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From Middle English finishen, finisshen, finischen, from Old French finiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of finir, from Latin fīnīre, from fīnis (“end, limit, border, boundary”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dheygw- (“to stick, set up”) or from Proto-Indo-European *bheyd- (“to split”).

389 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: mbarimi — end
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܵܪܹܩ (pareq) — end
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܵܠܹܨ (ḳaleṣ) — end
• Armenian: վերջ (verǰ) — end
• Armenian: ավարտ (avart) — end
• Armenian: վախճան (vaxčan) — end
• Azerbaijani: son — end
• Azerbaijani: axır — end
• Bulgarian: край (kraj) — end
• Bulgarian: фина́л (finál) — end
• Catalan: meta — end
• Catalan: fita — end
• Catalan: fi — end
• Chinese Mandarin: 終結 /终结 (zhōngjié) — end
• Czech: konec — end
• Danish: slutning — end
• Dutch: eindstreep — end
• Dutch: finish — end
• Dutch: meet — end
• Esperanto: fino — end
• Finnish: loppu — end
• Finnish: maali — end
• French: fin — end
• Georgian: დასასრული (dasasruli) — end
• German: Ende — end
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃 (andeis) — end
• Greek: τέλος (télos) — end
• Hebrew: סִיּוּם (siyúm) — end
• Hungarian: befejezés — end
• Hungarian: vég — end
• Indonesian: tamat — end
• Indonesian: selesai — end
• Interlingua: fin — end
• Interlingua: termination — end
• Italian: fine — end
• Italian: termine — end
• Italian: traguardo — end
• Italian: arrivo — end
• Italian: finale — end
• Italian: meta — end
• Japanese: 終わり (owari) — end
• Jeju: 끗 (kkeut) — end
• Korean: 끝 (kkeut) — end
• Korean: 마감 (magam) — end
• Korean: 종결 (jonggyeol) — end
• Latin: finis — end
• Latin: terminus — end
• Latvian: beigas — end
• Malayalam: അവസാനം (avasānaṁ) — end
• Norwegian: avslutning — end
• Norwegian: slutt — end
• Polish: koniec — end
• Portuguese: fim — end
• Portuguese: final — end
• Romanian: sfârșit — end
• Romanian: final — end
• Russian: коне́ц (konéc) — end
• Russian: фина́л (finál) — end
• Russian: оконча́ние (okončánije) — end
• Russian: фи́ниш (fíniš) — end
• Serbo-Croatian: cilj — end
• Spanish: meta — end
• Spanish: fin — end
• Swedish: mål — end
• Tagalog: tapusin — end
• Tibetan: མཐའ (mtha') — end
• Turkish: bitiş — end
• Vietnamese: kết thúc — end
• Volapük: fin — end
• Volapük: finük — end
• Welsh: diwedd — end
• Yoruba: òpin — end
• Yoruba: ìparí — end
• Danish: finish — protective coating
• Finnish: pintakäsittely — protective coating
• Finnish: viimeistely — protective coating
• French: fini — protective coating
• German: Lack — protective coating
• Hebrew: גִּמּוּר (gimmúr) — protective coating
• Hungarian: bevonat — protective coating
• Italian: finitura — protective coating
• Italian: rifinitura — protective coating
• Norwegian: toppstrøk — protective coating
• Norwegian: finish — protective coating
• Portuguese: acabamento — protective coating
• Romanian: lac — protective coating
• Russian: лак (lak) — protective coating
• Russian: отде́лка (otdélka) — protective coating
• Spanish: acabado — protective coating
• Swedish: yta — protective coating
• Swedish: finish — protective coating
• Tibetan: བཀྲག་རྩི (bkrag rtsi) — protective coating
• Polish: apretura — the result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth
• Polish: obicie — polish
• Albanian: mbaroj — to complete
• Albanian: kri (gheg) — to complete
• Arabic: فَرَغَ (faraḡa) — to complete
• Arabic: أَنْهَى (ʔanhā) — to complete
• Arabic: أَتَمَّ (ʔatamma) — to complete
• Arabic: اِنْتَهَى (intahā) — to complete
• Algerian Arabic: فض — to complete
• Algerian Arabic: كمل — to complete
• Arabic: خَلَّص (ḵallaṣ) — to complete
• Arabic: كَمَّل (kammal) — to complete
• Arabic: غَلَّق (ḡallag) — to complete
• Arabic: انتهى (antaha) — to complete
