different between later vs final

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?le?t?/
• (US) enPR: l??t?r, IPA^(key): /?le?t?/, [?le????]
• Rhymes: -e?t?(?)

Etymology

• Adverb: From Middle English later, latere, from Old English lator, equivalent to late +? -er.
• Adjective: From Middle English later, latere, from Old English lætra, equivalent to late +? -er.

Cognate with Saterland Frisian leeter (“later”), West Frisian letter (“later”), Dutch later (“later”), German Low German later (“later”).

Adverb

later

1. comparative form of late: more late

2. Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).

3. At some unspecified time in the future.

Synonyms

• (afterward in time): afterwards, hereafter; see also Thesaurus:subsequently
• (at some unspecified time in the future): later on, someday; see also Thesaurus:one day

Antonyms

• earlier

Derived terms

• smell ya later, smell you later

Translations

Adjective

later

1. comparative form of late: more late

   Jim was later than John.

2. Coming afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).

   The Victorian era is a later period of English history than the Elizabethan era.

3. Coming afterward in distance (following an antecedent distance as embedded within an adverbial phrase)

   I felt some leg pain during the first mile of my run and I strained my calf two miles later .

4. At some time in the future.

   The meeting was adjourned to a later date.

Antonyms

• earlier

Translations

Interjection

later

1. (slang) See you later; goodbye.

   Later, dude.

Translations

Derived terms

Anagrams

• Alert, alert, alter, alter-, altre, artel, ratel, taler, telar

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la?.t?r/
• Rhymes: -a?t?r

Adjective

later

1. Comparative form of laat
2. Having to do with or occurring in the future.

Inflection

Antonyms

• eerder
• vroeger

Adverb

later

1. later
2. in the future

Antonyms

• eerder

Anagrams

• alert, ratel

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleth?- (“flat”), or from *stelh?- (“broad”) (in which case latus would be its neuter form).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?la.ter/, [???ät??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?la.ter/, [?l??t??r]

Noun

later m (genitive lateris); third declension

1. brick, tile

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• later?cius
• laterculus

References

• later in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• later in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• later in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• later in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• later in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French terre

Noun

later

1. land, earth, soil

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

later

1. present of late

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse latr, from Proto-Germanic *lataz.

Adjective

later

1. lazy, sluggish

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: lat

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French terre

Noun

later

1. land, earth, soil

Swedish

Noun

later

1. indefinite plural of lat

Anagrams

• alert, artel, letar, realt

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