finalité
French, noun/fi.na.li.te/
finalité is spelled F-I-N-A-L-I-T-É (8 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written French, the 13,339th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Finalité is a French feminine noun meaning “purpose, end result” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “But, résultat attendu”.
What does finalité mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepurpose, end result
- 2
feminineidea according to which things and forms are created and change according to an end, teleology
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. But, résultat attendu. 2. Principe philosophique d’après lequel toute chose a été créée en vue d’une fin.
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 finalité
- finalités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce finalité?
- /fi.na.li.te/
- \fi.na.li.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to finalité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is finalité in French?
finalité appears 3.9 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).