fine

Betekenis (Engels)

Teenoorgestelde van
coarse
Frekwensie

A1
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/faɪn/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

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 Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian fino). Doublet of fino.

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