finir

Inherited from Old Catalan fenir (perhaps later influenced by fin), from Latin fīnīre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fiˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fiˈniɾ]

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

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

   Synonyms: acabar, finalitzar, finar

• “finir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “finir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “finir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “finir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Inherited from Middle French finir, from Middle French fenir (altered by association with fin), from Latin fīnīre.

• IPA^(key): /fi.niʁ/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: finirent
• Rhymes: -iʁ

finir

1. to finish, end, complete

   J’ai fini les devoirs hier.

   I finished the homework yesterday.

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 Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): /fiˈnir/

finir

1. past infinitive of finar

From French.

finir

1. to finish

• finer

From Old French finir.

finir

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

   Synonym: achever

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

• 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)

From Old French finir, from Latin fīnīre.

• IPA^(key): /fi.ni/
• (Cotentin) IPA^(key): /fĩ.nĩ/
• (Jersey) IPA^(key): /fĩ.ni/

finir

1. to finish

   Antonym: coumenchier

      Conjugation of the verb « finir » in Norman

infinitive			finir
gerund			finissant
auxiliary			aveir1
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fini		finie
		plural		finis		finies
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		je (j')	tu (t')	il, alle, nos	je (nos)	vos	il, alles
	present	finis	finis	finit	finissoms	finissez	finissent
	imperfect	finisseis	finisseis	finisseit	finissioms	finissiez	finisseient
	preterite	finis	finis	finit	finîmes	finîtes	finîtrent
	future	finirai	finiras	finira	finiroms	finirez	finiront
	conditional	finireis	finireis	finireit	finirioms	finiriez	finireient
subjunctive		que je (j')	que te (t')	qu'il, qu'alle, que nos	que je (que nos)	que vos	qu'il, qu'alles
	present	finisse	finisses	finisse	finissioms	finissiez	finissent
	imperfect	finisse	finisse	finît finisse	finissioms	finissiez	finissent
imperative		—	tu	—	je (nos)	vos	—
			finis		finissoms	finissez
1Used with past participles.

finir

1. Alternative form of finer

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Inherited from Old French fenir, from Latin finire.

finir

1. to end, finish

• Piveteau, Vianney (1996) Dicopoitevin‎^[1] (in French)

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

• IPA^(key): /fiˈniɾ/ [fiˈniɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: fi‧nir

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

1. (intransitive, Colombia) to end

   Synonyms: acabar, finalizar, terminar

• “finir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

From Latin fīnīre. Compare Italian finire.

finir

1. (transitive) to finish, end, complete

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