finale

See also: Finale, finále, and finálé

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): /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^[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
• season finale
• series finale

 

Translations

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

• Arabic: خاتمة
• Bulgarian: финал (bg) m (final)
• Burmese: ဗိုလ်လုပွဲ (my) (buillu.pwai:)
• Catalan: finale (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 結尾／结尾 (zh) (jiéwěi), 結局／结局 (zh) (jiéjú), 终章 (zhōngzhāng)

• Czech: finále (cs) n, vyvrcholení n, vrchol (cs) m
• 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)
• Kazakh: соң (soñ)
• 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) (farjâm)
• 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

• Czech: závěr (cs) m
• Latin: exodium n

Anagrams

• elafin

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

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

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.nal/

• Audio

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Adjective

finale

1. feminine singular of final

Noun

finale f (plural finales)

1. a final
   1. a finale

Derived terms

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

 

Further reading

• “finale”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• enfila, enflai

German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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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)

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

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

Derived terms

• cupfinale
• kvartfinale
• semifinale

References

• “finale” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Anagrams

• fialen, fleina

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.

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.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fiˈna.li/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fiˈna.li/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fiˈna.le/

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