finalis

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin finalis.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: fi‧na‧lis

Noun

finalis f (plural finalissen)

1. (music) keynote

   Synonyms: begintoon, grondtoon, tonica

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Latin

Etymology

From fīnis (“end; boundary, limit”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fiːˈnaː.lis/, [fiːˈnäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fiˈna.lis/, [fiˈnäːlis]

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Adjective

fīnālis (neuter fīnāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. Of or pertaining to boundaries.
2. Of or pertaining to the end of something; final.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	fīnālis	fīnāle		fīnālēs	fīnālia
Genitive	fīnālis			fīnālium
Dative	fīnālī			fīnālibus
Accusative	fīnālem	fīnāle		fīnālēs fīnālīs	fīnālia
Ablative	fīnālī			fīnālibus
Vocative	fīnālis	fīnāle		fīnālēs	fīnālia

Derived terms

• fīnālitās
• rīvifīnālis

Related terms

• fīniēns
• fīniō
• fīnis
• fīnitimus

• fīnītiō
• fīnītīvus
• fīnītor
• fīnītus

Descendants

• English: final
• Italian: finale
• Portuguese: final
• Spanish: final

References

• “finalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• finalis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• finalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.