finalizer
/ˈfaɪnəˌlaɪzɚ/noun
finalizer is a noun meaning “A function that runs when an object is garbage collected, similar to a destructor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-I-N-A-L-I-Z-E-R, and it appears about once in every 78 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of finalizer is finalizers.
What does finalizer mean?
noun
- 1
A function that runs when an object is garbage collected, similar to a destructor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce finalizer?
- /ˈfaɪnəˌlaɪzɚ/
- /ˈfaɪnəˌlaɪzə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of finalizer
- finalizers plural
- finaliser
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is finalizer?
Finalizer appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does finalizer come from?
From finalize + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).