terminate

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• General-American: /ˈtɝmɪnət/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɜːmɪnət/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɜːmɪneɪ̯t/
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From Middle English terminat(e) (“bounded”, also used as the past participle of terminaten), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

From Middle English terminaten (“to bring to an end; to adjudicate; to end, stop; to border, confine, contain”) from terminat(e) (“bounded”, also used as the past participle of terminaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin terminātus, perfect passive participle of terminō (“to set bounds to, bound, limit, end, close, terminate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from terminus (“a bound, limit, end”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); see term, terminus. Doublet of termine, cognate with French terminer.

87 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Hungarian: véges — mathematics: expressible in a finite number of terms; (of a decimal) not recurring or infinite
• Bulgarian: приклю́чвам (prikljúčvam) — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Bulgarian: приклю́ча (prikljúča) — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Chinese Mandarin: 結束 /结束 (jiéshù) — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Chinese Mandarin: 終止 /终止 (zhōngzhǐ) — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Chinese Mandarin: 了結 /了结 (liǎojié) — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Dutch: beëindigen — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Dutch: termineren — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Finnish: lopettaa — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Finnish: päättää — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• French: terminer — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Galician: terminar — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Georgian: შეწყვეტა (šec̣q̇veṭa) — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Georgian: გაწყვეტა (gac̣q̇veṭa) — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• German: abbrechen — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• German: terminieren — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Greek: διακόπτω (diakópto) — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Hebrew: סיים (siyém) — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Hungarian: (intrans.) abbamarad — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Hungarian: megszakad — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Hungarian: véget ér — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Hungarian: lejár — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Hungarian: megszakít — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Hungarian: véget vet — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Hungarian: megszüntet — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Italian: cessare — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Italian: terminare — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Japanese: 止める (yameru) — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Japanese: 打ち切る (uchikiru) — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Latin: aboleō — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Māori: porotūtuki — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Māori: porotukituki — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Māori: tauporo — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Māori: whakamutu — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Māori: keremutu — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Portuguese: terminar — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Romanian: termina — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Russian: прекраща́ть (prekraščátʹ) — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Russian: прекратить (prekratitʹ) — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Spanish: terminar — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Tocharian B: kärst- — to end something, especially when left in an incomplete state
• Hungarian: (intrans.) végződik — to set or be a limit or boundary to
• Hungarian: lezár — to set or be a limit or boundary to
• Hungarian: zár — to set or be a limit or boundary to
• Hungarian: befejez — to set or be a limit or boundary to
• Hungarian: végződtet — to set or be a limit or boundary to
• Russian: ограничивать (ograničivatʹ) — to set or be a limit or boundary to
• Russian: ограничить (ograničitʹ) — to set or be a limit or boundary to
• Bulgarian: убивам (ubivam) — to kill someone or something
• Chinese Mandarin: 殺害 /杀害 (shāhài) — to kill someone or something
• Chinese Mandarin: 殺死 /杀死 (shāsǐ) — to kill someone or something
• Chinese Mandarin: 解決 /解决 (jiějué) — to kill someone or something
• Chinese Mandarin: 幹掉 /干掉 (gàndiào) — to kill someone or something
• Chinese Mandarin: 幹 /干 (gàn) — to kill someone or something
• Georgian: ბოლოს მოღება (bolos moɣeba) — to kill someone or something
• Georgian: განადგურება (ganadgureba) — to kill someone or something
• Hungarian: meggyilkol — to kill someone or something
• Hungarian: megsemmisít — to kill someone or something
• Japanese: 消す (kesu) — to kill someone or something
• Portuguese: cancelar — to kill someone or something
• Russian: убить (ubitʹ) — to kill someone or something
• Spanish: acabar — to kill someone or something
• Tocharian B: kärst- — to kill someone or something
• Chinese Mandarin: 解僱 /解雇 (jiěgù) — to end the employment contract of
• Chinese Mandarin: 解約 /解约 (jiěyuē) — to end the employment contract of
• Chinese Mandarin: 炒 (chǎo) — to end the employment contract of
• Chinese Mandarin: 炒魷魚 /炒鱿鱼 (chǎo yóuyú) — to end the employment contract of
• Finnish: irtisanoa — to end the employment contract of
• German: entlassen — to end the employment contract of
• Hungarian: megszüntet — to end the employment contract of
• Hungarian: felbont — to end the employment contract of
• Hungarian: felmond — to end the employment contract of
• Hungarian: megszakít — to end the employment contract of
• Irish: cuir ar scor — to end the employment contract of
• Japanese: 解約する (kaiyaku suru) — to end the employment contract of
• Japanese: 解雇する (kaiko suru) — to end the employment contract of
• Russian: расторгать (rastorgatʹ) — to end the employment contract of
• Russian: расторгнуть (rastorgnutʹ) — to end the employment contract of
• Spanish: despedir — to end the employment contract of
• Spanish: descharchar — to end the employment contract of
• Spanish: destituir — to end the employment contract of
• Spanish: cesantear — to end the employment contract of
• Spanish: expulsar — to end the employment contract of
• Yiddish: אָפּזאָגן (opzogn) — to end the employment contract of
• Esperanto: finiĝi — end, conclude, or cease
• Hungarian: végállomáshoz ér — of a mode of transport, to end its journey; or, of a railway line, to reach its terminus
• Hungarian: ... a végállomása — of a mode of transport, to end its journey; or, of a railway line, to reach its terminus