# finalista
## Catalan
### Etymology

From final +‎ -ista.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [fi.nəˈlis.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [fi.naˈlis.ta]

### Noun

finalista m or f by sense (plural finalistes)
* finalist

### Further reading

* “finalista” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “finalista”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “finalista” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “finalista” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfɪnalɪsta]
* Rhymes: -ɪsta

### Noun

finalista m anim (female equivalent finalistka)
* finalist (male)

#### Related terms

* See finiš
* finále

### Further reading

* “finalista”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “finalista”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Italian
### Etymology

From finale +‎ -ista.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fi.naˈli.sta/
* Rhymes: -ista
* Hyphenation: fi‧na‧lì‧sta

### Adjective

finalista (masculine plural finalisti, feminine plural finaliste)
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### Noun

finalista m or f by sense (masculine plural finalisti, feminine plural finaliste)
* (sports) finalist

#### Derived terms

* finalistico
* semifinalista

### Further reading

* finalista in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* finalista in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
* finalista in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* finalìsta in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* finalista in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
* finalista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* fanalisti

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fi.naˈlis.ta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ista
* Syllabification: fi‧na‧lis‧ta

### Etymology 1

Internationalism; compare English finalist, French finaliste, German Finalist.

#### Noun

finalista m pers (female equivalent finalistka)
* finalist (person or thing that appears in the final stage of a competition)
* (sports) finalist (person who competes in the finals)

##### Related terms

* finałowy
* finałowo
* finał

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French finaliste.

#### Noun

finalista m pers (female equivalent finalistka, related adjective finalistyczny)
* (philosophy) finalist (supporter of finalism)

##### Related terms

* finalizm

### Further reading

* finalista in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* finalista in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From final +‎ -ista.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /fi.naˈlis.tɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /fi.naˈlis.tɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /fi.naˈliʃ.tɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /fi.naˈlis.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fi.nɐˈliʃ.tɐ/
* Hyphenation: fi‧na‧lis‧ta

### Noun

finalista m or f by sense (plural finalistas)
* finalist

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:finalista.

### Further reading

* “finalista”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From final +‎ -ista.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /finaˈlista/ [fi.naˈlis.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -ista
* Syllabification: fi‧na‧lis‧ta

### Noun

finalista m or f by sense (plural finalistas)
* finalist

### Further reading

* “finalista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10