• Arabic: كمّل (kammal) — to complete
• Armenian: վերջացնել (verǰacʻnel) — to complete
• Azerbaijani: bitirmək — to complete
• Basque: bukatu — to complete
• Belarusian: зака́нчваць (zakánčvacʹ) — to complete
• Belarusian: канча́ць (kančácʹ) — to complete
• Belarusian: ско́нчыць (skónčycʹ) — to complete
• Bulgarian: завършвам (zavǎršvam) — to complete
• Burmese: အပြီးသတ် (a.pri:sat) — to complete
• Catalan: acabar — to complete
• Catalan: finir — to complete
• Catalan: terminar — to complete
• Chinese Mandarin: 完成 (wánchéng) — to complete
• Chinese Mandarin: 完 (wán) — to complete
• Chinese Mandarin: 結束 /结束 (jiéshù) — to complete
• Czech: dokončit — to complete
• Danish: afslutte — to complete
• Danish: fuldføre — to complete
• Danish: færdiggøre — to complete
• Danish: gøre færdig — to complete
• Dutch: afwerken — to complete
• Dutch: beëindigen — to complete
• Esperanto: fini — to complete
• Estonian: lõpetama — to complete
• Finnish: tehdä loppuun — to complete
• Finnish: sanoa loppuun — to complete
• French: finir — to complete
• French: achever — to complete
• Friulian: finî — to complete
• Galician: acabar — to complete
• Georgian: გათავება (gataveba) — to complete
• Georgian: დასრულება (dasruleba) — to complete
• German: beenden — to complete
• Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 (ustiuhan) — to complete
• Greek: τελειώνω (teleióno) — to complete
• Greek: τερματίζω (termatízo) — to complete
• Ancient Greek: περαίνω (peraínō) — to complete
• Ancient Greek: τελέω (teléō) — to complete
• Haitian Creole: fini — to complete
• Hebrew: סִיֵּם (siyém) — to complete
• Hebrew: גָּמַר (gamár) — to complete
• Hiligaynon: ában — to complete
• Hindi: अंत करना (ant karnā) — to complete
• Hindi: ख़त्म करना (xatma karnā) — to complete
• Hungarian: befejez — to complete
• Hungarian: végez — to complete
• Hungarian: elkészít — to complete
• Icelandic: enda — to complete
• Icelandic: fullgera — to complete
• Interlingua: finir — to complete
• Interlingua: terminar — to complete
• Irish: críochnaigh — to complete
• Italian: finire — to complete
• Italian: terminare — to complete
• Italian: concludere — to complete
• Italian: portare a compimento — to complete
• Italian: completare — to complete
• Japanese: 終了する (shūryō suru) — to complete
• Japanese: 終える (oeru) — to complete
• Japanese: 仕上げる (shiageru) — to complete
• Japanese: 全うする (mattō suru) — to complete
• Jeju: 끗ᄆᆞ치다 (kkeunmawchida) — to complete
• Jeju: 끗내다 (kkeunnaeda) — to complete
• Jeju: 끗내우다 (kkeunnae'uda) — to complete
• Kabuverdianu: kaba — to complete
• Kabyle: fakk — to complete
• Kabyle: kfu — to complete
• Kaurna: malariappendi — to complete
• Kazakh: аяқтау (aäqtau) — to complete
• Kazakh: бітіру (bıtıru) — to complete
• Khmer: បញ្ចប់ (bɑɑbɑñcɑp) — to complete
• Khmer: ចប់ (cɑp) — to complete
• Korean: 끝내다 (kkeunnaeda) — to complete
• Korean: 완성하다 (wanseonghada) — to complete
• Korean: 종료하다 (jongnyohada) — to complete
• Korean: 마감하다 (magamhada) — to complete
• Kyrgyz: аяктоо (ayaktoo) — to complete
• Kyrgyz: бүтүрүү (bütürüü) — to complete
• Ladino: eskapar — to complete
• Ladino: iskapar (Monastir) — to complete
• Ladino: bitirear — to complete
• Ladino: akavar — to complete
• Lao: ລົງທ້າຽ (long thāi) — to complete
• Lao: ສໍາເຣັດ (sam ret) — to complete
• Lao: ເສັດ (set) — to complete
• Lao: ແລ້ວ (lǣu) — to complete
• Lao: ເຫມິດ (mœt) — to complete
• Latin: finiō — to complete
• Latin: perficiō — to complete
• Latvian: beigt — to complete
• Latvian: pabeigt — to complete
• Lithuanian: baigti — to complete
• Lü: ᦵᦙᧃᧉᦷᦙᧇ (men2mob) — to complete
• Lü: ᧟ᦵᦔᧈ (l̇aewṗe1) — to complete
• Macedonian: завршува (završuva) — to complete
• Macedonian: заврши (završi) — to complete
• Malay: siap — to complete
• Malay: selesai — to complete
• Malay: habis — to complete
• Malayalam: പൂർത്തിയാക്കുക (pūṟttiyākkuka) — to complete
