finir

Catalan

Verb

finir ‎(first-person singular present fineixo, past participle finit)

to end, to finish, to conclude

Conjugation

Conjugation of finir (third conjugation with -eix- infix)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			finir
present participle			finint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		finit		finida
		plural		finits		finides
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	fineixo	fineixes	fineix	finim	finiu	fineixen
	imperfect	finia	finies	finia	finíem	finíeu	finien
	future	finiré	finiràs	finirà	finirem	finireu	finiran
	preterite	finí	finires	finí	finírem	finíreu	finiren
	conditional	finiria	finiries	finiria	finiríem	finiríeu	finirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	fineixi	fineixis	fineixi	finim	finiu	fineixin
	imperfect	finís	finissis	finís	finíssim	finíssiu	finissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
imperative		—	fineix	fineixi	finim	finiu	fineixin

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Latin fīniō and Vulgar Latin *fīniscō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /finiʁ/

Verb

finir

to finish, end, complete

Conjugation

Conjugation of finir - 2nd group verb with suffix

		simple			compound
infinitive		finir			avêr fini
past participle		fini			-
gerund		finessent			èyent fini
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je	te	il	nos	vos	ils
	present	finésso	finés	finét	finéssens	finésséds	finéssont
	imperfect	finéssien	finéssias	finéssiêt	finéssians	finéssiâds	finéssiant
	preterite	fini	finis	finit	finirons	finites, finirâds	finiront
	future	finiré	finirés	finirat	finirens	finiréds	finiront
conditional		finiren	finirias	finirêt	finirians	finiriâds	finiriant
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avêr plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avêr plus the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avêr plus the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avêr plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avêr plus the past participle
subjunctive		que je	que te	qu'il	que nos	que vos	qu'ils
	present	finésso	finésses	finésse	finéssans	finéssiâds	finéssant
	imperfect	finissen	finissias	finisse	finissians	finissiâds	finissant
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avêr plus the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avêr plus the past participle
imperative		-	te	-	nos	vos	-
imperative			finés		finéssens	finésséds

French

Etymology

From Old French finir, fenir, finer, from Latin fīniō (influenced in conjugation by Vulgar Latin *fīniscō), from fīnis ‎(“boundary, limit”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /finiʁ/
Rhymes: -iʁ
Rhymes: -ir

Verb

finir

to finish, end, complete.

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like nourrir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Conjugation of finir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		finir			avoir fini
gerund		en finissant			en ayant fini
present participle		finissant /fi.ni.sɑ̃/
past participle		fini /fi.ni/
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	finis /fi.ni/	finis /fi.ni/	finit /fi.ni/	finissons /fi.ni.sɔ̃/	finissez /fi.ni.se/	finissent /fi.nis/
	imperfect	finissais /fi.ni.sɛ/	finissais /fi.ni.sɛ/	finissait /fi.ni.sɛ/	finissions /fi.ni.sjɔ̃/	finissiez /fi.ni.sje/	finissaient /fi.ni.sɛ/
	past historic¹	finis /fi.ni/	finis /fi.ni/	finit /fi.ni/	finîmes /fi.nim/	finîtes /fi.nit/	finirent /fi.niʁ/
	future	finirai /fi.ni.ʁe/	finiras /fi.ni.ʁa/	finira /fi.ni.ʁa/	finirons /fi.ni.ʁɔ̃/	finirez /fi.ni.ʁe/	finiront /fi.ni.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	finirais /fi.ni.ʁɛ/	finirais /fi.ni.ʁɛ/	finirait /fi.ni.ʁɛ/	finirions /fi.ni.ʁjɔ̃/	finiriez /fi.ni.ʁje/	finiraient /fi.ni.ʁɛ/
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior¹	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	finisse /fi.nis/	finisses /fi.nis/	finisse /fi.nis/	finissions /fi.ni.sjɔ̃/	finissiez /fi.ni.sje/	finissent /fi.nis/
simple tenses	imperfect¹	finisse /fi.nis/	finisses /fi.nis/	finît /fi.ni/	finissions /fi.ni.sjɔ̃/	finissiez /fi.ni.sje/	finissent /fi.nis/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect¹	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	finis /fi.ni/	—	finissons /fi.ni.sɔ̃/	finissez /fi.ni.se/	—
¹literary tenses

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Interlingua

Etymology

From French.

