finale

See also: Finale and finále

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

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^[1]:

     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.

AntonymsEdit

• premiere

Derived termsEdit

• grand finale

TranslationsEdit

grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music

• Arabic: خاتمة‎
• Bulgarian: финал (bg) m (final)
• Catalan: finale (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 結尾 (zh), 结尾 (zh) (jiéwěi)

• Danish: finale (da) c
• Dutch: finale (nl) m, f
• French: finale (fr) m, final (fr) m
• German: Finale (de) n
• Hungarian: finálé (hu)
• Ido: finalo (io)
• Interlingua: final
• Italian: finale (it) m
• Japanese: フィナーレ (ja) (fināre), 終曲 (ja) (しゅうきょく, shūkyoku), 終楽章 (ja) (しゅうがくしょう, shūgakushō)

• Korean: 피날레 (pinalle)
• Latin: fīnis (la) m, f, terminus (la) m, exitus m, extrēmus m, perāctiō f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: finale (no) m

  Nynorsk: finale m

• Persian: فرجام‎ (fa) (farjām)
• Polish: finał (pl) m
• Portuguese: finale m
• Russian: фина́л (ru) m (finál), заключе́ние (ru) n (zaključénije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: фина́ле m, n

  Roman: finále (sh) m, n

• Spanish: final (es)
• Volapük: finid (vo)

AnagramsEdit

• elafin

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AlbanianEdit

NounEdit

finale f (plural finale)

1. (sports) final(s).

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /fiˈnaːlə/

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NounEdit

finale f (plural finales, diminutive finaletje n)

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

Derived termsEdit

• halve finale
• kwartfinale
• troostfinale

AdjectiveEdit

finale

1. Inflected form of finaal

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FrenchEdit

AdjectiveEdit

finale

1. feminine singular of final

NounEdit

finale f (plural finales)

1. a final

Derived termsEdit

• demi-finale
• finaliste

AnagramsEdit

• enfila
• enflai

Further readingEdit

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

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ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

finale (masculine and feminine plural finali)

1. final, ending

SynonymsEdit

• conclusivo
• ultimo

AntonymsEdit

• iniziale

NounEdit

finale m (plural finali)

1. end, ending, conclusion
2. finale

AntonymsEdit

• inizio
• principio

NounEdit

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 termsEdit

Terms derived from finale

• Finale Ligure
• finalese
• finalismo

• finalissima
• finalista
• finalità

• finalizzare
• finalizzazione
• finalmente

• quarto di finale
• semifinale
• superfinale

Related termsEdit

• fine
• finire

AnagramsEdit

• alfine
• felina

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LatinEdit

AdjectiveEdit

fīnāle

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

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Italian finale

NounEdit

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

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

Derived termsEdit

• cupfinale
• kvartfinale
• semifinale

ReferencesEdit

• “finale” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Italian finale

NounEdit

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

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

Derived termsEdit

• cupfinale
• kvartfinale
• semifinale

ReferencesEdit

• “finale” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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PolishEdit

NounEdit

finale

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

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PortugueseEdit

NounEdit

finale m (plural finales)

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

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

finále m, n (Cyrillic spelling фина́ле)

1. finale
2. finals

DeclensionEdit

Declension of finale

	singular	plural
nominative	finale	finala
genitive	finala	finala
dative	finalu	finalima
accusative	finale	finala
vocative	finale	finala
locative	finalu	finalima
instrumental	finalem	finalima

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TurkishEdit

NounEdit

finale

1. dative singular of final