final
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”)
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
final (plural finals)
- (US, Canada) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
- (sports) The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined.
- 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.).
- (phonology) The final part of a syllable, the combination of medial and rime in phonetics and phonology.
- (music) The tonic or keynote of a Gregorian mode, and hence the final note of any conventional melody played in that mode.
DescendantsEdit
- → Japanese: ファイナル (fainaru)
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AdjectiveEdit
final (comparative more final, superlative most final)
- Last; ultimate.
- final solution; the final day of a school term
- 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes
- Yet despair not of his final pardon.
- Conclusive; decisive.
- a final judgment; the battle of Waterloo brought the contest to a final issue
- Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view.
- (grammar) Expressing purpose; as in the term final clause.
- (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.
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Further readingEdit
- final in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- final in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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CatalanEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
final (masculine and feminine plural finals)
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NounEdit
final m (plural finals)
- end (last point or moment of something)
- finale (chronological conclusion of a series of narrative works)
SynonymsEdit
- (end): fi
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NounEdit
final f (plural finals)
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Further readingEdit
- “final” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Crimean TatarEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Italian finale, from Latin fīnālis, from fīnis (“end”).
NounEdit
final
- a final
DeclensionEdit
nominative | final |
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genitive | finalnıñ |
dative | finalğa |
accusative | finalnı |
locative | finalda |
ablative | finaldan |
AdjectiveEdit
final
ReferencesEdit
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary][1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
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final (feminine singular finale, masculine plural finaux, feminine plural finales)
- final (last)
- (linguistics, grammar) expressing purpose
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Further readingEdit
- “final” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
18th century, from Latin finālis, perhaps in part through French final. Recently revived to some degree by influence of English final.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
final (not comparable)
- (grammar) final; expressing purpose
- (solemn) 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
- (rare, pompous, chiefly anglicism) final; last
- die finalen Minuten vor dem großen Auftritt ― the final minutes before the big gig
DeclensionEdit
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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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 |
SynonymsEdit
- (conclusive, irrevocable): endgültig; abschließend; unwiderruflich; entscheidend
- (last): letzter
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ItalianEdit
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final (invariant)
NounEdit
final m
LadinEdit
AdjectiveEdit
final m (feminine singular finala, masculine plural finai, feminine plural finales)
Old FrenchEdit
AdjectiveEdit
final m (oblique and nominative feminine singular finale)
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PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Late Latin fīnālis, from fīnis.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
final m or f (plural finais, comparable)
- final, ultimate, last
- Synonyms: derradeiro, último
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:final.
NounEdit
final m (plural finais)
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:final.
NounEdit
final f (plural finais)
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:final.
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RomanianEdit
AdjectiveEdit
final m or n (feminine singular finală, masculine plural finali, feminine and neuter plural finale)
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Serbo-CroatianEdit
NounEdit
final m (Cyrillic spelling финал)
- (linguistics) final (last letter of word)
- (sports) final
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SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
final (plural finales) (superlative finalísimo)
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NounEdit
final m (plural finales)
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SwedishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Italian finale and French final from Latin finālis, from fīnis + -ālis.
NouEdit
final c
- a finale
AdjectiveEdit
final (not comparable)
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
final c
DeclensionEdit
Declension of final | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | final | finalen | finaler | finalerna |
Genitive | finals | finalens | finalers | finalernas |
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TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
final (definite accusative finali, plural finaller)
- the end
- (education) the final exam
- (music) finale
- (sports) in tournaments: the last contest
DeclensionEdit
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Nominative | final | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | finali | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | final | finaller | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | finali | finalleri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | finale | finallere | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | finalde | finallerde | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | finalden | finallerden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | finalin | finallerin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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