Meanings
nounfinale (plural finales)
plural finales
- The grand end of something, especially of a show or piece of music.
Andre Santos equalised and the outstanding Theo Walcott put Arsenal ahead for the first time before Juan Mata's spectacular strike set up the finale for an enthralling encounter.
2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport - human sciencesThe chronological conclusion of a series of narrative works.
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
nounthe temporal end; the concluding time
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinfīnis“end; boundary, limit”
- Late Latinfīnālis
- Italianfinale“ending”
- Englishfinale
From Italian finale (“ending”), from Late Latin fīnālis, from Latin fīnis (“end; boundary, limit”). Doublet of final.
More words from Italian, Late Latin, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic خاتمة
- خاتمةgrand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
Bulgarian финал, заключение
- финал (final)grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
- заключение (zaključenie)conclusion of narrative works
Catalan final
- finalgrand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
Chinese Mandarin 結尾 /结尾, 結局 /结局
- 結尾 /结尾 (jiéwěi)grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
- 結局 /结局 (jiéjú)grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
- 終章 /终章 (zhōngzhāng)grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
- 終章 /终章conclusion of narrative works
Czech finále, vyvrcholení
- finálegrand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
- vyvrcholenígrand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
- vrcholgrand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
- závěrconclusion of narrative works
Danish finale
- finalegrand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
Dutch finale
- finalegrand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
Finnish finaali, lopetus
- finaaligrand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
- lopetusgrand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
French finale
- finalegrand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
German Finale
- Finalegrand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
Hungarian finálé
- finálégrand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
Italian finale
- finalegrand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
Japanese フィナーレ, 終曲
- フィナーレ (fināre)grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
- 終曲 (shūkyoku)grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
- 終楽章 (shūgakushō)grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
Korean 피날레
- 피날레 (pinalle)grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
Latin fīnis, terminus
- fīnisgrand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
- terminusgrand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
- exitusgrand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
- extrēmusgrand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
- perāctiōgrand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
- exodiumconclusion of narrative works
Norwegian Bokmål finale
- finalegrand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
Persian فرجام
- فرجام (farjâm)grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
Polish finał
- finałgrand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
Portuguese finale
- finalegrand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
Russian фина́л, заключе́ние
- фина́л (finál)grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
- заключе́ние (zaključénije)grand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
Spanish final
- finalgrand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
Swedish final
- finalgrand end of something, especially a show or a piece of music
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with finale
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Cite this entry
APA
finale. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finale
MLA
“finale.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finale. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “finale,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finale.
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