finale

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fɨˈnɑːli/, /fɨˈnɑːleɪ/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /fɨˈnɑli/, /fɨˈnæli/
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /fiˈnaːleː/
• Rhymes: -ɑːli, -ɑːleɪ, -æli

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.

• premiere

• elafin

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

1. (sports) final

• IPA^(key): /fiˈnaːlə/

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

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

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

Ellipsis of partie finale.

finale f (plural finales)

1. (sports) final, finals (game between the last two competitors remaining in the running, in elimination tournaments)
   • 2013 August 21, “Savate et boxe française. Une nouvelle appellation [Savate and French Boxing. A New Name]”, in Le Télégramme [The Telegram]‎^[2], Quintin: Groupe Télégramme, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 August 2024:

     Gaby Irvoas confiait il y a quelques jours : « Cette saison s'est fort bien terminée pour nos jeunes savateuses et savateurs. Depuis plusieurs années, l'école de savate de la MJC présente des compétiteurs et compétitrices jusqu'en finale du championnat de France. »

     Gaby Irvoas confided a few days ago: "This season has ended very well for our young savateuses and savateurs. For several years now, the MJC's savate school has been taking male and female competitors all the way to the finals of the French championship."

     2022 July 27, “Au tournoi du Tennis-club Taulé-Plouénan, 119 joueurs et des rencontres de qualité [At the Tennis-Club Taulé-Plouénan Tournament, 119 Players and Quality Matches]”, in Le Télégramme [The Telegram]‎^[3], Morlaix: Groupe Télégramme, →ISSN, archived from the original on 16 August 2024, page 8:

     En raison de l'alerte rouge canicule du lundi 18 juillet, l'arrêt préfectoral interdisant la pratique du sport en intérieur a amené Gérald Kerscaven, juge-arbitre, à décaler les finales du samedi 23 au dimanche 24 juillet.

     Due to the red heatwave alert on Monday, July 18th, the prefectural order banning the practice of indoor sports led Gérald Kerscaven, umpire, to reschedule the finals from Saturday, July 23rd to Sunday, July 24th.

2. (chess) endgame, end game (moment in the game when the threat of checkmate is low and the kings participate in the struggle)

• The names of the various rounds of a tournament are built from the number of competitors who will remain after the round. For example, after the quarterfinals, there will be four competitors left over.

Ellipsis of consonne finale.

finale f (plural finales)

1. (linguistics) final phoneme (final phoneme in a syllable. Often used in the study of Chinese languages)
2. (grammar) final letter, final syllable (last letter of a word, or last syllable of a sentence)
3. final phrase (last part of a period, of a long sentence)
   • 1899, Antoine Albalat, “Sixième leçon [Sixth Lesson]”, in L'art d'écrire enseigné en vingt leçons [The Art of Writing Taught in Twenty Lessons], Procédés contemporains [Contemporary Processes], page 149:

     En résumé, c'est la proportion, l'équilibre, la logique qui détermineront a priori l'harmonie d'une phrase, et c'est en soignant surtout les finales qu'on obtiendra l'effet musical complet.

     In short, it is proportion, equilibrium and logic that will determine the harmony of a sentence a priori, and it is by paying attention especially to the final phrase that one will obtain the full musical effect.

4. (music) final note (last note of a tune)

• initiale

• coda

From Italian finale.

finale m (plural finales)

1. (music) finale (ensemble piece that ends an act of an opera, symphony, sonata)
   • 1846, Honoré de Balzac, La Cousine Bette [Cousin Bette], Boniface, page 34:

     (figuratively) Madame Hulot faisait remonter les premières infidélités de son Hector au grand finale de l’Empire.

     Madame Hulot traced the first infidelities of her Hector back to the grand finale of the Empire.

   • 1867, Gustave Nadaud, “La volière [The Birdcage]”, in Henri Plon, editor, Opérettes [Operettas], volume IV, Paris, act ?, scene xiii, page 117:

     La pièce est finie, mais non pas la musique. Il faut un finale : sans finale, pas d'opéra.

     The piece is finished, but not the music. There needs to be a finale: without a finale, no opera.

   • 1854, Gérard de Nerval, “Angélique”, in Les Filles du feu [The Daughters of Fire], page 83:

     (figuratively) Le finale se recule encore, et vous allez voir que c'est malgré moi…

     The finale moves itself back again, and you will see that it is despite myself….

   • 1977, Marguerite Yourcenar, Archives du Nord [Archives of the North], Éditions Gallimard, page 350:

     L'épisode du cirque ambulant serait un bon finale pour ces treize années.

     The episode of the travelling circus would be a good finale for these thirteen years.

• final

• “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 m or f (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 animacy unspecified or n (Cyrillic spelling фина́ле)

1. finale
2. finals

finale

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