final

See also: Final and finał

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪ.nəl/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -aɪnəl

NounEdit

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.

TranslationsEdit

test or examination given at the end of a term or class

• Bulgarian: заключителен изпит m (zaključitelen izpit)
• Catalan: final (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 期末考試, 期末考试 (qīmò kǎoshì)

• Danish: eksamen c
• Dutch: eindexamen (nl) n
• Finnish: loppukoe (fi), päättökoe
• French: examen (fr) m
• German: Abschlussprüfung (de) f

• Greek: πτυχιακές (el) f, pl (ptychiakés)
• Hungarian: záróvizsga (hu)
• Japanese: 学期末試験 (gakki-matsu shiken), 学期末テスト (gakki-matsu tesuto), ファイナル (fainaru)
• Latin: finis (la) m, f, terminus (la) m, exitus m, exitus m, extremus m, extremum n, peractio f
• Portuguese: prova final f
• Russian: выпускно́й (ru) (vypusknój)
• Spanish: final (es) m
• Swahili: finali
• Telugu: పరిక్ష (parikṣa)

sports: last round in a contest

• Armenian: վերջնամրցում (verǰnamrcʿum)
• Bulgarian: финал (bg) m (final)
• Catalan: final (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 決賽 (zh), 决赛 (zh) (juésài)

• Czech: finále (cs) n
• Danish: finale (da) c
• Dutch: eindronde, finale (nl) f
• Finnish: loppuottelu, finaali (fi), loppukilpailu, loppusarja
• French: finale (fr) f
• German: Finale (de) n, Endkampf (de) m, Schlussrunde (de) f, Endspiel (de) n
• Greek: τελικός (el) m (telikós)
• Hungarian: döntő (hu)
• Icelandic: úrslit (is) n pl
• Irish: ceannchluiche m

• Japanese: 決勝戦 (けっしょうせん, kesshōsen), ファイナル (fainaru)
• Latin: finis (la) m, f, terminus (la) m, exitus m, extremus m, extremum n, peractio f
• Latvian: fināls m, finālspēle f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: finale (no) m

  Nynorsk: finale m

• Persian: فینال‎ (fa) (finâl)
• Polish: finał (pl) m
• Portuguese: final (pt) f
• Russian: фина́л (ru) m (finál), (chess) э́ндшпиль (ru) m (éndšpilʹ)
• Spanish: final (es) f
• Swahili: finali
• Swedish: final (sv) c
• Tagalog: pangwakas
• Vietnamese: chung kết (vi)

contest that narrows a field of contestants

• Catalan: final (ca) f
• Danish: finale (da) c
• Dutch: finale (nl) f
• Finnish: loppukilpailu, finaali (fi), loppuottelut pl
• German: Finale (de) n, Endkampf (de) m
• Greek: τελικός (el) m (telikós)

• Portuguese: final (pt) f
• Russian: фина́л (ru) m (finál)
• Swahili: finali
• Swedish: final (sv)
• Telugu: వడపోత (te) (vaḍapōta)
• Vietnamese: chung khảo

final part of a syllable

• Catalan: final (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 韻母 (zh), 韵母 (zh) (yùnmǔ)

• Japanese: 韻母 (いんぼ, inbo)

• Korean: 운모 (unmo) (韻母)
• Russian: фина́ль (ru) f (finálʹ)
• Vietnamese: vận mẫu (韻母)

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• Italian: ^{(please verify)} finale (it)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} finale, ^{(please verify)} finalis

• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} krajnje (sh)
• Welsh: ^{(please verify)} terfynol (cy), ^{(please verify)} olaf

AdjectiveEdit

final (comparative more final, superlative most final)

1. Last; ultimate.

   final solution;   the final day of a school term

   • 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes

     Yet despair not of his final pardon.

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.
   • 1893, Walter Besant, The Ivory Gate, Prologue:

     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.

