Etymology
From Old French finiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of finir, from Latin fīnīre, present active infinitive of fīniō.
Pronunciation
Noun
finish (plural finishes)
- An end: the end of anything.
- A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces.
- The car's finish was so shiny and new.
- The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth.
- (sports) A shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal.
- 2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, BBC:
- The Italian opted for Bolton's Cahill alongside captain John Terry - and his decision was rewarded with a goal after only 13 minutes. Bulgaria gave a hint of defensive frailties to come when they failed to clear Young's corner, and when Gareth Barry found Cahill in the box he applied the finish past Nikolay Mihaylov.
Translations
Verb
finish (third-person singular simple present finishes, present participle finishing, simple past and past participle finished)
- (transitive) To complete (something).
- Please finish your homework!
- (transitive) To apply a treatment to (a surface or similar).
- The furniture was finished in teak veneer.
- (transitive) To change an animal's food supply in the months before it is due for slaughter, with the intention of fattening the animal.
- Due to BSE, cows in the United Kingdom must be finished and slaughtered before 30 months of age.
- (intransitive) To come to an end.
- The song has finished.
Usage notes
Derived terms
Translations
to complete
- Arabic: فرغ (ar) (faraġa), أنهى (ar) (ʾanhaa), أتمم (ar) (atmama), انتهي (ar) (intahā)
- Moroccan Arabic: كمّل (kammal)
- Bulgarian: завършвам (bg) (zavǎršvam)
- Catalan: acabar (ca), finir (ca), terminar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 完成 (cmn) (wánchéng), 完 (cmn) (wán), 結束 (cmn), 结束 (cmn) (jiéshù)
- Czech: dokončit (cs)
- Dutch: afwerken (nl), beëindigen (nl)
- Esperanto: fini (eo)
- Finnish: tehdä loppuun (fi)
- French: finir (fr), achever (fr)
- Galician: acabar (gl)
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: beenden (de)
- Greek: τελειώνω (el) (teleióno)
- Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
- Hiligaynon: ában
- Hindi: अंत करना (hi) (anta karnā), ख़त्म करना (hi) (xatm karnā)
- Hungarian: befejez (hu), végez (hu)
- Interlingua: finir (ia), terminar (ia)
- Irish: críochnaigh (ga)
- Italian: finire (it)
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- Japanese: 終了する (ja) (しゅうりょうする, shūryō suru), 終える (ja) (おえる, oeru)
- Jèrriais: finni
- Latin: finio (la)
- Latvian: beigt (lv), pabeigt (lv)
- Norwegian: fullføre (no), avslutte (no)
- Persian: تمام کردن (fa) (tamâm kardan)
- Polish: dokonywać (pl), dokonać (pl)
- Portuguese: acabar (pt)
- Russian: заканчивать (ru) (zakánčivatʹ) impf., окончить (ru) (okónčitʹ) pf., закончить (ru) (zakónčitʹ) pf.
- Scottish Gaelic: crìochnaich (gd)
- Spanish: acabar (es), terminar (es)
- Swedish: slutföra (sv), fullfölja (sv), gå i mål (sv), avsluta (sv)
- Telugu: ముగించు (te) (mugimchu), పూర్తిచేయు (te) (poorthicheyu)
- Thai: เสร็จ (th) (serg)
- Turkish: bitirmek (tr)
- Urdu: ختم کرنا (ur) (xatm karnā)
- Vietnamese: kết thúc (vi), hoàn thành (vi), làm xong (vi)
- Volapük: fimekön (vo), finükön (vo), lemekön (vo)
- Walloon: fini (wa), achever (wa)
- ǃXóõ: ǁkxʻāã
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to apply a final treatment to
to come to an end
- Arabic: انتهي (ar) (intaḥā)
- Moroccan Arabic: سالى (sālā), كمل (kmal), تكمّل (tkammal)
- Bulgarian: завършвам (bg) (zavǎršvam), финиширам (bg) (finiširam)
- Burmese: ပြီး (my) (pi:)
- Catalan: finalitzar (ca), acabar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 結束 (cmn), 结束 (cmn) (jiéshù)
- Czech: skončit (cs)
- Dutch: ophouden (nl), eindigen (nl), gedaan zijn
- Esperanto: finiĝi (eo)
- Finnish: loppua (fi), päättyä (fi)
- French: finir (fr), se terminer (fr)
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: enden (de), aufhören (de)
- Greek: τελειώνω (el) (teleióno)
- Haitian Creole: fini
- Hiligaynon: ában
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- Hindi: ख़त्म होना (hi) (xatm honā)
- Italian: finire (it)
- Japanese: 終わる (ja) (おわる, owaru)
- Jèrriais: finni
- Latin: finio (la), finem habeo (la), terminor (la), finior (la)
- Norwegian: avslutte (no)
- Occitan: acabar (oc), terminar (oc), finir (oc)
- Persian: تمام شدن (fa) (tamâm šodan)
- Polish: skończyć się (pl)
- Russian: заканчиваться (ru) (zakánčivatʹsja) impf., окончиться (ru) (okónčitʹsja) pf., закончиться (ru) (zakónčitʹsja) pf.
- Spanish: acabar (es), terminar (es), finalizar (es), acabarse (es), terminarse (es)
- Swedish: avsluta (sv)
- Telugu: అంతమవు (te) (antamavu), పూర్తవు (te) (poortavu)
- Urdu: ختم ہونا (ur) (xatm honā)
- Walloon: fini (wa), esse tot fwait (wa), esse foû (wa), esse houte (wa), esse fini (wa)
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