# finite
## English
### Etymology

The adjective is derived from Middle English fynyte, finit, from Latin fīnītus, perfect passive participle of fīniō (“I finish; I terminate”), from fīnis (“boundary”). The word displaced Old English ġeendodlīċ.
The noun is derived from the adjective.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, New Zealand) IPA: /ˈfaɪ.naɪt/
* (General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈfaɪ.naɪt/
** Audio (California):(file)
** (Canadian raising) IPA: [ˈfaɪ.nʌɪt]
* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈfɑɪ.nɑɪt/
* Rhymes: -aɪt
* Hyphenation: fi‧nite

### Adjective

finite (comparative more finite, superlative most finite)
* Having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number.
    Synonym: limited
* (grammar, as opposed to infinite or nonfinite) Limited by (i.e. inflected for) person or number. [from 19th c.]
    The "goes" in "he goes" is a finite form of a verb, the third-person singular.
* (ring theory, of a module (or algebra) over a ring) finitely generated (as a module).

#### Antonyms

* infinite, nonfinite, infinitival
* unlimited
* endless
* eternal
* everlasting

#### Derived terms

* cofinite
* finite automaton
* finite capacity planning
* finite continued fraction
* finite deterrence
* finite difference
* finite-dimensional
* finite element
* finite field
* finite generator
* finite geometry
* finiteless
* finitely
* finitely generated
* finiteness
* finite set
* finite-state automaton
* finite-state machine
* finite state machine
* finitise
* finitism
* finitist
* finitization
* finitize
* hyperfinite
* locally finite
* metafinite
* nonfinite
* non-finite
* non-finite verb
* profinite
* pseudofinite
* quasifinite
* semifinite
* superfinite
* unfinite
* σ-finite measure

#### Related terms

* finis
* finitude
* finity
* finitely
* finiteness
* finite verb
* infinite
* infiniteness
* infinitude
* transfinite

#### Translations
### Noun

finite (plural finites)
* A thing which has an end or limit.
** 1733, I[saac] W[atts], “A Brief Scheme of Ontology: Or The Science of Being in General; […]. Chap[ter] XIII. Of Agreement and Difference, of Sameness, and the Doctrine of Opposites.”, in Philosophical Essays on Various Subjects, […], London: […] Richard Ford […], and Richard Hett […], →OCLC, pages 384–385:Diſagreement in Subſtance or Eſſence […] may be called Diſproportion, as, there is a Diſproportion betvveen Finites and Infinites, i.e. there is no Proportion betvveen them.

#### Translations
## Esperanto
### Adverb

finite
* past adverbial passive participle of fini

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

finite
* inflection of finit:
** strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
** strong nominative/accusative plural
** weak nominative all-gender singular
** weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

## Ido
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fiˈnite/

### Verb

finite
* adverbial past passive participle of finar

## Interlingua
### Participle

finite
* past participle of finir

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fiˈni.te/
* Rhymes: -ite
* Hyphenation: fi‧nì‧te

### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

finite
* feminine plural of finito

#### Participle

finite f pl
* feminine plural of finito

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

finite
* inflection of finire:
** second-person plural present indicative
** second-person plural imperative

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /fiːˈniː.teː/, [fiːˈniːt̪eː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /fiˈni.te/, [fiˈniːt̪e]

### Adverb

fīnītē (not comparable)
* To a certain extent, within limits; limited.
    Antonym: īnfīnītē
* Definitely, specifically.

#### Related terms

* fīnālis
* fīniēns
* fīniō
* fīnis
* fīnitimus
* fīnītiō
* fīnītīvus
* fīnītor
* fīnītus

### References

* “finite”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

## Spanish
### Verb

finite
* second-person singular voseo imperative of finir combined with te