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. Replaced native English endly (“final”)

Pronunciation

• enPR: fī'nəl, IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪ.nəl/, [-nəɫ]

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -aɪnəl
• Hyphenation: fi‧nal

Noun

final (plural finals)

1. (US, Canada) 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.

Descendants

• → Japanese: ファイナル (fainaru)

Translations

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
• Galician: exame final m
• German: Abschlussprüfung (de) f
• Greek: πτυχιακές (el) f or pl (ptychiakés)

• Hebrew: גְּמָר‎ (he) m (gmar)
• 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 or 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
• Telugu: పరిక్ష (parikṣa)

sports: last round in a contest

• Armenian: վերջնամրցում (verǰnamrcʿum), եզրափակիչ (hy) (ezrapʿakičʿ)
• 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 (nl), finale (nl) f
• Finnish: loppuottelu, finaali (fi), loppukilpailu (fi), loppusarja
• French: finale (fr) f
• Galician: final (gl) f
• German: Finale (de) n, Endkampf (de) m, Schlussrunde (de) f, Endspiel (de) n
• Greek: τελικός (el) m (telikós)
• Hebrew: גְּמָר‎ (he) m (gmar)
• 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 or 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: fainali (sw)
• 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 (fi), finaali (fi), loppuottelut pl
• Galician: final (gl) f
• Georgian: ფინალი (pinali)
• German: Finale (de) n, Endkampf (de) m
• Greek: τελικός (el) m (telikós)

• Hebrew: גְּמָר‎ (he) m (gmar)
• Hungarian: döntő (hu)
• Portuguese: final (pt) f
• Russian: фина́л (ru) m (finál)
• Swahili: fainali (sw)
• 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)

• Galician: final (gl) f
• Hungarian: szótagvég

• Japanese: 韻母 (いんぼ, inbo)
• Korean: 운모 (ko) (unmo) (韻母)
• Russian: фина́ль (ru) f (finálʹ)
• Vietnamese: vận mẫu (韻母)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• 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

Adjective

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.
   • 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], 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.

Synonyms

• (last, ultimate): dernier (dated), endly, terminal

Antonyms

• initial
• early
• first

Translations

last; ultimate

• Arabic:

  Egyptian Arabic: آخر‎ (āḵir)

• Armenian: վերջին (hy) (verǰin), վերջնական (hy) (verǰnakan)
• Bulgarian: последен (bg) (posleden), заключителен (bg) (zaključitelen)
• Catalan: final (ca) m or 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)
• Galician: final (gl) m or f
• German: endgültig (de), End (de)-, Schluss (de)-
• Greek: τελικός (el) m (telikós)

  Ancient: ἔσχατος (éskhatos)

• Hungarian: végső (hu), utolsó (hu)
• Ido: konkluziva (io)
• Italian: ultimo (it) m
• Japanese: 終わりの (ja) (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
• Swedish: slutgiltig (sv)
• Telugu: చివరి (te) (civari), ఆఖరు (te) (ākharu)
• Vietnamese: cuối (vi), cuối cùng (vi)

conclusive; decisive

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

• Greek: οριστικός (el) m (oristikós)
• Hungarian: jogerős (hu)

respecting an end, purpose or ultimate end in view

• Finnish: lopullinen (fi)

grammar: expressing purpose

• Finnish: finaalinen

• Hungarian: célhatározói

linguistics: occurring at the end of a word

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

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

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Translations to be checked

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

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

Derived terms

Terms derived from the adjective or noun final

• A final
• B final
• big final
• final cause
• finalist
• finally

• grand final
• quarterfinal
• semifinal
• small final
• superfinal

Related terms

Terms etymologically related to the adjective or noun final

• finale
• fine

• finish
• finite

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

• alfin, flain

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Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

final (masculine and feminine plural finals)

1. final

Synonyms

• darrer, últim

Derived terms

• finalment

Related terms

• finalitat

Noun

final m (plural finals)

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

Synonyms

• (end): fi

Derived terms

• finalisme
• finalitzar

Noun

final f (plural finals)

1. (sports, competitions) final, final round

Derived terms

• finalista

Further reading

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

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

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

Noun

final

1. a final

Declension

Declension of final

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

Adjective

final

1. final

References

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

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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

Related terms

• finale
• finalement
• finaliser
• finaliste
• finalité

Further reading

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

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German

Etymology

18th century, from Latin finālis, perhaps in part through French final. Recently revived to some degree by influence of English final.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈnaːl/
• Rhymes: -aːl

• Audio

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Adjective

final (not comparable)

1. (grammar) final; expressing purpose
2. (elevated) final; conclusive; irrevocable (that which will not or cannot be changed anymore, sometimes implying death)

   der finale Wortlaut der Verträge ― the final wording of the contracts

   das finale Krankheitsstadium ― the final stage of the illness

   finaler Rettungsschuss ― deadly force (literally, “final [i.e. lethal] rescue shot”)

3. (rare, pompous, chiefly anglicism) final; last

   die finalen Minuten vor dem großen Auftritt ― the final minutes before the big gig

Declension

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

Synonyms

• (conclusive, irrevocable): endgültig; abschließend; unwiderruflich; entscheidend
• (last): letzter

Related terms

• Finale

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Italian

Adjective

final (invariant)

1. Apocopic form of finale

Noun

final m

1. Apocopic form of finale

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Ladin

Adjective

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

1. final

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Old French

Adjective

final m (oblique and nominative feminine singular finale)

1. final, definitive, last

Declension

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

Descendants

• English: final
• French: final

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin fīnālis, from fīnis.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

final m or f (plural finais, comparable)

1. final, ultimate, last

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:final.

Synonyms

• derradeiro
• último

Noun

final m (plural finais)

1. an end

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:final.

Synonyms

• fim
• término

Noun

final f (plural finais)

1. (sports) final

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:final.

Related terms

• fim
• finalista
• finalizar
• finalmente

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Romanian

Adjective

final m or n (feminine singular finală, masculine plural finali, feminine and neuter plural finale)

1. final

Declension

Declension of final

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	final		finală	finali	finale
	definite	finalul		finala	finalii	finalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	final		finale	finali	finale
	definite	finalului		finalei	finalilor	finalelor

Related terms

• finaliza

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

final m (Cyrillic spelling финал)

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

Declension

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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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈnal/
• Hyphenation: fi‧nal
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

final (plural finales) (superlative finalísimo)

1. final

Derived terms

• oración final
• pitido final
• recta final
• usuario final

 

Noun

final m (plural finales)

1. an end
2. (sports) final

Synonyms

• fin
• término

Derived terms

• al final

 

Related terms

• fin
• finalista
• finalizar
• finalmente

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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

• åttondelsfinal
• kval
• kvartsfinal
• semifinal
• turnering

Anagrams

• flina

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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