fini

fini

1. goosegrass, Eleusine indica

• Niggli, Urs (2016) Dioula - French - English Dictionary‎, SIL International

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈfini]
• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ini
• Hyphenation: fi‧ni

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.

• IPA^(key): /fi.ni/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -i

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

1. past participle of finir

fini m (plural finis)

1. aspect or texture of what has been completed

   Un fini lisse ― A smooth finish

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

1. completed or done
2. which has come to an end
3. (technical, philosophy) 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 quote)

7. readily useable

   Produits finis ― Manufactured products

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

From French fini.

fini (indeclinable, predicative only)

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

From French finir (“finish”).

fini

1. to finish

• IPA^(key): /ˈfini/

fini

1. plural of fino

fini

1. present of finir
2. imperative of finir

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ni/
• Rhymes: -ini
• Hyphenation: fì‧ni

fini f

1. plural of fine (“end, conclusion”)

fini m

1. plural of fine (“end, aim, goal”)

fini

1. plural of fine

fini

1. masculine plural of fino

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfiː.niː/, [ˈfiːniː]

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ni/, [ˈfiːni]

fīnī

1. dative/ablative singular of fīnis

fīnī

1. second-person singular present active imperative of fīniō

From French finir.

fini (medial form fini)

1. to finish

• finn

• IPA^(key): /fī.nĩ̄/

fini (plural finizhì)

1. leaf; herb

   Tukpa mi á dzwa fini. ― Said after one has been listening for a long time. (literally, “My ears have sprouted leaves.”)

2. bush

• kpacegi fini (“leaf stem”)
• finikó (“large leaf”)
• tukpa mi á dzwa fini
• a è lá emí woró pa fini à

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʲinʲi/

fini

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

fini

1. Alternative spelling of fíni

From French finir, from Latin finire.

a fini (third-person singular present finește, past participle finit) 4th conj.

1. to finish

fini

1. fine

Compare Tetum fini (“seed”) and Malay benih (“seed”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈfi.ni]

fini

1. a seed

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

From *bini, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binehiq, compare Malay benih.

fini

1. seed

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəniq.

fini

1. seed (fertilized grain)