finale

Etymology

From Italian finale (“ending”), from Late Latin fīnālis, from Latin fīnis (“end; boundary, limit”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fɪˈnɑːli/
• (US) IPA^(key): /fɨˈnɑli/, /fɨˈnæli/

Noun

finale (plural finales)

1. The grand end of something, especially a show or piece of music.
   • 2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport‎:

     Andre Santos equalised and the outstanding Theo Walcott put Arsenal ahead for the first time before Juan Mata's spectacular strike set up the finale for an enthralling encounter.

2. (narratology) The chronological conclusion of a series of narrative works.

Anagrams

• elafin

Noun

finale f (plural finale)

1. (sports) final(s).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈnaːlə/

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Noun

finale f (plural finales, diminutive finaletje n)

1. a final, e.g. the end-round in a competition

Adjective

finale

1. Inflected form of finaal

Adjective

finale

1. feminine singular of final

Noun

finale f (plural finales)

1. a final

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• enfila
• enflai

Etymology

From Late Latin fīnālis, from Latin fīnis (“end; boundary, limit”), whence fine. Surface analysis: fine (“end; limit; goal”) +‎ -ale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈna.le/, [fiˈnäːle]
• Hyphenation: fi‧nà‧le

Adjective

finale (masculine and feminine plural finali)

1. final, ending

Noun

finale m (plural finali)

1. end, ending, conclusion
2. finale

Noun

finale f (plural finali)

1. (sports) final, finals

   la finale di Coppa del Mondo ― the World Cup final

2. (of a contest) last round, final trial
3. (linguistics) termination, ending, final clause

Derived terms

Related terms

• fine
• finire

Anagrams

• alfine
• felina

Adjective

fīnāle

1. nominative neuter singular of fīnālis
2. accusative neuter singular of fīnālis
3. vocative neuter singular of fīnālis

Etymology

From Italian finale

Noun

finale m (definite singular finalen, indefinite plural finaler, definite plural finalene)

1. a final (last round of a competition)
2. finale

References

• “finale” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Italian finale

Noun

finale m (definite singular finalen, indefinite plural finalar, definite plural finalane)

1. a final (last round of a competition)
2. finale

References

• “finale” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Noun

finale

1. locative singular of finał
2. vocative singular of finał

Noun

finale m (plural finales)

1. finale (grand end of something, especially something artistic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /finǎːle/
• Hyphenation: fi‧na‧le

Noun

finále m, n (Cyrillic spelling фина́ле)

1. finale
2. finals