• Malayalam: തീർക്കുക (tīṟkkuka) — to complete
• Mauritian Creole: fini — to complete
• Mongolian: дуусгах (duusgax) — to complete
• Neapolitan: fernì — to complete
• Norman: finni — to complete
• Norwegian: fullføre — to complete
• Norwegian: avslutte — to complete
• Occitan: acabar — to complete
• Occitan: finir — to complete
• Occitan: terminar — to complete
• Old English: endian — to complete
• Persian: تمام کردن (tamâm kardan) — to complete
• Polish: dokonywać — to complete
• Polish: dokonać — to complete
• Polish: skończyć — to complete
• Polish: kończyć — to complete
• Portuguese: acabar — to complete
• Portuguese: finalizar — to complete
• Portuguese: concluir — to complete
• Romanian: termina — to complete
• Romanian: încheia — to complete
• Romanian: isprăvi — to complete
• Romanian: sfârși — to complete
• Russian: зака́нчивать (zakánčivatʹ) — to complete
• Russian: око́нчить (okónčitʹ) — to complete
• Russian: зако́нчить (zakónčitʹ) — to complete
• Russian: заверша́ть (zaveršátʹ) — to complete
• Russian: заверши́ть (zaveršítʹ) — to complete
• Scottish Gaelic: crìochnaich — to complete
• Serbo-Croatian: заврша́вати — to complete
• Serbo-Croatian: завр́шити — to complete
• Serbo-Croatian: završávati — to complete
• Serbo-Croatian: zavŕšiti — to complete
• Slovak: dokončiť — to complete
• Slovak: skončiť — to complete
• Slovene: končevati — to complete
• Slovene: končati — to complete
• Spanish: acabar — to complete
• Spanish: terminar — to complete
• Spanish: fenecer — to complete
• Spanish: cabalear — to complete
• Swedish: slutföra — to complete
• Swedish: fullfölja — to complete
• Swedish: gå i mål — to complete
• Swedish: avsluta — to complete
• Tajik: тамом кардан (tamom kardan) — to complete
• Telugu: ముగించు (mugiñcu) — to complete
• Telugu: పూర్తిచేయు (pūrticēyu) — to complete
• Thai: เสร็จ (sèt) — to complete
• Thai: แล้ว (lɛ́ɛo) — to complete
• Thai: สําเร็จ (sǎm-rèt) — to complete
• Thai: แล้วเสร็จ (lɛ́ɛo-sèt) — to complete
• Tibetan: ཚར (tshar) — to complete
• Tibetan: རྫོགས (rdzogs) — to complete
• Tibetan: སྒྲུབ (sgrub) — to complete
• Tongan: 'osi — to complete
• Turkish: bitirmek — to complete
• Turkmen: soňlamak — to complete
• Ukrainian: закі́нчувати (zakínčuvaty) — to complete
• Ukrainian: закі́нчити (zakínčyty) — to complete
• Ukrainian: кінча́ти (kinčáty) — to complete
• Ukrainian: скі́нчити (skínčyty) — to complete
• Urdu: ختم کرنا (xatm karnā) — to complete
• Uzbek: tugatmoq — to complete
• Uzbek: bitirmoq — to complete
• Uzbek: tamom qilmoq — to complete
• Vietnamese: kết thúc — to complete
• Vietnamese: hoàn thành — to complete
• Vietnamese: làm xong — to complete
• Volapük: fimekön — to complete
• Volapük: finükön — to complete
• Volapük: lemekön — to complete
• Walloon: fini — to complete
• Walloon: achever — to complete
• Welsh: gorffen — to complete
• Yiddish: ענדיקן (endikn) — to complete
• Yoruba: parí — to complete
• Yoruba: tán — to complete
• ǃXóõ: ǁkxʻāã — to complete
• Finnish: viimeistellä — to apply a final treatment to
• German: fertigstellen — to apply a final treatment to
• Hebrew: גימר — to apply a final treatment to
• Hebrew: גִּמֵּר (gimér) — to apply a final treatment to
• Italian: rifinire — to apply a final treatment to
• Latin: finio — to apply a final treatment to
• Polish: apreturować (of clothmaking) — to apply a final treatment to
• Portuguese: arrematar — to apply a final treatment to
• Portuguese: rematar — to apply a final treatment to
• Romanian: finisa — to apply a final treatment to
• Arabic: اِنْتَهَى (intahā) — to come to an end
• Arabic: سالى (sālā) — to come to an end
• Arabic: كمل (kmal) — to come to an end
• Arabic: تكمّل (tkammal) — to come to an end
• Azerbaijani: bitmək — to come to an end
• Azerbaijani: qurtarmaq — to come to an end
• Azerbaijani: sona çatmaq — to come to an end
• Bulgarian: завършвам (zavǎršvam) — to come to an end
