fine
English
/faɪn/, /fæːn/, /faɪn/, /ˈfiːneɪ/
adj
Definitions
- (cricket) Behind the batsman and at a small angle to the line between the wickets.
- (obsolete) Subtle; thin; tenuous.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fin derived from Old French fin (fine, minute, exact) derived from Latin fīniō, fīnīre (finish).
Origin
Latin
fīniō, fīnīre
Gloss
finish
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Cognates and derived terms
- antifinance English
- cofinance English
- cyberfinance English
- draw English
- drawn English
- e-finance English
- fin English
- finable English
- finance English
- financeable English
- financer English
- financescape English
- financial English
- fine-grained English
- fineable English
- finedraw English
- finedrawn English
- fineish English
- fineless English
- finely English
- fineness English
- finesome English
- finespun English
- finify English
- grained English
- hyperfine English
- megafinance English
- microfinance English
- microfine English
- nonfinance English
- overfinance English
- overfine English
- overfinely English
- overfineness English
- overrefine English
- part-finance English
- post-fine English
- prefinance English
- refinability English
- refinable English
- refinance English
- refine English
- refinement English
- refiner English
- refinery English
- rerefine English
- spun English
- superfine English
- superfinely English
- superfineness English
- superhyperfine English
- superrefine English
- technofinance English
- ultrafine English
- underfinance English
- unfine English
- finis Latin
- fīnis Latin
- fīniō, fīnīre Latin
- *buk- Proto-Indo-European
- finn Old English
- fin Middle English
- finaunce Middle English
- finely Middle English
- finial Middle English
- fyn Middle English
- fin Old French
- fin Norman
- fin Middle French
- faini Swahili
- faen Bislama
- fin
- draw
- spun
- drawn
- finify
- unfine
- refine
- finely
- finable
- finance
- grained
- refiner
- fineish
- finespun
- financer
- finedraw
- fineable
- fineless
- finesome
- overfine
- fineness
- refinery
- rerefine
- finedrawn
- ultrafine
- refinable
- hyperfine
- refinance
- post-fine
- superfine
- microfine
- e-finance
- cofinance
- financial
- overrefine
- prefinance
- refinement
- nonfinance
- overfinely
- overfinance
- superfinely
- megafinance
- superrefine
- antifinance
- financeable
- part-finance
- microfinance
- refinability
- underfinance
- fine-grained
- financescape
- cyberfinance
- overfineness
- technofinance
- superfineness
- superhyperfine