Meanings
the end1
phrase
alternative The End
- Used traditionally at the end of a story or film.
Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; […] remembering her own child-life, and the happy summer days. the end.
1865 November (indicated as 1866), Lewis Carroll [pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], “Alice’s Evidence”, in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 192 - Used to indicate the termination of something.
I have no idea where this conversation is going. Shall we head it off the page and say this is The End.
2007, Kathryn M. Hilton, Artificial Intelligence Is Fun!: Conversations with a Computer, page 240
The End2
phrase
- Alternative letter-case form of the end.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Translations
Arabic النِّهَايَة
- النِّهَايَة (an-nihāya)end of a story or film
Bulgarian край
- край (kraj)end of a story or film
Catalan fi
- fiend of a story or film
Chinese Mandarin 劇終 /剧终, 完
- 劇終 /剧终 (jùzhōng)end of a story or film
- 完 (wán)end of a story or film
- 全劇終 /全剧终 (quánjùzhōng)end of a story or film
Czech konec
- konecend of a story or film
Danish slut
- slutend of a story or film
Dutch einde
- eindeend of a story or film
Esperanto fino
- finoend of a story or film
Estonian lõpp
- lõppend of a story or film
Finnish loppu
- loppuend of a story or film
French fin
- finend of a story or film
German Ende
- Endeend of a story or film
Greek τέλος
- τέλος (télos)end of a story or film
Hebrew הסוף
- הסוףend of a story or film
Hungarian vége
- végeend of a story or film
Indonesian tamat
- tamatend of a story or film
Irish nel
- nelend of a story or film
Italian fine
- fineend of a story or film
Japanese 終わり, 完
- 終わり (owari)end of a story or film
- 完 (kan)end of a story or film
- おしまいend of a story or film
Latin ācta est fābula, plaudite!
- ācta est fābula, plaudite!end of a story or film
Latvian beigas
- beigasend of a story or film
Lithuanian baigtis
- baigtisend of a story or film
Malay tamat
- tamatend of a story or film
Norwegian Bokmål slutt
- sluttend of a story or film
Polish koniec
- koniecend of a story or film
Portuguese fim
- fimend of a story or film
Romanian fine
- fineend of a story or film
Russian коне́ц
- коне́ц (konéc)end of a story or film
Slovak koniec
- koniecend of a story or film
Spanish fin
- finend of a story or film
Swedish slut
- slutend of a story or film
Tagalog wakas
- wakasend of a story or film
Tamil முற்றும்
- முற்றும் (muṟṟum)end of a story or film
Vietnamese hết
- hếtend of a story or film
Cite this entry
APA
the end. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20end
MLA
“the end.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20end. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “the end,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20end.
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