Meanings
nounseries finale (plural series finales)
plural series finales
- The promotional or advertisement term used to describe the final episode of a television program, usually a situation comedy or a drama.
Origin
The term came into use in American television in the early 1990s, as a variation of the term season finale. Prior to that, closing episodes were originally called the "final episode" or "last episode".
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 系列結局 /系列结局
- 系列結局 /系列结局the final episode of a television series
Dutch reeks conclusie
- reeks conclusiethe final episode of a television series
Finnish päätösjakso
- päätösjaksothe final episode of a television series
French conclusion de série
- conclusion de sériethe final episode of a television series
German Reihe Zusammenfassung
- Reihe Zusammenfassungthe final episode of a television series
Greek συμπέρασμα σειράς
- συμπέρασμα σειράς (sympérasma seirás)the final episode of a television series
Italian finale di serie
- finale di seriethe final episode of a television series
Japanese シリーズフィナーレ
- シリーズフィナーレ (shirīzu fināre)the final episode of a television series
Korean 시리즈 종악장
- 시리즈 종악장 (sirijeu jong'akjang)the final episode of a television series
Latin conclusio serei televisionis
- conclusio serei televisionisthe final episode of a television series
Portuguese final
- finalthe final episode of a television series
Russian заключительная се́рия
- заключительная се́рия (zaključitelʹnaja sérija)the final episode of a television series
Spanish conclusión de la serie
- conclusión de la seriethe final episode of a television series
Cite this entry
APA
series finale. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/series%20finale
MLA
“series finale.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/series%20finale. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “series finale,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/series%20finale.
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