finial

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɪn.i.əl/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪ-/
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• General-American: /ˈfɪn.i.əl/
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From Late Middle English finial (“(adjective) final; (noun) ornament at the upper extremity of a pinnacle, spire, etc.”) [and other forms], a variant of final (“pertaining to the close or end of something, last, final”), from Old French final (“last, final; definitive”) (modern French final), from Latin fīnālis (“of or pertaining to the end of something, final; of or pertaining to boundaries”), from fīnis (“a border; an end”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bheyd- (“to split”) or *dheygw- (“to set up; to stick”)) + -ālis (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining’ to forming adjectives).

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: фія́л (fijál) — ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 葉尖飾 /叶尖饰 (yèjiānshì) — ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.
• Czech: fiála — ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.
• Danish: korsblomst — ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.
• Dutch: piron — ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.
• Finnish: päätykoriste — ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.
• French: fleuron — ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.
• French: finial — ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.
• German: Firstblume — ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.
• German: Dachschmuck — ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.
• German: Giebelblume — ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.
• German: Giebelschmuck — ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.
• German: Kreuzblume — ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.
• Italian: fastigio — ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.
• Japanese: 頂華 (chōge) — ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.
• Limburgish: piron — ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.
• Macedonian: у́красен завр́шеток (úkrasen zavŕšetok) — ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.
• Russian: фиал (fial) — ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.
• Spanish: fastigio — ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.
• Ukrainian: фіа́л (fiál) — ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.
• Vietnamese: một năm — ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.
• Zazaki: alem (diq) — ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 尖頂飾 /尖顶饰 (jiāndǐngshì) — any decorative fitting on the corner, end, or top of an object
• Czech: fiála — any decorative fitting on the corner, end, or top of an object
• Finnish: nuppi — any decorative fitting on the corner, end, or top of an object
• French: épi de faîtage — any decorative fitting on the corner, end, or top of an object
• French: poinçon — any decorative fitting on the corner, end, or top of an object
• French: embout — any decorative fitting on the corner, end, or top of an object
• Japanese: 先端装飾 (sentan sōshoku) — any decorative fitting on the corner, end, or top of an object
• Polish: kwiaton — any decorative fitting on the corner, end, or top of an object