"final, last" in seven languages
Meaningfinal, last
Spanish
final
/fiˈnal/
learned
French
final
/final/
learned
Masculine plural usually finals, though finaux also occurs.
Italian
finale
/fiˈnale/
learned
Portuguese
final
/fiˈnaw/
learned
Romanian
final
/fiˈnal/
learned
Catalan
final
/fiˈnal/
learned
English
final
/ˈfaɪnəl/
from Latin/French · Old French final / Latin FĪNĀLIS
English → Italianfinal, lastfinaleCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
FĪNĀLEM‘of the end (Late Latin, from FĪNIS)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
The noun FĪNIS 'end' was inherited as fin / fin / fine; the adjective was taken later from Late Latin, so it barely changed. Italian adds -e, as on every -ĀLEM adjective.
English relatives: finale, finalist, finish, define
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In a sentence
- esEste es el examen final.
- frC'est l'examen final.
- itQuesto è l'esame finale.
- ptEsta é a prova final.
- roAcesta este examenul final.
- caAquest és l'examen final.
- enThis is the final exam.