See also: finí, finì, finî, and fíni

Catalan

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fini

  1. inflection of finar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Dyula

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Noun

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fini

  1. goosegrass, Eleusine indica

References

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  • Niggli, Urs (2016) Dioula - French - English Dictionary[1], SIL International

Esperanto

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian finire and French finir, ultimately from Latin fīniō.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈfini]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ini
  • Hyphenation: fi‧ni

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fini (present finas, past finis, future finos, conditional finus, volitive finu)

  1. (transitive) to end, finish
    La kudristino devas baldaŭ fini la robon.The seamstress should finish the dress soon.

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French

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fini (feminine finie, masculine plural finis, feminine plural finies)

  1. past participle of finir

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fini m (plural finis)

  1. aspect or texture of what has been completed
    Un fini lisseA smooth finish

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fini (feminine finie, masculine plural finis, feminine plural finies)

  1. completed, done
    Synonyms: achevé, complet, liquidé, terminé
  2. finished, over (which has come to an end)
    Synonyms: achevé, liquidé, terminé
  3. (technical, philosophy) limited, finite (which has an end)
    Antonym: infini
  4. (grammar) finite (inflected for person or number)
  5. which has been carefully done
  6. (derogatory) accomplished; complete (whose art has been perfected)
    Synonyms: accompli, complet, parfait
    Hyponym: fieffé
    un menteur finian accomplished liar
    un abruti fini, un connard finia complete moron, a complete bastard
  7. finished; done for (having been morally damaged and lost one's reputation)
    • 1874, Émile Zola, La Conquête de Plassans:
      On peut dormir en paix : c’est un homme fini, qui ne se mêlera plus des affaires de Plassans.
      We can rest easy: he's finished, and he won't be meddling in the affairs of Plassans any more.
  8. finished (readily useable)
    Synonyms: achevé, complet, terminé
    produits finisfinished goods

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German

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Etymology

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From French fini.

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fini (indeclinable, predicative only)

  1. (dated, colloquial) done, finished

Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French finir (finish).

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fini

  1. to finish

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fini

  1. plural of fino

Interlingua

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fini

  1. present of finir
  2. imperative of finir

Italian

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfi.ni/
  • Rhymes: -ini
  • Hyphenation: fì‧ni

Etymology 1

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Noun

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fini f

  1. plural of fine (end, conclusion)

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fini m

  1. plural of fine (end, aim, goal)

Etymology 2

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fini

  1. plural of fine

Etymology 3

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fini

  1. masculine plural of fino

Latin

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(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈfiː.niː/, [ˈfiːniː]

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fīnī

  1. dative/ablative singular of finis

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fīnī

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of fīniō

Mauritian Creole

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Etymology

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From French finir.

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fini (medial form fini)

  1. to finish

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Nupe

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Fini yán yàbà cigbàn

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fini (plural finizhì)

  1. leaf; herb
    Tukpa mi á dzwa fini.Said after one has been listening for a long time. (literally, “My ears have sprouted leaves.”)
  2. bush

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Old Irish

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Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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fini

  1. inflection of fine:
    1. accusative/dative singular
    2. nominative/vocative/accusative dual/plural

Etymology 2

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Noun

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fini

  1. Alternative spelling of fíni

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Mutation of fini
radical lenition nasalization
fini ḟini fini
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French finir, from Latin finire.

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a fini (third-person singular present finește, past participle finit) 4th conj.

  1. to finish

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Sranan Tongo

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fini

  1. fine

Ternate

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Etymology

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Compare Tetum fini (seed) and Malay benih (seed).

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fini

  1. a seed

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tetum

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Etymology

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From *bini, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binehiq, compare Malay benih.

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fini

  1. seed

Uab Meto

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəniq.

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fini

  1. seed (fertilized grain)

Walloon

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Etymology

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From Old French finer, from Latin fīnīre.

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fini

  1. to finish

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