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fini

French, noun/fi.ni/

fini is spelled F-I-N-I (4 letters) and appears 105 times per million words in written French, the 787th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fini is a French masculine noun meaning “aspect or texture of what has been completed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of finir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble des choses limitées”.

What does fini mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineaspect or texture of what has been completed

    Un fini lisse

adjective

  1. 1

    completed, done

  2. 2

    finished, over (which has come to an end)

  3. 3

    limited, finite (which has an end)

  4. 4

    finite (inflected for person or number)

  5. 5

    which has been carefully done

  6. 6

    derogatoryaccomplished; complete (whose art has been perfected)

    un menteur fini

  7. 7

    finished; done for (having been morally damaged and lost one's reputation)

  8. 8

    finished (readily useable)

    produits finis

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of finir

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui a une fin, limité. 2. Qualifie un être qui est limité dans sa nature. 3. Déterminé, défini. 4. Achevé, fait, terminé.

noun: 1. Ensemble des choses limitées. 2. Excellence, achèvement soigneux.

interjection: 1. Assez, basta.

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 fini

  • finis plural
  • finie feminine
  • finies feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce fini?

  • /fi.ni/
  • \fi.ni\

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

English words that translate to fini

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is fini in French?

fini 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).

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