finale

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See also: Finale, finále, and finálé

English

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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)(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /fɪˈnɑli/, /fɪˈnæli/

Noun

finale (plural finales)

  1. The grand end of something, especially of a show or piece of music.
    • 2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport‎:
      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.

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Albanian

Noun

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

  1. (sports) final

Declension

Declension of finale
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative finale finale finalja finalet
accusative finalen
dative finaleje finaleve finales finaleve
ablative finalesh

Dutch

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Etymology

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

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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

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Adjective

finale

  1. inflection of finaal:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

French

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Adjective

finale

  1. feminine singular of final

Noun

finale f (plural finales)

  1. a final
    1. a finale

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German

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Adjective

finale

  1. inflection of final:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin fīnālis, from Latin fīnis (“end; boundary, limit”), whence fine. By 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)

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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

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Latin

Adjective

fīnāle

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of fīnālis

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

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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

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Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiˈna.lɛ/
  • Rhymes: -alɛ
  • Syllabification: fi‧na‧le

Noun

finale

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian finale. Doublet of final.

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Noun

finale m (plural finales)

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

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

Spanish

Verb

finale

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of finar combined with le
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