Verb

finir

to finish

Conjugation

Conjugation of “finir”

Nominal forms
Infinitive		finir
		Presente	Perfect
Participles		finiente	finite
Personal forms
		Simple	Perfect
Active voice	Present	fini	ha finite
	Past	finiva	habeva finite
	Future	finira	habera finite
	Conditional	finirea	haberea finite
	Imperative	fini	--
Passive voice	Present	es finite	ha essite finite
	Past	esseva finite	habeva essite finite
	Future	essera finite	habera essite finite
	Conditional	esserea finite	haberea essite finite
	Imperative	sia finite	--

Middle French

Alternative forms

finer

Etymology

Old French finir < Latin fīnīre, present active infinitive of fīnīo.

Verb

finir

(transitive, intransitive) to finish; to end

Conjugation

Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of finir

		simple			compound
infinitive		finir			avoir fini
gerund		en finissant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		finissant
past participle		fini
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (may be i' before a vowel)	tu	il	nous	vous	ilz, elles
simple tenses	present	finis	finis	finit	finissons	finissez	finissent
	imperfect	finissois, finissoys	finissois, finissoys	finissoit, finissoyy	finissions	finissiez	finissoient, finissoyent
	past historic	finis	finis	finit	finismes	finistes	finirent
	future	finirai, finiray	finiras	finira	finirons	finirez	finiront
	conditional	finirois, finiroys	finirois, finiroys	finiroit, finiroyt	finirions	finiriez	finiroient, finiroyent
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que ie	que tu	qu'il	que nous	que vous	qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple tenses	present	finisse	finisses	finisse	finissions	finissiez	finissent
simple tenses	imperfect	finisse	finisses	finist	finissions	finissiez	finissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	finis	—	finissons	finissez	—

Synonyms

achever

Descendants

French: finir

References

(fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (finir, supplement)

Norman

Alternative forms

finni (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French finer, finir, from Latin fīniō (influenced in conjugation by Vulgar Latin *fīniscō), from fīnis ‎(“boundary, limit”).

Verb

finir

(Guernsey) to finish

Antonyms

c'menchier ‎(“to begin”)

Old French

Verb

finir

Alternative form of finer

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin finiō (compare Old Spanish fenir).

Verb

finir ‎(first-person singular present fino, first-person singular preterite finí, past participle finido)

(intransitive, obsolete) to end
(intransitive, Colombia) to end

Conjugation

Conjugation of finir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

		singular			plural
infinitive			finir
gerund			finiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		finido		finida
		plural		finidos		finidas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	fino	fines^tú finís^{^vos}	fine	finimos	finís	finen
	imperfect	finía	finías	finía	finíamos	finíais	finían
	preterite	finí	finiste	finió	finimos	finisteis	finieron
	future	finiré	finirás	finirá	finiremos	finiréis	finirán
	conditional	finiría	finirías	finiría	finiríamos	finiríais	finirían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	fina	finas^{^tú} finás^{^vos¹}	fina	finamos	fináis	finan
	imperfect (ra)	finiera	finieras	finiera	finiéramos	finierais	finieran
	imperfect (se)	finiese	finieses	finiese	finiésemos	finieseis	finiesen
	future	finiere	finieres	finiere	finiéremos	finiereis	finieren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		fine^{^tú} finí^{^vos}	fina	finamos	finid	finan
	negative		no finas	no fina	no finamos	no fináis	no finan

¹Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Synonyms

Related terms

fenecer

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin fīnīre (influenced in conjugation by Vulgar Latin *fīniscō), present active infinitive of fīniō, from fīnis ‎(“boundary, limit”). Compare Italian finire.

Verb

finir

(transitive) to finish, end, complete

Conjugation

Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of finir (third conjugation)

person	singular			plural
infinitive	finir
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		finéndo
past participle		finito, finìo
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	finiso	(te) finisi	(el/ła) finise	finimo	finì	(i/łe) finise
imperfect	finìa	(te) finivi	(el/ła) finìa	finìvimo	finivi	(i/łe) finìa
future	finirò	(te) finirè	(el/ła) finirà	finirémo	finirè	(i/łe) finirà
conditional	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	finirìa	(te) finirisi	(el/ła) finirìa	finirìsimo	finirisi	(i/łe) finirìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	finisa	(te) finisi	(el/ła) finisa	finimo	finì	(i/łe) finisa
imperfect	finise	(te) finisi	(el/ła) finise	finisimo	finisi	(i/łe) finise
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
imperative	—	(te) finisi	(el/ła) finisa	finimo	finì	(i/łe) finisa

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