finis

Etymology

From Middle English finis, from Latin fīnis (“end; limit”). Doublet of fin, fine, and finish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪnɪs/, /fiːˈniː/
• Rhymes: -ɪnɪs, -iː

Noun

finis

1. Of a book or other work: the end.
   • 1836, [Frederick Marryat], “In which our hero finds out that trigonometry is not only necessary to navigation, but may be required in settling affairs of honour”, in Mr. Midshipman Easy […], volume II, London: Saunders and Otley, […], →OCLC, page 32:

     He had gone through the work from the title-page to the finis at least forty times, and had just commenced it over again.

   • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 16: Eumaeus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part III [Nostos], pages 570–571:

     Highly providential was the appearance on the scene of Corny Kelleher when Stephen was blissfully unconscious that, but for that man in the gap turning up at the eleventh hour, the finis might have been that he might have been a candidate for the accident ward, […]

Verb

finis

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of finar

Verb

finis

1. past of fini

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.ni/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: fini, finie, finies, finit, finît
• Rhymes: -i

Adjective

finis

1. masculine plural of fini

Verb

finis

1. inflection of finir:
   1. first/second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second-person singular past historic
   3. second-person singular imperative

Participle

finis m pl

1. masculine plural of fini

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfinis/

Verb

finis

1. past of finar

Noun

finis (plural finis-finis)

1. finish