Finish in Different Languages
Discover 'Finish' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Finish
Afrikaans klaarmaak | ||
Albanian mbaroj | ||
Amharic ጨርስ | ||
Arabic إنهاء | ||
Armenian ավարտել | ||
Assamese সমাপ্ত | ||
Aymara tukuña | ||
Azerbaijani bitirmək | ||
Bambara laban | ||
Basque amaitu | ||
Belarusian скончыць | ||
Bengali শেষ | ||
Bhojpuri खतम करीं | ||
Bosnian završiti | ||
Bulgarian завършек | ||
Catalan acabar | ||
Cebuano paghuman | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 完 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 完 | ||
Corsican finisce | ||
Croatian završi | ||
Czech dokončit | ||
Danish afslut | ||
Dhivehi ނިންމުން | ||
Dogri पूरा करना | ||
Dutch af hebben | ||
English finish | ||
Esperanto fini | ||
Estonian lõpetama | ||
Ewe wu enu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) tapusin | ||
Finnish suorittaa loppuun | ||
French terminer | ||
Frisian ein | ||
Galician rematar | ||
Georgian დასრულება | ||
German fertig | ||
Greek φινίρισμα | ||
Guarani mohu'ã | ||
Gujarati સમાપ્ત | ||
Haitian Creole fini | ||
Hausa gama | ||
Hawaiian hoʻopau | ||
Hebrew סיים | ||
Hindi समाप्त | ||
Hmong suaj kaum | ||
Hungarian befejez | ||
Icelandic klára | ||
Igbo imecha | ||
Ilocano palpasen | ||
Indonesian selesai | ||
Irish críochnaigh | ||
Italian finire | ||
Japanese 仕上げ | ||
Javanese rampung | ||
Kannada ಮುಕ್ತಾಯ | ||
Kazakh аяқтау | ||
Khmer បញ្ចប់ | ||
Kinyarwanda kurangiza | ||
Konkani सोंपोवचें | ||
Korean 끝 | ||
Krio dɔn | ||
Kurdish qedandin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کۆتایی | ||
Kyrgyz бүтүрүү | ||
Lao ສຳ ເລັດຮູບ | ||
Latin consummavi | ||
Latvian pabeigt | ||
Lingala kosilisa | ||
Lithuanian baigti | ||
Luganda okumaliriza | ||
Luxembourgish fäerdeg | ||
Macedonian финиш | ||
Maithili खतम करु | ||
Malagasy farany | ||
Malay selesai | ||
Malayalam പൂർത്തിയാക്കുക | ||
Maltese temm | ||
Maori whakaotinga | ||
Marathi समाप्त | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯂꯣꯏꯁꯤꯟꯕ | ||
Mizo zo | ||
Mongolian дуусгах | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပြီးပြီ | ||
Nepali समाप्त गर्नुहोस् | ||
Norwegian bli ferdig | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kumaliza | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସମାପ୍ତ | ||
Oromo xumuruu | ||
Pashto پای | ||
Persian تمام کردن | ||
Polish koniec | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) terminar | ||
Punjabi ਖਤਮ | ||
Quechua tukuy | ||
Romanian finalizarea | ||
Russian конец | ||
Samoan tini | ||
Sanskrit समापन | ||
Scots Gaelic crìoch | ||
Sepedi fetša | ||
Serbian завршити | ||
Sesotho qetella | ||
Shona pedza | ||
Sindhi ختم ڪر | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) නිමාව | ||
Slovak skončiť | ||
Slovenian konča | ||
Somali dhammee | ||
Spanish terminar | ||
Sundanese bérés | ||
Swahili maliza | ||
Swedish avsluta | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) tapusin | ||
Tajik тамом кардан | ||
Tamil பூச்சு | ||
Tatar тәмамлау | ||
Telugu ముగింపు | ||
Thai เสร็จสิ้น | ||
Tigrinya ወደአ | ||
Tsonga hetisa | ||
Turkish bitiş | ||
Turkmen gutar | ||
Twi (Akan) wie | ||
Ukrainian закінчити | ||
Urdu ختم | ||
Uyghur تامام | ||
Uzbek tugatish | ||
Vietnamese hoàn thành | ||
Welsh gorffen | ||
Xhosa gqiba | ||
Yiddish ענדיקן | ||
Yoruba pari | ||
Zulu qeda |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Klaarmaak" literally translates to "make clear" or "make ready" in English. |
| Albanian | The word "mbaroj" in Albanian derives from the Proto-Albanian word "mbar" meaning "to become full" and also carries the meaning of "to suffice". |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "ጨርስ" (finish) can also mean "conclusion" or "termination". |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "إنهاء" can also mean "cessation" or "abolition". |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "ավարտել" can also refer to "completing" a task or "reaching an end". |
| Azerbaijani | "Bitirmək" means not only "finish" but also "execute" or "implement". |
| Basque | In Basque mythology, "amaitu" also refers to a type of malevolent spirit or demon. |
| Belarusian | Its alternate spelling is |
| Bengali | The word "শেষ" can also mean "death" or a "dead person" in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | The word 'završiti' in Bosnian derives from the Proto-Slavic word '*vьršiti', meaning 'to turn', and is related to the words 'vrh' ('top') and 'vrtjeti' ('to spin'). |
| Bulgarian | The word "завършек" also means "top" or "summit" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | In Catalan, the verb "acabar" can also mean "to die" or "to get rid of something". |
| Cebuano | The word "paghuman" in Cebuano can also refer to the completion of a journey or a transition from one stage of life to another. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The character 完 also appears in the phrases 完成 (complete), 完了 (finished), and 完美 (perfect). |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 完 in Cantonese means 'to play' |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "finisce" is also the imperative form of the verb "finì" (to finish). |
