fini

See also: finí, finì, finî, and fíni

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian finire, French finir, ultimately from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfini/
• Hyphenation: fi‧ni
• Rhymes: -ini

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

fini (present finas, past finis, future finos, conditional finus, volitive finu)

1. (transitive) to end, finish

   La kudristino devas baldaŭ fini la robon.

   The seamstress should finish the dress soon.

Conjugation

Conjugation of fini

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		finas		finis		finos
active participle		finanta	finantaj	fininta	finintaj	finonta	finontaj
	acc.	finantan	finantajn	finintan	finintajn	finontan	finontajn
passive participle		finata	finataj	finita	finitaj	finota	finotaj
	acc.	finatan	finatajn	finitan	finitajn	finotan	finotajn
nominal active participle		finanto	finantoj	fininto	finintoj	finonto	finontoj
	acc.	finanton	finantojn	fininton	finintojn	finonton	finontojn
nominal passive participle		finato	finatoj	finito	finitoj	finoto	finotoj
	acc.	finaton	finatojn	finiton	finitojn	finoton	finotojn
adverbial active participle		finante		fininte		finonte
adverbial passive participle		finate		finite		finote

infinitive		fini						imperative		finu						conditional		finus

Derived terms

• finaĉi (“to end badly”)
• finiĝi (“to come to an end”)

 

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.ni/
• Rhymes: -i

Verb

fini (feminine finie, masculine plural finis, feminine plural finies)

1. past participle of finir

Noun

fini m (plural finis)

1. Aspect or texture of what has been completed.

   Un fini lisse ― A smooth finish

Adjective

fini (feminine finie, masculine plural finis, feminine plural finies)

1. Completed or done.
2. Which has come to an end.
3. (technical, philosophical) Which has an end, limited, finite.
4. Which has been carefully done.
5. (derogatory) Whose art has been perfected; accomplished; complete.

   Un menteur fini ― An accomplished liar.

   Un abruti fini, un connard fini ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

6. Which has been morally damaged and has lost his reputation; done for.
   • 1874, Émile Zola, La Conquête de Plassans,

     On peut dormir en paix : c’est un homme fini, qui ne se mêlera plus des affaires de Plassans.

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

7. Readily useable.

   Produits finis ― Manufactured products

Further reading

• “fini”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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German

Etymology

From French fini

Adjective

fini (not comparable)

1. (colloquial, only used as a predicative adjective) done, finished

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French finir (“finish”).

Verb

fini

1. to finish

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Ido

Noun

fini

1. plural of fino

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Interlingua

Verb

fini

1. present of finir
2. imperative of finir

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Italian

Noun

fini f

1. plural of fine

Noun

fini m

1. plural of fine

Adjective

fini

1. plural of fine

Adjective

fini

1. masculine plural of fino

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) fīnī

1. second-person singular present active imperative of fīniō

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French finir.

Verb

fini (medial form fini)

1. To finish

Derived terms

• finn

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Old Irish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʲinʲi/

Noun

fini

1. inflection of fine:
   1. accusative/dative singular
   2. nominative/vocative/accusative dual/plural

Etymology 2

Noun

fini

1. Alternative spelling of fíni

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
fini	ḟini	fini pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Sranan Tongo

Adjective

fini

1. fine

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Uab Meto

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəniq.

Noun

fini

1. seed (fertilized grain)