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at the end of the day

prep_phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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prep_phrase

Meaning 1

In summary; ultimately.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

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Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فِي نِهايَةِ الْمَطاف (fī nihāyati l-maṭāf) — in summary; ultimately
  • Catalan: al cap i a la fi — in summary; ultimately
  • Chinese Mandarin: 到頭來 /到头来 (dàotóulái) — in summary; ultimately
  • Chinese Mandarin: 最終 /最终 (zuìzhōng) — in summary; ultimately
  • Chinese Mandarin: 畢竟 /毕竟 (bìjìng) — in summary; ultimately
  • Danish: til syvende og sidst — in summary; ultimately
  • Danish: når alt kommer til alt — in summary; ultimately
  • Dutch: uiteindelijk — in summary; ultimately
  • Dutch: aan het einde van de rit — in summary; ultimately
  • Dutch: op het einde van de rit — in summary; ultimately
  • Finnish: loppupeleissä — in summary; ultimately
  • Finnish: loppupelissä — in summary; ultimately
  • Finnish: lopulta — in summary; ultimately
  • Finnish: kaiken kaikkiaan — in summary; ultimately
  • French: en fin de compte — in summary; ultimately
  • French: au final — in summary; ultimately
  • French: au bout du compte — in summary; ultimately
  • Georgian: საბოლოო ჯამში (saboloo ǯamši) — in summary; ultimately
  • Georgian: ბოლოს და ბოლოს — in summary; ultimately
  • German: letzten Endes — in summary; ultimately
  • German: am Ende des Tages — in summary; ultimately
  • Greek: τελοσπάντων (telospánton) — in summary; ultimately
  • Hungarian: végső soron — in summary; ultimately
  • Hungarian: végül is — in summary; ultimately
  • Hungarian: végtére is — in summary; ultimately
  • Hungarian: végeredményben — in summary; ultimately
  • Irish: i ndeireadh na dála — in summary; ultimately
  • Italian: per ultima cosa — in summary; ultimately
  • Italian: in fin dei conti — in summary; ultimately
  • Korean: 결국 (gyeolguk) — in summary; ultimately
  • Korean: 최종적(最終的)으로 (choejongjeog-euro) — in summary; ultimately
  • Maltese: fl-aħħar tal-ġurnata — in summary; ultimately
  • Maltese: fi tmiem il-jum — in summary; ultimately
  • Persian: در پایان روز (dar pâyân-e ruz) — in summary; ultimately
  • Polish: koniec końców — in summary; ultimately
  • Polish: ostatecznie — in summary; ultimately
  • Polish: w ostatecznym rozrachunku — in summary; ultimately
  • Polish: na koniec dnia — in summary; ultimately
  • Portuguese: no fim das contas — in summary; ultimately
  • Portuguese: no final de contas — in summary; ultimately
  • Russian: в конце́ концо́в (v koncé koncóv) — in summary; ultimately
  • Scottish Gaelic: aig a' cheann thall — in summary; ultimately
  • Spanish: al fin y al cabo — in summary; ultimately
  • Spanish: a fin de cuentas — in summary; ultimately
  • Swedish: i slutändan — in summary; ultimately
  • Swedish: till syvende och sist — in summary; ultimately
  • Turkish: nihayetinde — in summary; ultimately
  • Walloon: al fén do conte — in summary; ultimately
  • Walloon: å dbout do conte — in summary; ultimately
  • Welsh: yn y pen draw — in summary; ultimately
  • Welsh: pan ddaw hi'n gyfrif — in summary; ultimately
  • Welsh: ar derfyn y dydd — in summary; ultimately