finite

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪ.naɪt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪ.nɪt/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈfaɪ.naɪt/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈfaɪ.nɪt/
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• Australian: /ˈfɑe.nɑet/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈfaɪ.naɪt/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈfɑe̯.nɑe̯t]
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• rhymes with -aɪt
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• CMU ARPABET: F AY1 N AY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The adjective is derived from Middle English fynyte, finit, from Latin fīnītus, perfect passive participle of fīniō (“to finish; to terminate”), from fīnis (“boundary”). The word displaced Old English ġeendodlīċ. The noun is derived from the adjective.

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: кра́ен (kráen) — having an end or limit
• Bulgarian: ограни́чен (ograníčen) — having an end or limit
• Catalan: finit — having an end or limit
• Chinese Mandarin: 有限的 (yǒuxiàn de) — having an end or limit
• Czech: konečný — having an end or limit
• Danish: endelig — having an end or limit
• Dutch: eindig — having an end or limit
• Estonian: lõplik — having an end or limit
• Finnish: äärellinen — having an end or limit
• Finnish: päättyvä — having an end or limit
• Finnish: rajallinen — having an end or limit
• French: fini — having an end or limit
• Georgian: სასრული (sasruli) — having an end or limit
• German: endlich — having an end or limit
• Greek: πεπερασμένος (peperasménos) — having an end or limit
• Hindi: परिमित (parimit) — having an end or limit
• Hungarian: véges — having an end or limit
• Indonesian: berhingga — having an end or limit
• Indonesian: terhingga — having an end or limit
• Italian: finito — having an end or limit
• Japanese: 限られた (kagirareta) — having an end or limit
• Japanese: 有限な (yūgen na) — having an end or limit
• Japanese: 有限の (yūgen no) — having an end or limit
• Latin: fīnītus — having an end or limit
• Macedonian: конечен (konečen) — having an end or limit
• Māori: tāparepare — having an end or limit
• Māori: whatungarongaro — having an end or limit
• Norwegian: endelig — having an end or limit
• Norwegian: avsluttet — having an end or limit
• Old English: ġeendodlīċ — having an end or limit
• Polish: skończony — having an end or limit
• Polish: ograniczony — having an end or limit
• Portuguese: finito — having an end or limit
• Romanian: finit — having an end or limit
• Romanian: limitat — having an end or limit
• Romanian: care are limită — having an end or limit
• Russian: коне́чный (konéčnyj) — having an end or limit
• Russian: ограни́ченный (ograníčennyj) — having an end or limit
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̀начан — having an end or limit
• Serbo-Croatian: огра̀ничен — having an end or limit
• Serbo-Croatian: kònačan — having an end or limit
• Serbo-Croatian: ogràničen — having an end or limit
• Spanish: limitado — having an end or limit
• Spanish: finito — having an end or limit
• Swedish: ändlig — having an end or limit
• Swedish: begränsad — having an end or limit
• Swedish: förgänglig — having an end or limit
• Tagalog: hangganin — having an end or limit
• Turkish: sınırlı — having an end or limit
• Ukrainian: скінче́нний (skinčénnyj) — having an end or limit
• Ukrainian: обме́жений (obméženyj) — having an end or limit
• Catalan: finit — grammar: limited by person or number
• Catalan: personal — grammar: limited by person or number
• Chinese Mandarin: 限定的 — grammar: limited by person or number
• Finnish: finiittinen — grammar: limited by person or number
• French: fini — grammar: limited by person or number
• Polish: określony — grammar: limited by person or number
• Spanish: personal — grammar: limited by person or number
• Swedish: finit — grammar: limited by person or number
• Tagalog: hangganin — grammar: limited by person or number