fyn, fyne, from Old French fin, from Medieval Latin fīnis (“a payment in settlement or tax”). Doublet of fin and finis.
Pronunciation
Noun
fine (plural fines)
- A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law.
The fine for jay-walking has gone from two dollars to thirty in the last fifteen years.
2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion[5]:The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.
- (obsolete) Money paid by a tenant on the commencement of a tenancy so that their rent may be small or nominal.
- (Cambridge University slang) A drink that must be taken during a meal or as part of a drinking game, following an announcement that anyone who has done some (usually outrageous) deed is to be fined (similar to I have never; commonly associated with swaps; very similar to a sconce at Oxford University, though a fine is the penalty itself rather than the act of issuing it).
- Near-synonym: (Oxford University slang) sconce
- Fine if you've…
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Descendants
Translations
payment for breaking the law
- Albanian: tatim (sq) m, gjobë (sq) f
- Arabic: غَرَامَة f (ḡarāma)
- Armenian: տուգանք (hy) (tugankʻ)
- Assamese: জৰিমনা (zorimona), ডঁৰ (dõr), আদায় (aday)
- Azerbaijani: cərimə (az), cəza (az)
- Basque: isun (eu)
- Belarusian: штраф m (štraf), пе́ня f (pjénja)
- Bengali: জরিমানা (bn) (jorimana)
- Bulgarian: гло́ба (bg) f (glóba)
- Burmese: ဒဏ်ငွေ (my) (danngwe)
- Catalan: multa (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 罰金 / 罚金 (fat6 gam1) (criminal fine in the PRC, Macao, and Taiwan; any fine in Singapore), 罰款 / 罚款 (fat6 fun2) (administrative fine in the PRC and Macao; any fine in Singapore and Hong Kong)
- Mandarin: 罰金 / 罚金 (zh) (fájīn) (criminal fine in the PRC, Macao, and Taiwan; any fine in Singapore), 罰款 / 罚款 (zh) (fákuǎn) (administrative fine in the PRC and Macao; any fine in Singapore and Hong Kong), 罰鍰 / 罚锾 (zh) (fáhuán) (administrative fine in Taiwan)
- Czech: pokuta (cs) f
- Danish: bøde c
- Dutch: boete (nl) f, bekeuring (nl) f, geldboete (nl) f
- Esperanto: monpuno
- Estonian: trahv (et)
- Finnish: sakko (fi)
- French: amende (fr) f
- Galician: multa (gl) f
- Georgian: ჯარიმა (ǯarima)
- German: (criminal) Geldstrafe (de) f, (otherwise) Buße (de) f, Geldbuße (de) f, Bußgeld (de) n
- Greek: πρόστιμο (el) n (próstimo), χρηματική ποινή f (chrimatikí poiní) (law)
- Ancient Greek: ποινή f (poinḗ), ζημία f (zēmía), θωή f (thōḗ)
- Hebrew: קְנָס (he) m (knas)
- Hindi: अर्थदंड (hi) m (arthadaṇḍ), जुर्माना (hi) m (jurmānā), दंड (hi) m (daṇḍ)
- Hungarian: pénzbírság (hu)
- Icelandic: sekt (is) f
- Ido: amendo (io)
- Indonesian: denda (id)
- Irish: cáin (ga) f, fíneáil f
- Italian: multa (it) f, sanzione (it) f
- Japanese: 罰金 (ja) (ばっきん, bakkin) (criminal fine), 反則金 (ja) (はんそくきん, hansokukin) (administrative fine)
- Kalmyk: ял (yal)
- Kazakh: айыппұл (ayıppul)
- Khmer: ប្រាក់ពិន័យ (km) (prak pinɨy)
- Korean: 벌금(罰金) (ko) (beolgeum), 과태료(過怠料) (ko) (gwataeryo) (administrative fine), 범칙금(犯則金) (beomchikgeum)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: seza (ku), ceza (ku), xeramet (ku)
- Kyrgyz: штраф (ky) (ştraf), жазапул (jazapul), айып (ky) (ayıp)
- Lao: ເບັ້ຽປັບ (bīa pap), ເບັ້ຽປັບ (bīa pap), ຄ່າປັບໄໝ (khā pap mai), ປັບໃໝ (pap mai)
- Latin: multa (la) f, poena f
- Latvian: naudassods m, sods m
- Lithuanian: bauda f
- Luxembourgish: Bouss f
- Macedonian: глоба f (globa)
- Malay: denda
- Maltese: multa f
- Māori: whaina
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: торгууль (mn) (torguulʹ)
- Mongolian script: ᠲᠣᠷᠭᠠᠭᠤᠯᠢ (torɣaɣuli)
- Norman: amende f
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: bot (no) m or f, mulkt (no) m or f
- Occitan: multa (oc) f
- Pashto: جرمانه f (jormāna)
- Persian: جریمه (fa) (jarime), جرمانه (jormâne)
- Polish: grzywna (pl) f
- Portuguese: multa (pt) f
- Romanian: amendă (ro) f
- Russian: штраф (ru) m (štraf), пе́ня (ru) f (pénja), взыска́ние (ru) n (vzyskánije)
- Scottish Gaelic: càin f, cìs f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ка̏зна f, гло̀ба f
- Latin: kȁzna (sh) f, glòba (sh) f
- Sikkimese: ཀྱོམ (kyom)
- Slovak: pokuta f
- Slovene: globa (sl) f, kazen (sl) f
- Somali: ganaax
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: pokutne pjenjeze pl
