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au final

French, adverb/o fi.nal/

au final is a French adverb meaning “in the end, after all, eventually, finally” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Finalement, à la fin, en fin de compte, en définitive, etc”.

What does au final mean in English?

adverb

  1. 1

    informalin the end, after all, eventually, finally

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adverb: 1. Finalement, à la fin, en fin de compte, en définitive, etc.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce au final?

  • /o fi.nal/
  • \o fi.nal\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.