finir

Inherited from Old Catalan fenir (perhaps later influenced by fin), from Latin fīnīre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fiˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fiˈniɾ]

finir (first-person singular present fineixo, first-person singular preterite finí, past participle finit)

1. (ambitransitive) to end, finish, conclude

   Synonyms: acabar, finalitzar, finar

• “finir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “finir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “finir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “finir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Inherited from Middle French finir, from Middle French fenir (altered by association with fin), from Latin fīnīre.

• IPA^(key): /fi.niʁ/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: finirent
• Rhymes: -iʁ

finir

1. to finish, end, complete

   J'ai fini les devoirs hier. ― I finished the homework yesterday.

2. to end up [with par (+ infinitive) ‘doing something’]

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like nourrir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

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

• IPA^(key): /fiˈnir/

finir

1. past infinitive of finar

From French.

finir

1. to finish

• finer

From Old French finir.

finir

1. (ambitransitive) to finish; to end

   Synonym: achever

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

• French: finir

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (finir, supplement)

From Old French finir, from Latin fīnīre.

• IPA^(key): /fi.ni/
• (Cotentin) IPA^(key): /fĩ.nĩ/
• (Jersey) IPA^(key): /fĩ.ni/

finir

1. to finish

   Antonym: coumenchier

finir

1. alternative form of finer

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Inherited from Old French fenir, from Latin finire.

finir

1. to end, finish

• Piveteau, Vianney (1996) Dicopoitevin‎^[1] (in French)

From an alteration of Old Spanish fenir (influenced by fin), from Latin fīnīre. Cf. also the doublet fenecer.

• IPA^(key): /fiˈniɾ/ [fiˈniɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: fi‧nir

finir (first-person singular present fino, first-person singular preterite finí, past participle finido)

1. (intransitive, Colombia) to end

   Synonyms: acabar, finalizar, terminar

• “finir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

From Latin fīnīre. Compare Italian finire.

finir

1. (transitive) to finish, end, complete

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.