finis
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See also: finiš
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Latin fīnis (“end; limit”)
Noun[edit]
finis (plural finises)
- An end (of a book etc.)
- 1836, — Frederick Marryat, Mr Midshipman Easy
- He had gone through the work from the title-page to the finis at least forty times, and had just commenced it over again.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, Episode 16
- Highly providential was the appearance on the scene of Corny Kelleher when Stephen was blissfully unconscious but for that man in the gap turning up at the eleventh hour the finis might have been that he might have been a candidate for the accident ward...
- 1836, — Frederick Marryat, Mr Midshipman Easy
Esperanto[edit]
Verb[edit]
finis
- past of fini
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
finis
- masculine plural form of fini
Verb[edit]
finis
- first-person singular present indicative of finir
- second-person singular present indicative of finir
- first-person singular past historic of finir
- second-person singular past historic of finir
- second-person singular imperative of finir
- masculine plural form of the past participle of finir
Ido[edit]
Verb[edit]
finis
- past of finar
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Disputed.[1] Possibly related to figere (“to fix”).[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fīnis m, f (genitive fīnis); third declension
Inflection[edit]
Third declension i-stem, alternative ablative singular in -ī.
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fīnis | fīnēs |
| genitive | fīnis | fīnium |
| dative | fīnī | fīnibus |
| accusative | fīnem | fīnīs fīnēs |
| ablative | fīnī fīne |
fīnibus |
| vocative | fīnis | fīnēs |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Verb[edit]
fīnīs
- second-person singular active indicative present form of fīniō
References[edit]
- ^ Michiel de Vaan (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden, Boston: Brill Academic Publishers
- ^ Tucker, T.G., Etymological Dictionary of Latin, Ares Publishers, 1976 (reprint of 1931 edition).
Pijin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Particle[edit]
finis
- Tense marker for the past perfect tense
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