| Croatian | The verb 'završiti' is also used in an intransitive form with the meaning 'to end up'. |
| Czech | The word "Dokončit" is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *dokonьčiti, meaning "to make perfect" or "to bring to an end". |
| Danish | Although 'Afslut' is a Danish word for 'finish', it also signifies closing a pipe or ending an argument in its original German form. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "af hebben" originally meant "to have away" or "to have done". |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "fini" is derived from the Latin "finis" (end) and also means "to be over" or "to die". |
| Estonian | In Finnish, the word "lopetaa" means "to stop" or "to end" and also to "to finish" or "to complete", similar to "lõpetama" in Estonian. |
| Finnish | The verb "suorittaa loppuun" can also mean "to perform" or "to carry out". |
| French | Terminus, a Latin word meaning "boundary" or "end," is at the root of terminer, a French word meaning "to finish" or "to end." |
| Frisian | Frisian "ein" also means "done" or "over", and is similar to the German "ein" meaning "ended" or "gone" |
| Galician | The word "rematar" in Galician ultimately derives from Vulgar Latin *recapitare, meaning "to deliver" or "to hand over." |
| German | Fertig in German is cognate with 'ready' in English, and originally referred to being prepared or set out. |
| Greek | The word "φινίρισμα" in Greek is derived from the Italian word "finire" and the French word "finir", both of which mean "to finish". In a broader sense, it can also refer to the act of making something complete or perfect. |
| Gujarati | The word "સમાપ્ત" in Gujarati also means "final" or "complete". |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "fini" derives from the French word "fini" and also means "done" or "ended. |
| Hausa | The word "gama" in Hausa can also mean "stop" or "halt". |
| Hawaiian | The word "hoʻopau" also means "to bring to an end" or "to make something stop" in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | "סיים" is an acronym of the Talmudic principle "סיימתינה ניהליה", which means "let us conclude this for him." |
| Hindi | The word "समाप्त" (samapt) in Hindi is derived from the Sanskrit word "sam-āp" (सम-आप), meaning "to come together" or "to meet". It can also mean "complete" or "finished" in the sense of reaching a conclusion or an end. |
| Hmong | The word "suaj kaum" also means "to die" or "to end completely" in the Hmong language. |
| Hungarian | Befejez can also mean 'conclude' or 'terminate' in Hungarian. |
| Icelandic | Derived from Old Norse "klára", meaning "to make clear" or "to prepare" |
| Igbo | Imecha was formerly a term for the annual 'harvest festival' in Igboland. |
| Indonesian | "Selesai" can also mean "perfect" or "whole" in Indonesian, as it derives from the Sanskrit word "sesa" meaning "remainder" or "balance." |
| Italian | The word 'finire' shares a Latin root ('finis') with the words 'fin' in English and 'fin' in French. |
| Japanese | 仕上げ in Japanese can also mean "the best," "the most splendid," or "the greatest." |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "rampung" also means "to be exhausted or drained". |
| Kannada | The word "ಮುಕ್ತಾಯ" in Kannada also means "emancipation" or "liberation". |
| Kazakh | The word "аяқтау" in Kazakh can also mean "foundation" or "basis". |
| Khmer | "បញ្ចប់" comes from the Sanskrit word "pañcat" meaning "five" and "pañcatva" meaning "the state of being five". It is used in Khmer to refer to the completion of a process or a state of being complete. |
| Korean | "끝" also means "tip" or "end" and is a Sino-Korean word originating from the Middle Chinese word "tsiět" (modern Chinese: "jié"). |
| Kurdish | The word 'qedandin' also refers to a finishing touch or a final step in a process. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "бүтүрүү" is a derivative of the Turkic root word "bitig", meaning "writing", "document", "record", or "script", suggesting its historical association with completing written tasks. |
| Latin | The word "consummavi" has a secondary meaning of "make perfect" which comes from "summa," "sum" or "top." |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "pabeigt" is derived from the Proto-Baltic root *pai-, meaning "to reach an end". |
| Lithuanian | The word "baigti" comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *bheg-, meaning "to break into pieces". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "fäerdeg" likely derives from the Germanic term "fart", meaning "completed," and shares an etymology with English "finished". |
| Macedonian | The word "финиш" in Macedonian can also mean "the end of a race or competition", similar to its English cognate. |
| Malagasy | "Farany" is also the Malagasy word for "farthing," a small coin. |
| Malay | "Selesai" in Malay originated from Sanskrit "saṃprāpta", which can mean "accomplished", "come to an end", or "obtained". |
