finir

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin fīnīre, present active infinitive of fīniō, from fīnis (“boundary, limit”).

Verb

finir (first-person singular present fineixo, past participle finit)

1. to end, to finish, to conclude

Conjugation

Conjugation of finir (third conjugation with -eix- infix)

infinitive			finir
present participle			finint
past participle			finit
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
Indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	fineixo	fineixes	fineix	finim	finiu	fineixen
	imperfect	finia	finies	finia	finíem	finíeu	finien
	future	finiré	finiràs	finirà	finirem	finireu	finiran
	preterite	finí	finires	finí	finírem	finíreu	finiren
	conditional	finiria	finiries	finiria	finiríem	finiríeu	finirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella	nosaltres	vosaltres	ells/elles
	present	fineixi	fineixis	fineixi	finim	finiu	fineixin
	imperfect	finís	finissis	finís	finíssim	finíssiu	finissin
imperative		-	tu	ell/ella	nosaltres	vosaltres	ells/elles
		—	fineix	fineixi	finim	finiu	fineixin

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French

Etymology

From Latin fīnīre, present active infinitive of fīniō, from fīnis (“boundary, limit”)

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /finiʁ/, X-SAMPA: /finiR/
• Rhymes: -iʁ

Verb

finir

1. To finish, end, complete.

Conjugation

• This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like nourrir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

   Conjugation of finir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		finir			avoir fini
gerund		en finissant			en ayant fini
present participle		finissant
past participle		fini
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	finis	finis	finit	finissons	finissez	finissent
	imperfect	finissais	finissais	finissait	finissions	finissiez	finissaient
	past historic1	finis	finis	finit	finîmes	finîtes	finirent
	future	finirai	finiras	finira	finirons	finirez	finiront
	conditional	finirais	finirais	finirait	finirions	finiriez	finiraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	finisse	finisses	finisse	finissions	finissiez	finissent
	imperfect1	finisse	finisses	finît	finissions	finissiez	finissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	finis	—	finissons	finissez	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

défini fin fini finissage

finisseur, finisseuse finition indéfini infini

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Guernésiais

Etymology

From Old French finer, finir, from Latin fīniō, fīnīre, from fīnis (“boundary, limit”).

Verb

finir

1. to finish

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Interlingua

Etymology

From French.

Verb

finir

1. to finish

Conjugation

Conjugation of “finir”

Nominal forms
Infinitive		finir
		Presente	Perfect
Participles		finiente	finite
Personal forms
		Simple	Perfect
Active voice	Present	fini	ha finite
	Past	finiva	habeva finite
	Future	finira	habera finite
	Conditional	finirea	haberea finite
	Imperative	fini	--
Passive voice	Present	es finite	ha essite finite
	Past	esseva finite	habeva essite finite
	Future	essera finite	habera essite finite
	Conditional	esserea finite	haberea essite finite
	Imperative	sia finite	--

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Old French

Verb

finir

1. Alternative form of finer.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin finīre, present active infinitive of finiō (cf. Old Spanish fenir).

Verb

finir (first-person singular present fino, first-person singular preterite finí, past participle finido)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) to end
2. (intransitive, Colombia) to end

Conjugation

    Conjugation of finir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			finir
gerund			finiendo
past participle			finido
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	fino	fines	fine	finimos	finís	finen
	imperfect	finía	finías	finía	finíamos	finíais	finían
	preterite	finí	finiste	finió	finimos	finisteis	finieron
	future	finiré	finirás	finirá	finiremos	finiréis	finirán
	conditional	finiría	finirías	finiría	finiríamos	finiríais	finirían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	fina	finas	fina	finamos	fináis	finan
	imperfect (ra)	finiera	finieras	finiera	finiéramos	finierais	finieran
	imperfect (se)	finiese	finieses	finiese	finiésemos	finieseis	finiesen
	future	finiere	finieres	finiere	finiéremos	finiereis	finieren
imperative		—	tú	usted	nosotros	vosotros	ustedes
	affirmative		fine	fina	finamos	finid	finan
	negative		no finas	no fina	no finamos	no fináis	no finan

Synonyms

• terminar
• acabar
• finalizar

Related terms

• fenecer

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Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian finire

Verb

finir (transitive)

1. To finish, end or complete

Conjugation

    Conjugation of finir ( 3rd conjugation )

infinitive	finir
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		finéndo
past participle		finito, finìo		NB: clitic pronouns (bold) are obligatory
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti te	eło el / eła ła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri i / łore łe
present	finiso	finisi	finise	finimo	finì	finise
imperfect	finìa	finivi	finìa	finìvimo	finivi	finìa
future	finirò	finirè	finirà	finìvimo	finirè	finirà
conditional	mi	ti te	eło el / eła ła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri i / łore łe
present	finirìa	finirisi	finirìa	finirìsimo	finirisi	finirìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti te	che eło el / eła ła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri i / łore łe
present	finisa	finisi	finisa	finimo	finì	finisa
imperfect	finise	finisi	finise	finisimo	finisi	finise
imperative	-	ti te	eło el / eła ła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri i / łore łe
		finisi	finisa	finimo	finì	finisa