finde

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English

Verb

finde

  1. Archaic spelling of find.
    • 1604, King James I, A Counter-Blaste to Tobacco‎:
      The other argument drawen from a mistaken experience, is but the more particular probation of this generall, because it is alleaged to be found true by proofe, that by the taking of Tobacco diuers and very many doe finde themselves cured of diuers diseases as on the other part, no man euer receiued harme thereby.
    • 1616, Alexander Roberts, A Treatise of Witchcraft‎:
      Which Sea, though it will yeeld good plenty of such like presidents, and we may finde them in authenticall records of Histories, yet I content my selfe with this one.
    • 1663, Samuel Pepys, (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎:
      Strange things are told of this vessel, and he concludes his letter with this position, "I only affirm that the perfection of sayling lies in my principle, finde it out who can."

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish finnæ, from Old Norse finna (“find”), from Proto-Germanic *finþaną. Cognate with English find and German finden.

Pronunciation

Verb

finde (imperative find, infinitive at finde, present tense finder, past tense fandt, perfect tense har fundet)

  1. to find
  2. to think, consider (with a noun clause)
  3. (passive voice) to exist - see findes

Conjugation

Conjugation of finde
active passive
present finder findes
past fandt fandtes
infinitive finde findes
imperative find —
participle
present findende
past fundet
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund finden

Galician

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

A reduction of fin de semana

Noun

finde m (plural findes)

  1. (colloquial) weekend
    Synonym: fin de semana f

Etymology 2

Verb

finde

  1. inflection of findar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪndə/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

finde

  1. inflection of finden:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Latin

Verb

finde

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of findō

Old English

Pronunciation

Verb

finde

  1. inflection of findan:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. singular present subjunctive

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

Ellipsis of fim de semana.

Noun

finde m (plural findes)

  1. (colloquial, Brazil) weekend
    Synonym: fim de semana

Etymology 2

Verb

finde

  1. inflection of findar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

Ellipsis of fin de semana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfinde/
  • Rhymes: -inde
  • Syllabification: fin‧de

Noun

finde m (plural findes)

(Spain, Rioplatense, Chile, Peru, Paraguay)

  1. (colloquial) weekend
    Synonym: fin de semana
    ¿Cómo te fue el finde?
    How was your weekend?

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