afin

• afinu

From Latin daphne, with loss of initial 'd', from Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel”). Compare Romanian afin, also Calabrian afina ("laurel").

afin m (plural afinj)

1. blueberry plant

• afinã

Compound of à +‎ fin

• IPA^(key): /a.fɛ̃/

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• Homophone: affin

afin

1. to
2. so that

• afin de (if followed by an infinitive)
• afin que (if followed by a subjunctive)

• “afin” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie françoise, 4th Edition (1762).
• “afin” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 9th Edition (1992-).
• “afin” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.

• naïf

From Arabic عَفِين (ʕafīn).

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɸin/, [ˈa.ɸɪn]

afin

1. rotten

• Ian Smith, Morris Timothy Ama (1985) A Dictionary of Juba Arabic & English‎, 1st edition, Juba: The Committee of The Juba Cheshire Home and Centre for Handicapped Children, page 118

Inherited from Latin daphne, with loss of initial 'd', from Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel”); cf. also Calabrian afina ("laurel"). Another theory suggests Latin acinus, influenced by daphne. See also the related dafin.

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afin m (plural afini)

1. blueberry, cowberry (the shrub) (Vaccinium myrtillus)

• afină

• dafin

Borrowed from Latin affinis.

afin m (plural afini)

1. relative by marriage