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finale

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /fɪˈnɑːli
  • UK: fə-/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /fəˈnɑli
  • US: fɪ-/
  • US: /fəˈnæli
  • South-Asia: /fiˈnaːleː/
  • rhymes with -ɑːli
  • rhymes with -ɑːleɪ
  • rhymes with -æli
  • CMU ARPABET: F AH0 N AE1 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The grand end of something, especially of a show or piece of music.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The chronological conclusion of a series of narrative works.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, narratology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the concluding part of any performance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: close, closing curtain, finis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: finish, finishing

4

noun

Meaning 4

the closing section of a musical composition

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coda

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: conclusion, end, close, closing, ending

5

noun

Meaning 5

the temporal end; the concluding time

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell
  • the market was up at the finish
  • they were playing better at the close of the season

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stopping point, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: end, ending

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: خاتمة — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Bulgarian: финал (final) — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Burmese: ဗိုလ်လုပွဲ (buillu.pwai:) — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Catalan: final — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Chinese Mandarin: 結尾 /结尾 (jiéwěi) — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Chinese Mandarin: 結局 /结局 (jiéjú) — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Chinese Mandarin: 終章 /终章 (zhōngzhāng) — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Czech: finále — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Czech: vyvrcholení — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Czech: vrchol — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Danish: finale — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Dutch: finale — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Finnish: finaali — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Finnish: lopetus — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • French: finale — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • German: Finale — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Hungarian: finálé — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Ido: finalo — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Interlingua: final — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Italian: finale — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Japanese: フィナーレ (fināre) — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Japanese: 終曲 (shūkyoku) — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Japanese: 終楽章 (shūgakushō) — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Kazakh: соң (soñ) — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Korean: 피날레 (pinalle) — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Latin: fīnis — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Latin: terminus — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Latin: exitus — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Latin: extrēmus — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Latin: perāctiō — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Norwegian Bokmål: finale — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: finale — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Persian: فرجام (farjâm) — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Polish: finał — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Portuguese: finale — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Russian: фина́л (finál) — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Russian: заключе́ние (zaključénije) — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Serbo-Croatian: фина́ле — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Serbo-Croatian: finále — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Spanish: final — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Swedish: final — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Volapük: finid — grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
  • Bulgarian: заключение (zaključenie) — conclusion of narrative works
  • Chinese Mandarin: 終章 /终章 — conclusion of narrative works
  • Czech: závěr — conclusion of narrative works
  • Latin: exodium — conclusion of narrative works
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