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finitary

/ˈfɪnɪtɛɹi/adjective

finitary is an adjective meaning “Of a function, taking a finite number of arguments to produce an output” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-I-N-I-T-A-R-Y, and it appears about once in every 81 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does finitary mean?

adjective

  1. 1

    Of a function, taking a finite number of arguments to produce an output.

  2. 2

    Pertaining to finite-length proofs, each using a finite set of axioms.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce finitary?

  • UK /ˈfɪnɪt(ə)ɹi/
  • UK /ˈfaɪnɪ(ə)tɹi/
  • US /ˈfɪnɪtɛɹi/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-finitary.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

How common is finitary?

Finitary appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th 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).