Finish

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.1 Homophones 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Transitive verb 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Intransitive verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Related terms 2 Danish 2.1 Noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Noun

English

Pronunciation

• AHD : fĭn'ĭsh
• IPA : /ˈfɪnɪʃ/
• SAMPA : /"fInIS/

Homophones

• Finnish

Noun

finish (plural finishes)

1. The end of anything.
2. A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces.

   The car's finish was so shiny and new.

3. A score similar to a touchdown in the game of scuffleball, worth four points.

Translations

end

Catalan: meta f, fita f Chinese: 终结 Danish: slutning c Dutch: eindstreep f, finish f, meet f Finnish: maali French: fin f German: Ende n Interlingua: fin, termination Italian: fine

Norwegian: Avslutningen Portuguese: fim m, acabamento m Spanish: meta f, fin m Volapük: fin, finük

protective coating

Danish: finish c Finnish: pintakäsittely French: fini m German: Lack m

score in scuffleball

Transitive verb

to finish (finishes, finished, finishing)

1. To complete (something).

   Please finish your homework!.

2. To apply a final treatment to (a surface, etc).

   The furniture was finished in teak veneer.

Translations

to complete

Dutch: afwerken , beëindigen Finnish: lopettaa (1), viimeistellä (2) French: finir, achever Galician: acabar German: beenden Interlingua: finir, terminar Irish: críochnaigh

Italian: finire Norwegian: avslutte Portuguese: acabar Spanish: acabar , terminar Volapük: fimekön , finükön , lemekön

to apply a final treatment to

Finnish: viimeistellä

Intransitive verb

to finish (finishes, finished, finishing)

1. To come to an end.

   The song has finished.

Translations

• Dutch: ophouden , eindigen , gedaan zijn
• French: finir
• Italian: finire

Related terms

• finish line
• finishing school

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Danish

Noun

finish c

1. finish (protective coating)

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Dutch

Noun

finish f

1. finish, end