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finir

finir

Catalan

Verb

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

  1. to end, to finish, to conclude

Conjugation


Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Latin fīniō and Vulgar Latin *fīniscō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /finiʁ/

Verb

finir

  1. to finish, end, complete

Conjugation


French

Etymology

From Old French finir, fenir, finer, from Latin fīniō (influenced in conjugation by Vulgar Latin *fīniscō), from fīnis (boundary, limit).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /finiʁ/
  • Rhymes: -iʁ
  • Rhymes: -ir

Verb

finir

  1. to finish, end, complete.

Conjugation

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-.

Related terms


Interlingua

Etymology

From French.

Verb

finir

  1. to finish

Conjugation


Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Old French finir < Latin fīnīre, present active infinitive of fīnīo.

Verb

finir

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

Conjugation

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

Synonyms

Descendants

References

  • (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (finir, supplement)

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French finer, finir, from Latin fīniō (influenced in conjugation by Vulgar Latin *fīniscō), from fīnis (boundary, limit).

Verb

finir

  1. (Guernsey) to finish

Antonyms


Old French

Verb

finir

  1. Alternative form of finer

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin finiō (compare Old Spanish fenir).

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) to end
  2. (intransitive, Colombia) to end

Conjugation

Synonyms

Related terms


Venetian

Etymology

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

Verb

finir

  1. (transitive) to finish, end, complete

Conjugation

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