English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French finiss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of finir, from Latin fīnīre, present active infinitive of fīniō.
Pronunciation[edit]
finish (plural finishes)
- An end: the end of anything.
- A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces.
- The car's finish was so shiny and new.
- The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth.
- (sports) A shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal.
- 2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, BBC:
- The Italian opted for Bolton's Cahill alongside captain John Terry - and his decision was rewarded with a goal after only 13 minutes. Bulgaria gave a hint of defensive frailties to come when they failed to clear Young's corner, and when Gareth Barry found Cahill in the box he applied the finish past Nikolay Mihaylov.
Translations[edit]
finish (third-person singular simple present finishes, present participle finishing, simple past and past participle finished)
- (transitive) To complete (something).
- Please finish your homework!
- (transitive) To apply a treatment to (a surface or similar).
- The furniture was finished in teak veneer.
- (transitive) To change an animal's food supply in the months before it is due for slaughter, with the intention of fattening the animal.
- Due to BSE, cows in the United Kingdom must be finished and slaughtered before 30 months of age.
- (intransitive) To come to an end.
- The song has finished.
Usage notes[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to complete
- Arabic: فرغ (ar) (faraġa), أنهى (ar) (ʾanhaa), أتمم (ar) (atmama), انتهي (ar) (intahā)
- Moroccan Arabic: كمّل (kammal)
- Bulgarian: завършвам (bg) (zavǎršvam)
- Catalan: acabar (ca), finir (ca), terminar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 完成 (cmn) (wánchéng), 完 (cmn) (wán), 結束 (cmn), 结束 (cmn) (jiéshù)
- Czech: dokončit (cs)
- Dutch: afwerken (nl), beëindigen (nl)
- Esperanto: fini (eo)
- Finnish: tehdä loppuun (fi)
- French: finir (fr), achever (fr)
- Galician: acabar (gl)
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: beenden (de)
- Greek: τελειώνω (el) (teleióno)
- Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
- Hiligaynon: ában
- Hindi: अंत करना (hi) (anta karnā), ख़त्म करना (hi) (xatm karnā)
- Hungarian: befejez (hu), végez (hu)
- Interlingua: finir (ia), terminar (ia)
- Irish: críochnaigh (ga)
- Italian: finire (it)
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- Japanese: 終了する (ja) (しゅうりょうする, shūryō suru), 終える (ja) (おえる, oeru)
- Jèrriais: finni
- Latin: finio (la)
- Latvian: beigt (lv), pabeigt (lv)
- Norwegian: fullføre (no), avslutte (no)
- Persian: تمام کردن (fa) (tamâm kardan)
- Polish: dokonywać (pl), dokonać (pl)
- Portuguese: acabar (pt)
- Russian: заканчивать (ru) (zakánčivatʹ) impf., окончить (ru) (okónčitʹ) pf., закончить (ru) (zakónčitʹ) pf.
- Scottish Gaelic: crìochnaich (gd)
- Spanish: acabar (es), terminar (es)
- Swedish: slutföra (sv), fullfölja (sv), gå i mål (sv), avsluta (sv)
- Telugu: ముగించు (te) (mugimchu), పూర్తిచేయు (te) (poorthicheyu)
- Thai: เสร็จ (th) (serg)
- Turkish: bitirmek (tr)
- Urdu: ختم کرنا (ur) (xatm karnā)
- Vietnamese: kết thúc (vi), hoàn thành (vi), làm xong (vi)
- Volapük: fimekön (vo), finükön (vo), lemekön (vo)
- Walloon: fini (wa), achever (wa)
- ǃXóõ: ǁkxʻāã
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to apply a final treatment to
to come to an end
- Arabic: انتهي (ar) (intaḥā)
- Moroccan Arabic: سالى (sālā), كمل (kmal), تكمّل (tkammal)
- Bulgarian: завършвам (bg) (zavǎršvam), финиширам (bg) (finiširam)
- Burmese: ပြီး (my) (pi:)
- Catalan: finalitzar (ca), acabar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 結束 (cmn), 结束 (cmn) (jiéshù)
- Czech: skončit (cs)
- Dutch: ophouden (nl), eindigen (nl), gedaan zijn
- Esperanto: finiĝi (eo)
- Finnish: loppua (fi), päättyä (fi)
- French: finir (fr), se terminer (fr)
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: enden (de), aufhören (de)
- Greek: τελειώνω (el) (teleióno)
- Haitian Creole: fini
- Hiligaynon: ában
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- Hindi: ख़त्म होना (hi) (xatm honā)
- Italian: finire (it)
- Japanese: 終わる (ja) (おわる, owaru)
- Jèrriais: finni
- Latin: finio (la), finem habeo (la), terminor (la), finior (la)
- Norwegian: avslutte (no)
- Occitan: acabar (oc), terminar (oc), finir (oc)
- Persian: تمام شدن (fa) (tamâm šodan)
- Polish: skończyć się (pl)
- Russian: заканчиваться (ru) (zakánčivatʹsja) impf., окончиться (ru) (okónčitʹsja) pf., закончиться (ru) (zakónčitʹsja) pf.
- Spanish: acabar (es), terminar (es), finalizar (es), acabarse (es), terminarse (es)
- Swedish: avsluta (sv)
- Telugu: అంతమవు (te) (antamavu), పూర్తవు (te) (poortavu)
- Urdu: ختم ہونا (ur) (xatm honā)
- Walloon: fini (wa), esse tot fwait (wa), esse foû (wa), esse houte (wa), esse fini (wa)
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Related terms[edit]
finish c (singular definite finishen, not used in plural form)
- (the appearance after) fine-tuning, finishing touch
- finish (a spectacular end in a race or a competition)
finish f (uncountable)
- finish; end
finish
- first-person singular present indicative of finishen
- imperative of finishen
