finir

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin fīnīre (influenced in conjugation by Vulgar Latin *fīniscō), present active infinitive of fīniō, from fīnis (“boundary, limit”).

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /fiˈni/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /fiˈniɾ/

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

1. to end, finish, conclude

From Latin fīniō, fīnīre and Vulgar Latin *fīniscō.

• IPA^(key): /finiʁ/

finir

1. to finish, end, complete

From Middle French finir, finer, from Old French finir, finer, from alteration (based on fin) of the original fenir, from Latin fīniō, fīnīre (influenced in conjugation by Vulgar Latin *fīniscō), from fīnis (“boundary, limit”).

• IPA^(key): /fi.niʁ/

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• Rhymes: -iʁ

finir

1. to finish, end, complete.

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-.

• “finir” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From French.

finir

1. to finish

• finer

From Old French finir, finer, from alteration of earlier fenir, from Latin fīnīre, present active infinitive of fīnīo.

finir

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

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

• achever

• French: finir

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (finir, supplement)

• finni (Jersey)

From Old French finer, finir, from alteration of earlier fenir, from Latin fīniō, fīnīre (influenced in conjugation by Vulgar Latin *fīniscō), from fīnis (“boundary, limit”).

finir

1. (Guernsey) to finish

   Antonym: c'menchier

finir

1. Alternative form of finer

From an alteration of Old Spanish fenir (influenced by fin), from Latin fīniō, fīnīre. Cf. also the doublet fenecer.

• IPA^(key): /fiˈniɾ/

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

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

• acabar
• finalizar
• terminar

• fenecer
• finito
• fin

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

finir

1. (transitive) to finish, end, complete

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