finir

From Old Catalan fenir (perhaps later influenced by fin), from Latin fīnīre, present active infinitive of fīniō, from fīnis (“boundary, limit”).

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /fiˈni/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /fiˈniɾ/

finir (first-person singular present fineixo, past participle finit)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to end, finish, conclude

   Synonyms: acabar, finalitzar, finar

• “finir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “finir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “finir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “finir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Latin fīniō, fīnīre and influenced in conjugation by Vulgar Latin *fīniscō, *fīnēscō.

• IPA^(key): /finiʁ/

finir

1. to finish, end, complete

From Middle French finir, finer, from Old French finir, finer, from alteration (based on fin) of the original fenir, from Latin fīniō, fīnīre (influenced in conjugation by Vulgar Latin *fīniscō, *fīnēscō), from fīnis (“boundary, limit”).

• IPA^(key): /fi.niʁ/

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• Homophone: finirent
• Rhymes: -iʁ

finir

1. to finish, end, complete

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like nourrir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

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

• IPA^(key): /fiˈnir/

finir

1. past infinitive of finar

From French.

finir

1. to finish

• finer

From Old French finir, finer, from alteration of earlier fenir, from Latin fīnīre, present active infinitive of fīnīo.

finir

1. (transitive, intransitive) to finish; to end

   Synonym: achever

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

• French: finir

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (finir, supplement)

From Old French finer, finir, from alteration of earlier fenir, from Latin fīniō, fīnīre (influenced in conjugation by Vulgar Latin *fīniscō, *fīnēscō), from fīnis (“boundary, limit”).

• IPA^(key): /fi.ni/
• (Cotentin) IPA^(key): /fĩ.nĩ/
• (Jersey) IPA^(key): /fĩ.ni/

finir

1. to finish

   Antonym: coumenchier

finir

1. Alternative form of finer

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

From an alteration of Old Spanish fenir (influenced by fin), from Latin fīniō, fīnīre. Cf. also the doublet fenecer.

• IPA^(key): /fiˈniɾ/ [fiˈniɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: fi‧nir

finir (first-person singular present fino, first-person singular preterite finí, past participle finido)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) to end

   Synonyms: acabar, finalizar, terminar

2. (intransitive, Colombia) to end

• “finir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

From Latin fīnīre (influenced in conjugation by Vulgar Latin *fīniscō, *fīnēscō), present active infinitive of fīniō, from fīnis (“boundary, limit”). Compare Italian finire.

finir

1. (transitive) to finish, end, complete

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.