final

See also: Final and finał

English

Etymology

From Middle English final, fynal, fynall, from Old French final, from Latin fīnālis (“of or relating to the end or to boundaries”), from fīnis (“end”); see fine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaɪ.nəl/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪnəl

Noun

final (plural finals)

  1. (Canada, US) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
  2. (sports) The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined.
  3. A contest that narrows a field of contestants (finalists) to ranked positions, usually in numbered places (1st place/prize, 2nd place/prize, etc.) or a winner and numbered runners-up (1st runner-up, etc.).
  4. (phonology) The final part of a syllable, the combination of medial and rime in phonetics and phonology.
  5. (music) The tonic or keynote of a Gregorian mode, and hence the final note of any conventional melody played in that mode.

Translations

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Adjective

final (comparative more final, superlative most final)

  1. Last; ultimate.
    final solution;   the final day of a school term
  2. Conclusive; decisive.
    a final judgment;   the battle of Waterloo brought the contest to a final issue
  3. Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view.
  4. (grammar) Expressing purpose; as in the term final clause.
  5. (linguistics) Word-final, occurring at the end of a word.
    • 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, OCLC 16832619:
      Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.

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Further reading

  • final in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • final in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Adjective

final (masculine and feminine plural finals)

  1. final

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Noun

final m (plural finals)

  1. end (last point or moment of something)
  2. finale (chronological conclusion of a series of narrative works)

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Noun

final f (plural finals)

  1. (sports, competitions) final, final round

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Further reading

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Italian finale, from Latin fīnālis, from fīnis (“end”).

Noun

final

  1. a final

Declension

Adjective

final

  1. final

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

French

Etymology

From Latin fīnālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fi.nal/

Adjective

final (feminine singular finale, masculine plural finaux, feminine plural finales)

  1. final (last)
  2. (linguistics, grammar) expressing purpose

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiˈnaːl/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

final (not comparable)

  1. final

Declension

Italian

Adjective

final (invariant)

  1. Apocopic form of finale

Noun

final m

  1. Apocopic form of finale

Ladin

Adjective

final m (feminine singular finala, masculine plural finai, feminine plural finales)

  1. final

Old French

Adjective

final m (oblique and nominative feminine singular finale)

  1. final, definitive, last

Declension

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin fīnālis, from fīnis.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /fi.ˈnaɫ/
  • Hyphenation: fi‧nal

Adjective

final m, f (plural finais, comparable)

  1. final, ultimate, last

Quotations

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Synonyms

Noun

final m (plural finais)

  1. an end

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Noun

final f (plural finais)

  1. (sports) final

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

final m (Cyrillic spelling финал)

  1. (linguistics) final (last letter of word)
  2. (sports) final

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiˈnal/

Adjective

final (plural finales) (superlative finalísimo)

  1. final

Noun

final m (plural finales)

  1. an end
  2. (sports) final

Synonyms

Swedish

Noun

final c

  1. (sports) a final

Declension

Declension of final 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative final finalen finaler finalerna
Genitive finals finalens finalers finalernas

See also

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French final.

Noun

final (definite accusative finali, plural finaller)

  1. the end
  2. (education) the final exam
  3. (music) finale
  4. (sports) in tournaments: the last contest

Declension

Inflection
Nominative final
Definite accusative finali
Singular Plural
Nominative final finaller
Definite accusative finali finalleri
Dative finale finallere
Locative finalde finallerde
Ablative finalden finallerden
Genitive finalin finallerin
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular finalim finallerim
2nd singular finalin finallerin
3rd singular finali finalleri
1st plural finalimiz finallerimiz
2nd plural finaliniz finalleriniz
3rd plural finalleri finalleri
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