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finale

French, noun/fi.nal/

finale is a French feminine noun meaning “final, finals (game between the last two competitors remaining in the running, in elimination tournaments)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of final. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie opposant les deux derniers concurrents restant en lice, dans les tournois par élimination”.

What does finale mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininefinal, finals (game between the last two competitors remaining in the running, in elimination tournaments)

  2. 2

    feminineendgame, end game (moment in the game when the threat of checkmate is low and the kings participate in the struggle)

  3. 3

    femininelast part of a sentence

  4. 4

    feminineellipsis of consonne finale, voyelle finale: (linguistics) final phoneme (final phoneme in a syllable, especially in Chinese languages)

  5. 5

    feminineellipsis of lettre finale, syllabe finale: (grammar) final letter, final syllable

  6. 6

    feminineellipsis of note finale: (music) final note

noun

  1. 1

    masculinefinale (ensemble piece that ends an act of an opera, symphony, sonata)

adjective

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of final

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Partie opposant les deux derniers concurrents restant en lice, dans les tournois par élimination. 2. Moment de la partie où la menace d’un mat est faible et où les rois participent à la lutte.

noun: 1. Phonème final dans une syllabe. Souvent utilisé dans l’étude des langues chinoises. 2. Dernière lettre d'un mot, ou dernière syllabe d'une phrase. 3. Dernière partie d’une période, d'une longue phrase. 4. Dernière note d’un air.

noun: 1. Morceau d’ensemble qui termine un acte d’opéra, une symphonie, une sonate.

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 finale

  • finales plural
  • final

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

How do you pronounce finale?

  • /fi.nal/
  • \fi.nal\

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

English words that translate to finale

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

How common is finale in French?

finale appears 95 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).