finale

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

• Rhymes: -ɑːli
• (UK) IPA^(key): /fɪˈnɑːli/

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

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.

• premiere

• elafin

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

1. (sports) final

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

• IPA^(key): /fiˈnaːlə/

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

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

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

finale

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

• IPA^(key): /fi.nal/

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finale

1. feminine singular of final

finale f (plural finales)

1. a final
   1. a finale

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

• enfila, enflai

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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

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

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

finale (plural finali)

1. final, ending

   Synonyms: conclusivo, ultimo

   Antonym: iniziale

finale m (plural finali)

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

• inizio
• principio

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

• fine
• finire

• alfine, felina

fīnāle

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of fīnālis

From Italian finale.

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

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

• cupfinale
• kvartfinale
• semifinale

• “finale” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• fialen, fleina

From Italian finale.

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

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

• cupfinale
• kvartfinale
• semifinale

• “finale” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

finale

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

From Italian finale. Doublet of final.

finale m (plural finales)

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

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

finále m or n (Cyrillic spelling фина́ле)

1. finale
2. finals

finale

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