finalement
French, adverb/fi.nal.mɑ̃/
finalement is spelled F-I-N-A-L-E-M-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears 105 times per million words in written French, the 787th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Finalement is a French adverb meaning “finally; last; lastly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pour en finir ; en dernier résultat ; en dernier lieu”.
What does finalement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
finally; last; lastly
- 2
finally; eventually; after all
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Pour en finir ; en dernier résultat ; en dernier lieu.
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.
Forms of finalement
- finablement dialectal
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce finalement?
- /fi.nal.mɑ̃/
- \fi.nal.mɑ̃\
- [fi.nal.mɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to finalement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is finalement in French?
finalement appears 105 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).