Meanings
nounfinishing touch (plural finishing touches)
plural finishing touches
- A final addition, change, or embellishment that serves to complete something.
Synonyms: grace note
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA final addition, change, or embellishment that serves to complete something.
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Translations
Finnish viimeinen silaus, loppusilaus
- viimeinen silausfinal addition, change, or embellishment
- loppusilausfinal addition, change, or embellishment
French touche finale
- touche finalefinal addition, change, or embellishment
German letzter Schliff
- letzter Schlifffinal addition, change, or embellishment
Irish bailchríoch
- bailchríochfinal addition, change, or embellishment
Italian rifinitura
- rifiniturafinal addition, change, or embellishment
Latin manus suprēma
- manus suprēmafinal addition, change, or embellishment
Polish szlif, wykończenie
- szliffinal addition, change, or embellishment
- wykończeniefinal addition, change, or embellishment
Portuguese toque final
- toque finalfinal addition, change, or embellishment
Russian после́дний штрих
- после́дний штрих (poslédnij štrix)final addition, change, or embellishment
Spanish último toque, retoque
- último toquefinal addition, change, or embellishment
- retoquefinal addition, change, or embellishment
- (poner el) broche de orofinal addition, change, or embellishment
- las últimas pinceladasfinal addition, change, or embellishment
- rematefinal addition, change, or embellishment
Swedish finslipning, finputsning
- finslipningfinal addition, change, or embellishment
- finputsningfinal addition, change, or embellishment
Turkish son dokunuş
- son dokunuşfinal addition, change, or embellishment
Ukrainian заверша́льний штрих
- заверша́льний штрих (zaveršálʹnyj štryx)final addition, change, or embellishment
Cite this entry
APA
finishing touch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finishing%20touch
MLA
“finishing touch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finishing%20touch. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “finishing touch,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finishing%20touch.
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