different between fins vs flipper

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?nz/

Noun

fins

1. plural of fin

Verb

fins

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fin

Anagrams

• NFIs

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?fins/

Etymology 1

From Latin fine ad, where fine had an adverbial -s attached.

Preposition

fins

1. until, till (time)
2. to, up to (place)
3. up to (amount)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

fins

1. masculine plural of fi

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

fins

1. plural of fi

Further reading

• “fins” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fins” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “fins” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fins” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??/

Noun

fins f

1. plural of fin

Adjective

fins

1. masculine plural of fin

Gothic

Romanization

fins

1. Romanization of ????????????????

Ladin

Noun

fins

1. plural of fin

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• finnes

Verb

fins

1. present tense of finnes

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• finst (current standard form)

Verb

fins

1. (non-standard since 2012) present tense of finnas

Anagrams

• fnis, nifs

Occitan

Etymology 1

From Latin fine ad, where fine had an adverbial -s attached.

Preposition

fins

1. until

Etymology 2

Adjective

fins

1. masculine plural of fin

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?f??/
• Hyphenation: fins

Noun

fins

1. plural of fim

English

Etymology

From flip +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?fl?p?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?fl?p?/
• Rhymes: -?p?(r)

Noun

flipper (plural flippers)

1. In marine mammals such as whales, a wide flat limb, adapted for swimming.
2. A flat, wide, paddle-like rubber covering for the foot, used in swimming.
3. A flat lever in a pinball machine, triggered by the player to strike the ball and keep it in play.
4. (theater) A small flat used to support a larger one.
   • 1998, Martin Harrison, The Language of Theatre (page 104)

     The flipper is designed to give support by standing at a 90-degree angle to the flat. It probably gets its name from its appearance: cut out like a piece of profile scenery, it resembles the flipper of a marine animal, […]

   • 2013, Jonathan Law, The Methuen Drama Dictionary of the Theatre

     When standing alone, a flat may have a small extension, a FLIPPER, for added strength.

5. (cricket) A type of ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, which spins backwards and skids off the pitch with a low bounce.
6. (informal, US) Television remote control, clicker.
7. (dated, slang) The hand.
   • 1888, Hélène E A. Gingold, Denyse (page 222)

     Give me your flipper, old man, and tell me if I can be of any service to you. I'll do what you want at all hazards.

8. (dentistry) A kind of false tooth, usually temporary.
   • 2005, Washington Appellate Reports: Volume 128

     Dr. Woo attempts to distinguish Blakeslee by pointing out that “one can fondle a breast without having anything to do with dentistry, but one cannot take molds, fabricate and insert flippers into another person's mouth without practicing dentistry."

9. A kitchen spatula.
   • 2009, Amy J. Yowell, The Silent Cry (page 161)

     Remember the mornings when you help me fix eggs and pancakes for breakfast. You always had to use the “flipper” to turn the pancakes and eggs.

10. Someone who flips, in the sense of buying a house or other asset and selling it quickly for profit.
11. Someone who flips in any other sense, for example throwing a coin.

Translations

See also

• fin

Verb

flipper (third-person singular simple present flippers, present participle flippering, simple past and past participle flippered)

1. To lift one or both flippers out of the water and slap the surface of the water.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English flipper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fl?.p?r/
• Hyphenation: flip?per
• Rhymes: -?p?r

Noun

flipper m (plural flippers, diminutive flippertje n)

1. A flipper, a fin (swimming gear).

   Synonym: zwemvlies

2. A flipper (limb-like appendage of an aquatic animal).

   Synonym: vin

3. A flipper, a flipper bumper (lever in a pinball machine for hitting the ball; also the input device for operating this lever).
4. (rare) A pinball machine.

   Synonym: flipperkast

Derived terms

• flipperkast

French

Etymology 1

From English flipper, the part of a pinball machine used to strike the ball up higher on the game surface.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fli.pœ?/

Noun

flipper m (plural flippers)

1. pinball

Etymology 2

From English flip (one's lid).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fli.pe/

Verb

flipper

1. (colloquial, slang) to freak out

Conjugation

Further reading

• “flipper” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

flipper m (invariable)

1. pinball (game and machine)

Related terms

• flippare