- Spanish: multa (es) f
- Swahili: faini (sw)
- Swedish: bot (sv) c
- Tagalog: multa
- Tajik: ҷарима (jarima), ҷурмона (jurmona)
- Tarifit: abruṣi m
- Thai: เบี้ยปรับ (bîia-bpràp), คาปรับ (kaa-bpràp)
- Turkish: cerime (tr), ceza (tr)
- Turkmen: jerime (tk)
- Ukrainian: штраф m (štraf), пеня́ f (penjá)
- Urdu: جُرْمانَہ m (jurmāna)
- Uyghur: جەرىمانە (jerimane), شتراف (shtraf)
- Uzbek: jarima (uz), shtraf (uz)
- Vietnamese: tiền phạt, tiền bồi thường
- Welsh: dirwy (cy) f
- Yiddish: קנס m (knas)
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Verb
fine (third-person singular simple present fines, present participle fining, simple past and past participle fined)
- (transitive) To issue a fine as punishment to (someone).
She was fined a thousand dollars for littering, but she appealed.
- (intransitive) To pay a fine.
1818, Henry Hallam, View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:Men fined for the king's good will; or that he would remit his anger; women fined for leave to marry.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
to issue a fine as punishment
- Arabic: غَرَّمَ (ḡarrama)
- Armenian: տուգանել (hy) (tuganel)
- Azerbaijani: cərimələmək
- Belarusian: штрафава́ць impf (štrafavácʹ), аштрафава́ць pf (aštrafavácʹ)
- Bulgarian: глобявам (bg) (globjavam)
- Catalan: multar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 罰錢 / 罚钱 (fat6 cin4-2)
- Mandarin: 罰款 / 罚款 (zh) (fákuǎn)
- Czech: pokutovat (cs), udělit pokutu pf
- Dutch: bekeuren (nl), beboeten (nl)
- Esperanto: monpuni
- Finnish: sakottaa (fi)
- Galician: multar
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: mit einer Geldstrafe belegen
- Greek: επιβάλλω πρόστιμο (epivállo próstimo)
- Ancient Greek: ζημιόω (zēmióō)
- Hebrew: לקנוס
- Irish: cáin (ga), fíneáil
- Italian: multare (it)
- Khmer: ផាក (km) (phaak), ពិន័យ (km) (pinɨy) (formal)
- Lao: ປັບ (pap)
- Latin: multō (la)
- Māori: whaina, whaine
- Mongolian: торгох (mn) (torgox)
- Norwegian: bøtelegge (no), ilegge bot
- Portuguese: multar (pt)
- Russian: штрафова́ть (ru) (štrafovátʹ), оштрафова́ть (ru) pf (oštrafovátʹ)
- Slovene: oglobiti, kaznovati (sl)
- Spanish: multar (es)
- Swahili: faini (sw)
- Swedish: bötfälla (sv)
- Thai: ปรับ (th) (bpràp)
- Ukrainian: штрафува́ти impf (štrafuváty), оштрафува́ти pf (oštrafuváty)
- Vietnamese: phạt vạ (vi), bắt phạt (vi)
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Etymology 3
From Italian fine (“end”). French fin. Doublet of fin and finis.
Pronunciation
Noun
fine (plural fines)
- (music) The end of a musical composition.
- (music) The location in a musical score that indicates the end of the piece, particularly when the piece ends somewhere in the middle of the score due to a section of the music being repeated.
Usage notes
This word is virtually never used in speech and therefore essentially confined to musical notation.
Derived terms
Etymology 4
From Middle English finen, fynen, from Old French finer, finir. See finish (transitive verb).
Verb
fine (third-person singular simple present fines, present participle fining, simple past and past participle fined)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To finish; to cease.
- (obsolete, transitive) To cause to cease; to stop.
Noun
fine (plural fines)
- (obsolete) End; conclusion; termination; extinction.[1]
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:Is this the fine of his fines?
- (feudal law) A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.[1]
1523, Anthony Fitzherbert, The Boke of Surveying and Improvements:To cause them to pay more rent or a gretter fyne than they haue ben acustomed to do in tyme past.
- (UK, law) A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease.[1]
References
Anagrams
Asturian
Verb
fine
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive of finar
Classical Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish fine.
Pronunciation
Noun
fine m or f
- a family, a tribe, a nation
Declension
The IGT ii §1 inflection patterns derive from io-stem and iā-stem inflections.
The extended plurals derive from d-stem inflections.
| fine, m. or f., IGT ii §1
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| Case/Number
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Singular m.