| Maltese | The word "temm" in Maltese comes from the Arabic word "tamm" (تَمّ), which means "complete" or "perfect". |
| Maori | Whakaotinga is a compound word made up of the root word oti, meaning 'complete,' and the prefix whaka, which transforms verbs into their causative form. |
| Marathi | As a noun, "समाप्त" also means "perfect". |
| Mongolian | In Classical Mongolian, 'дуусгах' also meant 'to die' |
| Nepali | In Nepali, "समाप्त गर्नुहोस्" can also mean to bring to a close or put an end to something. |
| Norwegian | The literal English translation of “bli ferdig” is “to become ready” or “to get through.” |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Kumaliza in Nyanja can also mean to end, complete, or cease |
| Pashto | The word "پای" in Pashto is also used to refer to the completion of a task, achievement, or result. |
| Persian | تمام کردن is also used in Persian to mean "to complete" or "to fulfill". |
| Polish | The word "koniec" can also mean "the end", "the limit", or "the last". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word 'terminar' derives from the Latin 'terminus' ('boundary, limit'), suggesting its original meaning as 'to come to an end'. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਖਤਮ" in Punjabi can also mean "extinguished" or "ended". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "finalizarea" originally meant "end" or "completion" but came to mean "finish" under French influence. |
| Russian | "Конец" means "end" in Russian, "end" meaning not only cessation of something but also the edge of something |
| Samoan | The word "tini" can also mean "to be over" or "to be done" in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word "crìoch" also means "country", "boundary" or "border". |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "завршити" (meaning "to finish") shares the same etymology with the Sanskrit word "पर्युषित" (meaning "to exhaust") and the Latin word "consummare" (meaning "to accomplish"). |
| Sesotho | The word "qetella" can also mean "to complete" or "to exhaust" in Sesotho. |
| Shona | In Shona, the word "pedza" can also refer to the act of "destroying" or "breaking" something. |
| Sindhi | The word "ختم ڪر" also means "to seal" in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhala word "නිමාව" also has the meaning "cessation" and is derived from the Sanskrit "निर्वाण" (nirvāṇa). |
| Slovak | The word "skončiť" in Slovak can also mean "to die" or "to end up". |
| Slovenian | The word "konča" in Slovenian also means "end" or "conclusion" and is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*konьčati". |
| Somali | "Dhammee" is also used to mean "complete" or "thorough" in Somali. |
| Spanish | "Terminar" shares its Latin root with "termite" and "term," alluding to its meaning of "to establish the end or limit of something." |
| Sundanese | "Bérés" also means "already" and "done" in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | Maliza is an alternate spelling of the word malizia, which also means 'end' or 'stop'. |
| Swedish | "Avsluta" also means "shut off, turn off" in the context of devices, systems, and machinery. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "tapusin" is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word *tapuh*, meaning "done" or "finished". |
| Tajik | The word "тамом кардан" also means "to complete" or "to accomplish" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | The word பூச்சு also means "ornament", "decoration", "painting" or "coating" in Tamil. |
| Telugu | ముగింపు can also refer to the "end" of a particular period or event. |
| Thai | เสร็จสิ้น derives from the Sanskrit word "siddha", meaning "accomplished" or "perfected", and can also mean "completed" or "fulfilled" in Thai. |
| Turkish | In Turkish, "bitiş" not only means "finish" but also "joint", a meaning derived from its root "bit-" meaning "to join". |
| Ukrainian | The word also means "to end (a life)" or "to accomplish (a task)" in Ukrainian. |
| Urdu | The word "ختم" also means "seal" or "amulet" in Urdu, and is derived from the Arabic word "ختم" with the same meaning. |
| Uzbek | 'Tugatish' has a different meaning when used as a noun. |
| Vietnamese | The word "hoàn thành" is derived from the Chinese word "完成", which also means "to finish" or "to complete". |
| Welsh | Welsh 'gorffen' is cognate with Irish 'for-fen' 'end', both from Proto-Celtic *wor-s-ton-i- |
| Xhosa | The word 'gqiba' also refers to the completion of a meal or task, and has connotations of satisfaction and accomplishment. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "ענדיקן" is derived from the German word "endigen" and also means "to end" or "to complete". |
| Yoruba | In Edo, the word 'pari' also means 'go out', 'depart' or 'die'. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word 'qeda' is also used to refer to a period of time or a specific event. |
| English | The word "finish" comes from the Old French word "finir," which means "to come to an end." |