finale

See also: Finale and finále

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːli

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fɪˈnɑːli/

• Audio (UK)

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

Noun

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.

Antonyms

• premiere

Derived terms

• grand finale

Translations

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), 結局 (zh), 结局 (zh) (jiéjú), 终章 (zhōngzhāng)

• Danish: finale (da) c
• Dutch: finale (nl) m or f
• Finnish: finaali (fi), lopetus (fi)
• French: finale (fr) f
• 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 or 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 (pt) m
• Russian: фина́л (ru) m (finál), заключе́ние (ru) n (zaključénije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: фина́ле m or n

  Roman: finále (sh) m or n

• Spanish: final (es)
• Swedish: final (sv) c
• Volapük: finid (vo)

conclusion of narrative works

• Bulgarian: заключение (bg) n (zaključenie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 终章

• Latin: exodium n

Anagrams

• elafin

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Albanian

Noun

finale f (indefinite plural finale, definite singular finalja, definite plural finalet)

1. (sports) final

Declension

declension of finale

	indefinite forms (trajta të pashquara)			definite forms (trajta të shquara)
	singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)		singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)
nominative (emërore)	finale	finale		finalja	finalet
accusative (kallëzore)	finale	finale		finalen	finalet
genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së)	finaleje	finaleve		finales	finaleve
dative (dhanore)	finaleje	finaleve		finales	finaleve
ablative (rrjedhore)	finaleje	finalesh		finales	finaleve

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian finale, from Latin finālis. The sports sense derived from French finale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈnaːlə/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: fi‧na‧le
• Rhymes: -aːlə

Noun

finale f (plural finales, diminutive finaletje n)

1. a final, e.g. the end-round in a competition
2. the finale of a music piece

Derived terms

• achtste finale
• bekerfinale
• halve finale
• kwartfinale
• seizoensfinale
• troostfinale

Adjective

finale

1. Inflected form of finaal

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French

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Adjective

finale

1. feminine singular of final

Noun

finale f (plural finales)

1. a final

Derived terms

• demi-finale
• finaliste
• grande finale
• quart de finale
• petite finale

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• enfila
• enflai

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Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈna.le/
• Rhymes: -ale
• Hyphenation: fi‧nà‧le

Adjective

finale (plural finali)

1. final, ending

   Synonyms: conclusivo, ultimo

   Antonym: iniziale

Noun

finale m (plural finali)

1. end, ending, conclusion
2. finale
3. (wine) finish (sensations a wine leaves on the palate after degustation)

Antonyms

• inizio
• principio

Noun

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 terms

• Finale Ligure
• finalese
• finalismo
• finalissima
• finalista
• finalità
• finalizzare
• finalizzazione
• finalmente
• quarto di finale
• semifinale
• superfinale

 

Related terms

• fine
• finire

Anagrams

• alfine, felina

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Latin

Adjective

fīnāle

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian finale

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

• cupfinale
• kvartfinale
• semifinale

References

• “finale” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Anagrams

• fialen, fleina

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian finale

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

• cupfinale
• kvartfinale
• semifinale

References

• “finale” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Noun

finale

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian finale. Doublet of final.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fiˈna.li/

Noun

finale m (plural finales)

1. (chiefly art) finale (grand end of a show or piece of music)

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

finále m or n (Cyrillic spelling фина́ле)

1. finale
2. finals

Declension

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