Finglish

English

Alternative forms

• Finnglish

Etymology

Blend of Finnish +‎ English.

Pronunciation

• enPR: fĭng'glĭsh, IPA^(key): /ˈfɪŋɡlɪʃ/, /ˈfiŋɡlɪʃ/

Noun

Finglish (uncountable)

1. (US, dated) 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.
2. (derogatory) 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.
3. (derogatory) English spoken with a heavy Finnish accent and using Finnish linguistic structures, Finnish broken English.

Synonyms

• (variant of Finnish spoken in North America): American Finnish

Translations

variant of Finnish

• Finnish: amerikansuomi (fi), fingliska, fingelska

way of speaking Finnish using English terminology

• Finnish: fingliska, fingelska

broken English

• Finnish: fingliska, fingelska

References

• My Father Spoke Finglish at Work: Finnish Americans in Northeast Ohio; a book by Noreen Sippola Fairburn, Kent State University Press (June 30, 2007), language: English, →ISBN.
• Finglish, an article by Robert W. Hellstrom in the journal American Speech, Vol. 51, No. 1/2 (Spring - Summer, 1976), pp. 85-93 doi:10.2307/455358

Anagrams

• fishling