Dictionary

finale en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /fəˈnæli (US)
• /fiˈnaːleː/ (South-Asia)
• fə-/ (UK)
• /fɪˈnɑːli (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• fɪ-/ (US)
• /fəˈnɑli (US)

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

Antonyms

premiere

Deriveds

nonfinale · grand finale · season finale · series finale

Translations (46)

la fīnis (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · la exitus (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · my ဗိုလ်လုပွဲ (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · ko 피날레 (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · da finale (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · vo finid (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · ru заключе́ние (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · cs vyvrcholení (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · hu finálé (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · fr finale (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · cmn 終章 /终章 (conclusion of narrative works) · ja 終曲 (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · sh finále (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · cmn 終章 /终章 (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · de Finale (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · cs závěr (conclusion of narrative works) · la extrēmus (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · nb finale (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · bg заключение (conclusion of narrative works) · la terminus (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · nn finale (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · it finale (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · ca final (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · cmn 結局 /结局 (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · ia final (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · ja フィナーレ (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · sh фина́ле (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · kk соң (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · cs vrchol (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · es final (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · ar خاتمة (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · cmn 結尾 /结尾 (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · bg финал (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · sv final (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · nl finale (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · fi lopetus (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · la exodium (conclusion of narrative works) · pl finał (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · io finalo (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · la perāctiō (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · cs finále (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · ru фина́л (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · pt finale (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · ja 終楽章 (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · fa فرجام (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music) · fi finaali (grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music)