finir

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan fenir (perhaps later influenced by fin), from Latin fīnīre.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

finir (first-person singular present fineixo, first-person singular preterite finí, past participle finit)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to end, finish, conclude

   Synonyms: acabar, finalitzar, finar

Conjugation

Further reading

• “finir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “finir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “finir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “finir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Latin fīnīre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /finiʁ/

Verb

finir

1. to finish, end, complete

Conjugation

    Conjugation of finir

		simple			compound
infinitive		finir			avêr fini
gerund		finessent			èyent fini
auxiliary verb		avêr
past participle		masculine			feminine
	singular	fini
	plural
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		jo (j')	tu (t')	il/elli	nos	vos	ils
	present	finésso	finés	finét	finéssens	finésséds	finéssont
	imperfect	finéssien	finéssias	finéssiêt	finéssians	finéssiâds	finéssiant
	preterite	fini	finis	finit	finirons	finites, finirâds	finiront
	future	finiré	finirés	finirat	finirens	finiréds	finiront
	conditional	finiren	finirias	finirêt	finirians	finiriâds	finiriant
compound tenses	present perfect	present indicative of avêr + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avêr + past participle
	past anterior	preterite indicative of avêr + past participle
	future perfect	future indicative of avêr + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avêr + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j')	que te (t')	qu'il/el	que nos	que vos	qu'ils/els
	present	finésso	finésses	finésse	finéssans	finéssiâds	finéssant
	imperfect	finissen	finissias	finisse	finissians	finissiâds	finissant
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avêr + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avêr + past participle
imperative		—	te	—	nos	vos	—
			finés		finéssens	finésséds

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French finir, from Middle French fenir (altered by association with fin), from Latin fīnīre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.niʁ/

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• Homophone: finirent
• Rhymes: -iʁ

Verb

finir

1. to finish, end, complete

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like nourrir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “finir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈnir/

Verb

finir

1. past infinitive of finar

Interlingua

Etymology

From French.

Verb

finir

1. to finish

Conjugation

Middle French

Alternative forms

• finer

Etymology

From Old French finir.

Verb

finir

1. (transitive, intransitive) to finish; to end

   Synonym: achever

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Descendants

• French: finir

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (finir, supplement)

Norman

Etymology

From Old French finir, from Latin fīnīre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.ni/
• (Cotentin) IPA^(key): /fĩ.nĩ/
• (Jersey) IPA^(key): /fĩ.ni/

Verb

finir

1. to finish

   Antonym: coumenchier

Conjugation

    Conjugation of the verb « finir » in Norman

infinitive			finir
gerund			finissant
auxiliary			aveir1
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fini		finie
		plural		finis		finies
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		je (j')	tu (t')	il, alle, nos	je (nos)	vos	il, alles
	present	finis	finis	finit	finissoms	finissez	finissent
	imperfect	finisseis	finisseis	finisseit	finissioms	finissiez	finisseient
	preterite	finis	finis	finit	finîmes	finîtes	finîtrent
	future	finirai	finiras	finira	finiroms	finirez	finiront
	conditional	finireis	finireis	finireit	finirioms	finiriez	finireient
subjunctive		que je (j')	que te (t')	qu'il, qu'alle, que nos	que je (que nos)	que vos	qu'il, qu'alles
	present	finisse	finisses	finisse	finissioms	finissiez	finissent
	imperfect	finisse	finisse	finît finisse	finissioms	finissiez	finissent
imperative		—	tu	—	je (nos)	vos	—
			finis		finissoms	finissez
1Used with past participles.

Old French

Verb

finir

1. Alternative form of finer

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Spanish

Etymology

From an alteration of Old Spanish fenir (influenced by fin), from Latin fīnīre. Cf. also the doublet fenecer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈniɾ/
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: fi‧nir

Verb

finir (first-person singular present fino, first-person singular preterite finí, past participle finido)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) to end

   Synonyms: acabar, finalizar, terminar

2. (intransitive, Colombia) to end

Conjugation

Related terms

Further reading

• “finir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin fīnīre. Compare Italian finire.

Verb

finir

1. (transitive) to finish, end, complete

Conjugation

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.