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Singular f.
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Dual
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Plural
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| Nominative
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an fine |
an fhine |
dá fhine |
na fine na fineadha*
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| Vocative
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a fhine |
a fhine |
N/A |
a fhine a fhineadha*
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| Accusative
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gan an bhfine |
gan an bhfine |
gan dá fhine |
gan na fine gan na fineadha*
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| Genitive
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an fhine |
na fine |
dá fhine |
na bhfine na bhfineadh*
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| Dative
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don fhine |
don fhine |
do dhá fhine |
dona finibh dona fineadhaibh*
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† non-bardic form (condemned in the tracts as lochtach)
‡ anomalous form (canamhain)
* extended plural (iollradh ard)
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Further reading
- Osborn Bergin (1916), “Irish Grammatical Tracts II (Declension, a)”, in Ériu, volume 8, Supplement, Royal Irish Academy, →DOI, →JSTOR, §1, page 37
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “fine”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 454; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Damian McManus (1994), “An Nua-Ghaeilge Chlasaiceach”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, §4.13, page 370
Danish
Adjective
fine
- plural and definite singular attributive of fin
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfine/
- Rhymes: -ine
- Syllabification: fi‧ne
Adverb
fine
- finally, at last; at the end
- in the final analysis, when all's said and done
Further reading
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
fine
- feminine singular of fin
Noun
fine f (plural fines)
- (typography) thin space, non-breakable space
- a number of high grade French brandies (usually AOC certified)
Further reading
Futuna-Aniwa
Noun
fine
- woman, female (of any sort)
- fine fau ― young woman
- tiana fine ― his wife
- tiona fine ― his daughter
- fine riki ― mistress
References
- Capell, Arthur (1984), “fine”, in Futuna-Aniwa dictionary, with grammatical introduction, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Australian National University, →ISBN, page 104
Galician
Verb
fine
- inflection of finar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Ido
Pronunciation
Adverb
fine
- finally
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish fine, from Proto-Celtic *wenyā (“family”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“desire”); compare Old English wine (“friend”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fine f (genitive singular fine, nominative plural finte)
- family group
- race
- territory of a family group
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “fine”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “fine”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
Italian
Etymology
From Latin fīnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfi.ne/
- Rhymes: -ine
- Hyphenation: fì‧ne
Adjective
fine m or f by sense (plural fini)
- thin
- Synonym: sottile
- fine
- refined
- Synonym: elegante
Derived terms
Adjective
fine
- feminine plural of fino
Noun
fine f (plural fini)
- end
- Synonyms: conclusione, finale, termine
- Antonyms: inizio, principio
Noun
fine m (plural fini)
- aim, purpose, end
- Synonyms: scopo, obiettivo
- il fine giustifica i mezzi ― the ends justify the means
Related terms
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
fīne
- ablative singular of fīnis
References
- “fine”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish faigen (“sheath, scabbard”), from Latin vāgīna. Cognate with Irish faighin and Scottish Gaelic faighean.
Noun
fine m (genitive singular fine, plural fineyn)
- quiver
- sheath, scabbard
- Synonym: laan
- (anatomy) vagina
- Synonyms: pihtt, pitt
Synonyms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
North Frisian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Frisian finda, from Proto-West Germanic *finþan. Cognates include West Frisian fine.
Verb
fine
- (Mooring) to find
Conjugation
Conjugation of fine ( Mooring dialect)
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
fine
- definite singular of fin
- plural of fin
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
fine
- definite singular of fin
- plural of fin
Old Irish
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *wenyā.
Pronunciation
Noun
fine f
- family, kin, group of people of common descent
- clan, tribe, race
Inflection
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
Mutation
Mutation of fine
| radical |
lenition |
nasalization
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| fine |
ḟine |
fine pronounced with /βʲ-/
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Noun
fine
- lenited form of sine
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Noun
fine f
- alternative spelling of fíne
Mutation
Mutation of fine
| radical |
lenition |
nasalization
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| fine |
ḟine |
fine pronounced with /βʲ-/
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Verb
fine
- inflection of finar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian fine, and partly French fin.
Noun
fine f (uncountable)
- (literary) end
- Synonym: sfârșit
Derived terms
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish fine, from Proto-Celtic *wenyā (“family”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“desire”); compare Old English wine (“friend”), Classical Gaelic fine. Cognate with Irish fine.
Noun
fine f (genitive singular fine, nominative plural finachan)
- family, tribe
- nation
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “fine”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfine/ [ˈfi.ne]
- Rhymes: -ine
- Syllabification: fi‧ne
Verb
fine
- inflection of finar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
- inflection of finir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Swedish
Adjective
fine
- definite natural masculine singular of fin
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian finda, from Proto-West Germanic *finþan.
Pronunciation
Verb
fine
- to find
- to decide that, to form the opinion that
- Ik fyn dyn freon moai. ― I find your friend nice.
Inflection
Further reading
- “fine (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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