fini

fini

1. inflection of finar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

fini

1. goosegrass, Eleusine indica

• Niggli, Urs (2016) Dioula - French - English Dictionary‎^[1], SIL International

Borrowed from Italian finire and French finir, ultimately from Latin fīniō.

• IPA^(key): [ˈfini]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ini
• Hyphenation: fi‧ni

fini (present finas, past finis, future finos, conditional finus, volitive finu)

1. (transitive) to end, finish

   La kudristino devas baldaŭ fini la robon. ― The seamstress should finish the dress soon.

• IPA^(key): /fi.ni/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -i
• Homophones: finie, finies, finis, finit, finît

fini (feminine finie, masculine plural finis, feminine plural finies)

1. past participle of finir

fini m (plural finis)

1. aspect or texture of what has been completed

   Un fini lisse ― A smooth finish

fini (feminine finie, masculine plural finis, feminine plural finies)

1. completed, done

   Synonyms: achevé, complet, liquidé, terminé

2. finished, over (which has come to an end)

   Synonyms: achevé, liquidé, terminé

3. (technical, philosophy) limited, finite (which has an end)

   Antonym: infini

4. (grammar) finite (inflected for person or number)
5. which has been carefully done
6. (derogatory) accomplished; complete (whose art has been perfected)

   Synonyms: accompli, complet, parfait

   Hyponym: fieffé

   un menteur fini ― an accomplished liar

   un abruti fini, un connard fini ― a complete moron, a complete bastard

7. finished; done for (having been morally damaged and lost one's reputation)
   • 1874, Émile Zola, La Conquête de Plassans:

     On peut dormir en paix : c’est un homme fini, qui ne se mêlera plus des affaires de Plassans.

     We can rest easy: he's finished, and he won't be meddling in the affairs of Plassans any more.

8. finished (readily useable)

   Synonyms: achevé, complet, terminé

   produits finis ― finished goods

• “fini” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie françoise, 4th Edition (1762).
• “fini” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
• “fini” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 9th Edition (1992-).
• “fini” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “fini” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
• “fini” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
• “fini”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From French fini.

• IPA^(key): /fiˈniː/

fini (indeclinable, predicative only)

1. (dated, colloquial) done, finished

From French finir (“finish”).

• IPA^(key): /fini/

fini

1. to finish

• IPA^(key): /ˈfini/

fini

1. plural of fino

fini

1. present of finir
2. imperative of finir

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ni/
• Rhymes: -ini
• Hyphenation: fì‧ni

fini f

1. plural of fine (“end, conclusion”)

fini m

1. plural of fine (“end, aim, goal”)

fini

1. plural of fine

fini

1. masculine plural of fino

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfiː.niː/, [ˈfiːniː]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ni/, [ˈfiːni]

fīnī

1. dative/ablative singular of finis

fīnī

1. second-person singular present active imperative of fīniō

From French finir.

fini (medial form fini)

1. to finish

• finn

• IPA^(key): /fī.nĩ̄/

fini (plural finizhì)

1. leaf; herb

   Tukpa mi á dzwa fini. ― Said after one has been listening for a long time. (literally, “My ears have sprouted leaves.”)

2. bush

• kpacegi fini (“leaf stem”)
• finikó (“large leaf”)
• tukpa mi á dzwa fini
• a è lá emí woró pa fini à

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɸʲinʲi]

fini

1. inflection of fine:
   1. accusative/dative singular
   2. nominative/vocative/accusative dual/plural

fini

1. Alternative spelling of fíni

Borrowed from French finir, from Latin finire.

a fini (third-person singular present finește, past participle finit) 4th conj.

1. to finish

fini

1. fine

Compare Tetum fini (“seed”) and Malay benih (“seed”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈfi.ni]

fini

1. a seed

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

From *bini, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binehiq, compare Malay benih.

fini

1. seed

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəniq.

fini

1. seed (fertilized grain)

From Old French finer, from Latin fīnīre.

• IPA^(key): /fi.ni/

fini

1. to finish