# finir
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan fenir (perhaps later influenced by fin), from Latin fīnīre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [fiˈni]
* IPA: (Valencia) [fiˈniɾ]

### Verb

finir (first-person singular present fineixo, first-person singular preterite finí, past participle finit)
* (transitive, intransitive) to end, finish, conclude
    Synonyms: acabar, finalitzar, finar

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

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

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French finir, from Middle French fenir (altered by association with fin), from Latin fīnīre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fi.niʁ/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: finirent
* Rhymes: -iʁ

### Verb

finir
* to finish, end, complete
    J’ai fini les devoirs hier.I finished the homework yesterday.

#### 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-.

#### Derived terms

* à n’en plus finir
* contrôleur des travaux finis
* en finir
* finir ses jours
* inspecteur des travaux finis
* produit fini
* tout est bien qui finit bien

#### Related terms

* défini
* fin
* fini
* finissage
* finisseur, finisseuse
* finition
* indéfini
* infini

### Further reading

* “finir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Ido
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fiˈnir/

### Verb

finir
* past infinitive of finar

## Interlingua
### Etymology

From French.

### Verb

finir
* to finish

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | finir | finir |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | finiente | finite |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | fini | ha finite |
| active | past | finiva | habeva finite |
| active | future | finira | habera finite |
| active | conditional | finirea | haberea finite |
| active | imperative | fini | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es finite | ha essite finite |
| passive | past | esseva finite | habeva essite finite |
| passive | future | essera finite | habera essite finite |
| passive | conditional | esserea finite | haberea essite finite |
| passive | imperative | sia finite | |

## Middle French
### Alternative forms

* finer

### Etymology

From Old French finir.

### Verb

finir
* (transitive, intransitive) to finish; to end
    Synonym: achever

#### Conjugation

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

#### Descendants

* French: finir

### References

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

## Norman
### Etymology

From Old French finir, from Latin fīnīre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fi.ni/
* (Cotentin) IPA: /fĩ.nĩ/
* (Jersey) IPA: /fĩ.ni/

### Verb

finir
* to finish
    Antonym: coumenchier

#### Conjugation
## Old French
### Verb

finir
* Alternative form of finer

#### Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

## Poitevin-Saintongeais
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French fenir, from Latin finire.

### Verb

finir
* to end, finish

### References

* Piveteau, Vianney (1996) Dicopoitevin‎ (in French)

## Spanish
### Etymology

From an alteration of Old Spanish fenir (influenced by fin), from Latin fīnīre. Cf. also the doublet fenecer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fiˈniɾ/ [fiˈniɾ]
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: fi‧nir

### Verb

finir (first-person singular present fino, first-person singular preterite finí, past participle finido)
* (intransitive, Colombia) to end
    Synonyms: acabar, finalizar, terminar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

#### Related terms

* fenecer
* fin
* finito

### Further reading

* “finir”, 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

## Venetan
### Etymology

From Latin fīnīre. Compare Italian finire.

### Verb

finir
* (transitive) to finish, end, complete

#### Conjugation

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