• Bulgarian: финиширам (finiširam) — to come to an end
• Burmese: ပြီး (pri:) — to come to an end
• Catalan: finalitzar — to come to an end
• Catalan: acabar — to come to an end
• Chinese Mandarin: 結束 /结束 (jiéshù) — to come to an end
• Czech: skončit — to come to an end
• Danish: slutte — to come to an end
• Dutch: ophouden — to come to an end
• Dutch: eindigen — to come to an end
• Dutch: gedaan zijn — to come to an end
• Esperanto: finiĝi — to come to an end
• Finnish: loppua — to come to an end
• Finnish: päättyä — to come to an end
• French: finir — to come to an end
• French: se terminer — to come to an end
• German: enden — to come to an end
• German: aufhören — to come to an end
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (sweiban) — to come to an end
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gananþjan) — to come to an end
• Greek: τελειώνω (teleióno) — to come to an end
• Haitian Creole: fini — to come to an end
• Hiligaynon: ában — to come to an end
• Hindi: ख़त्म होना (xatma honā) — to come to an end
• Hungarian: befejeződik — to come to an end
• Hungarian: véget ér — to come to an end
• Hungarian: végződik — to come to an end
• Italian: finire — to come to an end
• Italian: arrivare — to come to an end
• Japanese: 終わる (owaru) — to come to an end
• Jeju: 끗나다 (kkeunnada) — to come to an end
• Kabuverdianu: kaba — to come to an end
• Lao: ຫມົດ (mot) — to come to an end
• Latin: finio — to come to an end
• Latin: finem habeo — to come to an end
• Latin: terminor — to come to an end
• Latin: finior — to come to an end
• Malayalam: പൂർത്തിയാവുക (pūṟttiyāvuka) — to come to an end
• Malayalam: കഴിയുക (kaḻiyuka) — to come to an end
• Malayalam: അവസാനിക്കുക (avasānikkuka) — to come to an end
• Norman: finni — to come to an end
• Norwegian: avslutte — to come to an end
• Occitan: acabar — to come to an end
• Occitan: terminar — to come to an end
• Occitan: finir — to come to an end
• Old English: endian — to come to an end
• Persian: تمام شدن (tamâm šodan) — to come to an end
• Polish: skończyć się — to come to an end
• Portuguese: acabar — to come to an end
• Portuguese: terminar — to come to an end
• Romanian: se termina — to come to an end
• Romanian: se încheia — to come to an end
• Romanian: se isprăvi — to come to an end
• Romanian: se sfârși — to come to an end
• Russian: зака́нчиваться (zakánčivatʹsja) — to come to an end
• Russian: око́нчиться (okónčitʹsja) — to come to an end
• Russian: зако́нчиться (zakónčitʹsja) — to come to an end
• Spanish: acabar — to come to an end
• Spanish: acabarse — to come to an end
• Spanish: terminar — to come to an end
• Spanish: terminarse — to come to an end
• Spanish: finir — to come to an end
• Spanish: fenecer — to come to an end
• Swedish: sluta — to come to an end
• Telugu: అంతమవు (antamavu) — to come to an end
• Telugu: పూర్తవు (pūrtavu) — to come to an end
• Thai: จบ (jòp) — to come to an end
• Tibetan: རྫོགས (rdzogs) — to come to an end
• Turkish: bitmek — to come to an end
• Urdu: ختم ہونا (xatm honā) — to come to an end
• Vietnamese: hết — to come to an end
• Walloon: fini — to come to an end
• Walloon: esse tot fwait — to come to an end
• Walloon: esse foû — to come to an end
• Walloon: esse houte — to come to an end
• Walloon: esse fini — to come to an end
• Welsh: gorffen — to come to an end
• Yoruba: tán — to come to an end
• Hebrew: שם סוף \ שָׂם סוֹף (sam sof) — to put an end to, destroy
• Hebrew: גמר — to put an end to, destroy
• Hebrew: גָּמַר (gamár) — to put an end to, destroy
• Hebrew: חיסל — to put an end to, destroy
• Hebrew: חִסֵּל (khisél) — to put an end to, destroy
• Romanian: pune capăt — to put an end to, destroy
• Spanish: ultimar — to put an end to, destroy
• Tibetan: མཐར་བྱེད (mthar byed) — to put an end to, destroy
• Tibetan: རྩ་མེད་བཟོ (rtsa med bzo) — to put an end to, destroy