Noun: finale
| Singular | finale |
| Plural | finales |
Sample Sentences
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Andre Santos equalised and the outstanding Theo Walcott put Arsenal ahead for the first time before Juan Mata's spectacular strike set up the finale for an enthralling encounter. [2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport:]
Nouns inflected like finale
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Italian finale (“ending”), from Late Latin fīnālis, from Latin fīnis (“end; boundary, limit”). Doublet of final. See: Italian Nouns '
finale', Latin Nouns '
fīnis'.