different between final vs peremptory

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)

1. (US, Canada) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
2. (sports) The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined.
3. 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.).
4. (phonology) The final part of a syllable, the combination of medial and rime in phonetics and phonology.
5. (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)

1. Last; ultimate.
   • 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes

     Yet despair not of his final pardon.

2. Conclusive; decisive.

3. Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view.
5. (grammar) Expressing purpose; as in the term final clause.
6. (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)

1. final

Synonyms

• darrer, últim

Derived terms

• finalment

Related terms

• finalitat

Noun

final m (plural finals)

1. end (last point or moment of something)
2. finale (chronological conclusion of a series of narrative works)

Synonyms

• (end): fi

Derived terms

• finalisme
• finalitzar

Noun

final f (plural finals)

1. (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

1. a final

Declension

Adjective

final

1. 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)

1. final (last)
2. (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)

1. (grammar) final; expressing purpose
2. (solemn) final; conclusive; irrevocable (that which will not or cannot be changed anymore, sometimes implying death)

3. (rare, pompous, chiefly anglicism) final; last

Declension

Synonyms

• (conclusive, irrevocable): endgültig; abschließend; unwiderruflich; entscheidend
• (last): letzter

Related terms

• Finale

Italian

Adjective

final (invariant)

1. Apocopic form of finale

Noun

final m

1. Apocopic form of finale

Ladin

Adjective

final m (feminine singular finala, masculine plural finai, feminine plural finales)

1. final

Old French

Adjective

final m (oblique and nominative feminine singular finale)

1. 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)

1. final, ultimate, last

   Synonyms: derradeiro, último

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:final.

Noun

final m (plural finais)

1. an end

   Synonyms: fim, término

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:final.

Noun

final f (plural finais)

1. (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)

1. final

Declension

Related terms

• finalitate
• finaliza

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

final m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. (linguistics) final (last letter of word)
2. (sports) final

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi?nal/, [fi?nal]
• Hyphenation: fi?nal
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

final (plural finales) (superlative finalísimo)

1. final

Derived terms

Noun

final m (plural finales)

1. an end

   Synonyms: fin, término

2. (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

1. a finale

Adjective

final (not comparable)

1. (grammar) final, expressing purpose

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English final.

Noun

final c

1. (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)

1. the end
2. (education) the final exam
3. (music) finale
4. (sports) in tournaments: the last contest

Declension

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman peremptorie, parentorie et al. (Modern French péremptoire), and its source, Latin perempt?rius (“deadly; decisive”), from perim? (“destroy”), from per- (“thorough”) + em? (“I take, I acquire”) (compare English emporium (“store”)).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p????mpt??i/

Adjective

peremptory (comparative more peremptory, superlative most peremptory)

1. (law) Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal
   • 1596, Francis Bacon, Maxims of the Law, II:

     there is no reason but if any of the outlawries be indeed without error, but it should be a peremptory plea to the person in a writ of error, as well as in any other action.

   Synonyms: positive, absolute, decisive, conclusive, final

2. Positive in opinion or judgment; absolutely certain, overconfident, unwilling to hear any debate or argument (especially in a pejorative sense); dogmatic.
   • 2003, Andrew Marr, The Guardian, 6 Jan 03:

     He marched under a placard reading "End Bossiness Now" but decided it was a little too peremptory, not quite British, so changed the slogan on subsequent badges, to "End Bossiness Soon."

3. (obsolete) Firmly determined, resolute; obstinate, stubborn.
4. Accepting no refusal or disagreement; imperious, dictatorial.
   • […] less surprising than that he had been depressed by a book. Something was making him nibble at the edge of stale ideas as if his sturdy physical egotism no longer nourished his peremptory heart.

   • 1999, Anthony Howard, The Guardian, 2 Jan 99:

     Though today (surveying that yellowing document) I shudder at the peremptory tone of the instructions I gave, Alastair - in that same volume in which I get chastised for my coverage of the Macmillan rally - was generous enough to remark that my memorandum became 'an office classic'.

Derived terms

• peremptorily
• peremptory challenge

Translations

Noun

peremptory (plural peremptories)

1. (law) A challenge to the admission of a juror, without the challenger needing to show good cause.
   • 2015 June 18, Justice Alito, Davis v. Ayala, Case No. 13-1428:

     Each side was allowed 20 peremptories, and the prosecution used 18 of its allotment.

References

• peremptory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• preemptory, preëmptory