different between final vs finial
final
English
Etymology
From Middle English final, fynal, fynall, from Old French final, from Latin f?n?lis (“of or relating to the end or to boundaries”), from f?nis (“end”); see fine. Replaced native English endly (“final”)
Pronunciation
- enPR: f?'n?l, IPA(key): /?fa?.n?l/, [-n??]
- Rhymes: -a?n?l
- Hyphenation: fi?nal
Noun
final (plural finals)
- (US, Canada) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
- (sports) The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined.
- A contest that narrows a field of contestants (finalists) to ranked positions, usually in numbered places (1st place/prize, 2nd place/prize, etc.) or a winner and numbered runners-up (1st runner-up, etc.).
- (phonology) The final part of a syllable, the combination of medial and rime in phonetics and phonology.
- (music) The tonic or keynote of a Gregorian mode, and hence the final note of any conventional melody played in that mode.
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ????? (fainaru)
Translations
Adjective
final (comparative more final, superlative most final)
- Last; ultimate.
- 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes
- Yet despair not of his final pardon.
- 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes
- Conclusive; decisive.
- Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view.
- (grammar) Expressing purpose; as in the term final clause.
- (linguistics) Word-final, occurring at the end of a word.
Synonyms
- (last, ultimate): dernier (dated), endly, terminal
Antonyms
- initial
- early
- first
Translations
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- final in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- final in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- alfin, flain
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /fi?nal/
Adjective
final (masculine and feminine plural finals)
- final
Synonyms
- darrer, últim
Derived terms
- finalment
Related terms
- finalitat
Noun
final m (plural finals)
- end (last point or moment of something)
- finale (chronological conclusion of a series of narrative works)
Synonyms
- (end): fi
Derived terms
- finalisme
- finalitzar
Noun
final f (plural finals)
- (sports, competitions) final, final round
Derived terms
- finalista
Further reading
- “final” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
From Italian finale, from Latin f?n?lis, from f?nis (“end”).
Noun
final
- a final
Declension
Adjective
final
- final
References
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN
French
Etymology
From Latin f?n?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi.nal/
Adjective
final (feminine singular finale, masculine plural finaux, feminine plural finales)
- final (last)
- (linguistics, grammar) expressing purpose
Derived terms
Related terms
- finale
- finalement
- finaliser
- finaliste
- finalité
Further reading
- “final” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Etymology
18th century, from Latin fin?lis, perhaps in part through French final. Recently revived to some degree by influence of English final.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi?na?l/
- Rhymes: -a?l
Adjective
final (not comparable)
- (grammar) final; expressing purpose
- (solemn) final; conclusive; irrevocable (that which will not or cannot be changed anymore, sometimes implying death)
- (rare, pompous, chiefly anglicism) final; last
Declension
Synonyms
- (conclusive, irrevocable): endgültig; abschließend; unwiderruflich; entscheidend
- (last): letzter
Related terms
- Finale
Italian
Adjective
final (invariant)
- Apocopic form of finale
Noun
final m
- Apocopic form of finale
Ladin
Adjective
final m (feminine singular finala, masculine plural finai, feminine plural finales)
- final
Old French
Adjective
final m (oblique and nominative feminine singular finale)
- final, definitive, last
Declension
Descendants
- English: final
- French: final
Portuguese
Etymology
From Late Latin f?n?lis, from f?nis.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fi.?na?/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /fi.?naw/, [f?.?n?ä??]
- Hyphenation: fi?nal
Adjective
final m or f (plural finais, comparable)
- final, ultimate, last
- Synonyms: derradeiro, último
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:final.
Noun
final m (plural finais)
- an end
- Synonyms: fim, término
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:final.
Noun
final f (plural finais)
- (sports) final
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:final.
Related terms
- fim
- finalista
- finalizar
- finalmente
Romanian
Etymology
From French final, from Latin finalis.
Adjective
final m or n (feminine singular final?, masculine plural finali, feminine and neuter plural finale)
- final
Declension
Related terms
- finalitate
- finaliza
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
final m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- (linguistics) final (last letter of word)
- (sports) final
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi?nal/, [fi?nal]
- Hyphenation: fi?nal
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
final (plural finales) (superlative finalísimo)
- final
Derived terms
Noun
final m (plural finales)
- an end
- Synonyms: fin, término
- (sports) final
Derived terms
Related terms
- fin
- finalista
- finalizar
- finalmente
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??n??l/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Italian finale and French final from Latin fin?lis, from f?nis + -?lis.
Noun
final c
- a finale
Adjective
final (not comparable)
- (grammar) final, expressing purpose
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English final.
Noun
final c
- (sports) a final
Declension
Derived terms
See also
- kval
- turnering
Anagrams
- flina
Turkish
Etymology
From French final.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /final/
Noun
final (definite accusative finali, plural finaller)
- the end
- (education) the final exam
- (music) finale
- (sports) in tournaments: the last contest
Declension
final From the web:
- what finally ended the great depression
- what final grade do i need
- what final fantasy games are on switch
- what finally convinces the animals to fight
- what finally happened to the seminoles
- what final fantasy games is cloud in
- what finally ended the spanish flu
- what final fantasy games are on ps4
finial
English
Etymology
Late Middle English finial < Old French fin or Latin f?nis (“end”) +? -ial
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?f?n.i.?l/
Noun
finial (plural finials)
- The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture.
- Coordinate term: fleuron
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 24, [1]
- Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges; hence the conclusion of such a narration is apt to be less finished than an architectural finial.
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 3,
- The steep slate roofs were topped with bronze finials so tall and fanciful they looked like drops of liquid sliding down a thread.
- Any decorative fitting at the peak of a gable, or on the top of a flagpole, fence post or staircase newel post.
Quotations
- 1988 : It was a narrow, gravelled island we had to lie on, guarded by glazed brick chimneys and, running along the sides, a prickly little gothic fence of iron finials and terracotta quatrefoils. - Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming Pool Library, (Penguin Books, paperback edition, 142)
Translations
Further reading
- finial on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- failin'
finial From the web:
- finial meaning
- what are finials for curtain rods
- what does finial mean
- what are finials used for
- what's a finial dabra
- what size finials do i need
- what is finial in typography
- filial piety
you may also like
- final vs finial
- finial vs pommel
- fence vs finial
- post vs finial
- terms vs filical
- terms vs ilial
- cilial vs ilial
- ilial vs inial
- ilial vs glial
- ilial vs iliac
- ilial vs ilia
- ileal vs ilial
- drug vs biomaterial
- biological vs biomaterial
- material vs biomaterial
- biocompatible vs biomaterial
- biological vs biocompatible
- tyler vs trash
- tyler vs pearson
- tyler vs taylor