SynonymsEdit

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• endly
• terminal

AntonymsEdit

• initial
• early
• first

TranslationsEdit

last; ultimate

• Armenian: վերջին (hy) (verǰin), վերջնական (hy) (verǰnakan)
• Bulgarian: последен (bg) (posleden), заключителен (bg) (zaključitelen)
• Catalan: final (ca) m, f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 最後 (zh), 最后 (zh) (zuìhòu)

• Czech: poslední (cs), konečný (cs)
• Danish: endelig, endegyldig
• Dutch: finaal (nl), laatste (nl), ultiem (nl), definitief (nl)
• Finnish: viimeinen (fi), lopullinen (fi)
• French: dernier (fr), ultime (fr)
• German: endgültig (de), End (de)-, Schluss (de)-
• Greek: τελικός (el) m (telikós)
• Ido: konkluziva (io)

• Italian: ultimo (it) m
• Japanese: 終わりの (owari no), 最後の (ja) (saigo no)
• Latin: ultimus
• Norman: finnal
• Persian: آخرین‎ (fa), نهایی‎ (fa)
• Polish: ostatni (pl) m, końcowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: último (pt), final (pt)
• Russian: оконча́тельный (ru) (okončátelʹnyj), заключи́тельный (ru) (zaključítelʹnyj), фина́льный (ru) (finálʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: deireannach, mu dheireadh
• Spanish: final (es) m, último (es) m
• Swahili: finali
• Swedish: slutgiltig (sv)
• Telugu: చివరి (te) (civari), ఆఖరు (te) (ākharu)

conclusive; decisive

• Armenian: վերջնական (hy) (verǰnakan)
• Finnish: lopullinen (fi)

• Greek: οριστικός (el) m (oristikós)

respecting an end, purpose or ultimate end in view

• Finnish: lopullinen (fi)

grammar: expressing purpose

• Finnish: finaalinen

linguistics: occurring at the end of a word

• Esperanto: fina
• Finnish: loppu- (fi)
• German: End-, Schluss-, Auslaut-
• Greek: τελικός (el) m (telikós)
• Latin: finalis

• Polish: końcowy (pl)
• Portuguese: final (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: deireannach
• Swedish: ordfinal
• Telugu: అంతం (te) (aṃtaṃ)

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} final (fr)

• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} poslednje

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from the adjective or noun final

• final cause
• finalist

• semifinal

Related termsEdit

Terms etymologically related to the adjective or noun final

• finale
• fine

• finish
• finite

Further readingEdit

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

AnagramsEdit

• alfin, flain

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CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /fiˈnal/

AdjectiveEdit

final (masculine and feminine plural finals)

1. final

SynonymsEdit

• darrer, últim

Derived termsEdit

• finalment

Related termsEdit

• finalitat

NounEdit

final m (plural finals)

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

SynonymsEdit

• (end): fi

Derived termsEdit

• finalisme
• finalitzar

NounEdit

final f (plural finals)

1. (sports, competitions) final, final round

Derived termsEdit

• finalista

Further readingEdit

• “final” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Crimean TatarEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

final

1. a final

DeclensionEdit

Declension of final

nominative	final
genitive	finalnıñ
dative	finalğa
accusative	finalnı
locative	finalda
ablative	finaldan

AdjectiveEdit

final

1. final

ReferencesEdit

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin fīnālis.

AdjectiveEdit

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

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

Related termsEdit

• finale
• finalement
• finaliser
• finaliste
• finalité

Further readingEdit

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

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GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /fiˈnaːl/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -aːl

AdjectiveEdit

final (not comparable)

1. final

DeclensionEdit

Declension of final

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist final	sie ist final	es ist final	sie sind final
strong declension (without article)	nominative	finaler	finale	finales	finale
	genitive	finalen	finaler	finalen	finaler
	dative	finalem	finaler	finalem	finalen
	accusative	finalen	finale	finales	finale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der finale	die finale	das finale	die finalen
	genitive	des finalen	der finalen	des finalen	der finalen
	dative	dem finalen	der finalen	dem finalen	den finalen
	accusative	den finalen	die finale	das finale	die finalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein finaler	eine finale	ein finales	(keine) finalen
	genitive	eines finalen	einer finalen	eines finalen	(keiner) finalen
	dative	einem finalen	einer finalen	einem finalen	(keinen) finalen
	accusative	einen finalen	eine finale	ein finales	(keine) finalen

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ItalianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

final (invariant)

1. apocopic form of finale

NounEdit

final m

1. apocopic form of finale

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LadinEdit

AdjectiveEdit

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

1. final

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Old FrenchEdit

AdjectiveEdit

final m (oblique and nominative feminine singular finale)

1. final, definitive, last

DeclensionEdit

Declension of final

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	finaus	finale	final
	Oblique	final	finale	final
Plural	Subject	final	finales	final
	Oblique	finaus	finales	final

DescendantsEdit

• English: final
• French: final

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PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Late Latin fīnālis, from fīnis.

PronunciationEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

final m, f (plural finais, comparable)

1. final, ultimate, last

QuotationsEdit

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:final.

SynonymsEdit

• derradeiro
• último

NounEdit

final m (plural finais)

1. an end

QuotationsEdit

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:final.

SynonymsEdit

• fim
• término

NounEdit

final f (plural finais)

1. (sports) final

QuotationsEdit

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:final.

Related termsEdit

• fim
• finalista
• finalizar
• finalmente

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

NounEdit

final m (Cyrillic spelling финал)

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

DeclensionEdit

Declension of final

	singular	plural
nominative	final	finali
genitive	finala	finala
dative	finalu	finalima
accusative	final	finale
vocative	finale	finali
locative	finalom	finalima
instrumental	finalu	finalima

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SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /fiˈnal/

AdjectiveEdit

final (plural finales)

1. final

NounEdit

final m (plural finales)

1. an end
2. (sports) final

SynonymsEdit

• fin
• término

Related termsEdit

• fin
• finalista
• finalizar
• finalmente

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SwedishEdit

NounEdit

final c

1. (sports) a final

DeclensionEdit

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

See alsoEdit

• åttondelsfinal
• kval
• kvartsfinal
• semifinal
• turnering

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TurkishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from French final.

NounEdit

final (definite accusative finali, plural finaller)

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

DeclensionEdit

declension of final

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	final	finaller
definite accusative (belirtme)	finali	finalleri
dative (yönelme)	finale	finallere
locative (bulunma)	finalde	finallerde
ablative (ayrılma)	finalden	finallerden
genitive (tamlayan)	finalin	finallerin

possessive forms of final

benim (my)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	finalim	finallerim
definite accusative (belirtme)	finalimi	finallerimi
dative (yönelme)	finalime	finallerime
locative (bulunma)	finalimde	finallerimde
ablative (çıkma)	finalimden	finallerimden
genitive (tamlayan)	finalimin	finallerimin
senin (your)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	finalin	finallerin
definite accusative (belirtme)	finalini	finallerini
dative (yönelme)	finaline	finallerine
locative (bulunma)	finalinde	finallerinde
ablative (çıkma)	finalinden	finallerinden
genitive (tamlayan)	finalinin	finallerinin
onun (her/his/its)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	finali	finalleri
definite accusative (belirtme)	finalini	finallerini
dative (yönelme)	finaline	finallerine
locative (bulunma)	finalinde	finallerinde
ablative (çıkma)	finalinden	finallerinden
genitive (tamlayan)	finalinin	finallerinin
bizim (our)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	finalimiz	finallerimiz
definite accusative (belirtme)	finalimizi	finallerimizi
dative (yönelme)	finalimize	finallerimize
locative (bulunma)	finalimizde	finallerimizde
ablative (çıkma)	finalimizden	finallerimizden
genitive (tamlayan)	finalimizin	finallerimizin
sizin (your)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	finaliniz	finalleriniz
definite accusative (belirtme)	finalinizi	finallerinizi
dative (yönelme)	finalinize	finallerinize
locative (bulunma)	finalinizde	finallerinizde
ablative (çıkma)	finalinizden	finallerinizden
genitive (tamlayan)	finalinizin	finallerinizin
onların (their)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	finalleri	finalleri
definite accusative (belirtme)	finallerini	finallerini
dative (yönelme)	finallerine	finallerine
locative (bulunma)	finallerinde	finallerinde
ablative (çıkma)	finallerinden	finallerinden
genitive (tamlayan)	finallerinin	finallerinin