finale
nounUK /fɪˈnɑːli · US /fəˈnɑli
Etymology From Italian finale (“ending”), from Late Latin fīnālis, from Latin fīnis (“end; boundary, limit”). Doublet of final.
1
The grand end of something, especially of a show or piece of music.
- 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:
2
Human sciences, Linguistics, Narratology, Sciences The chronological conclusion of a series of narrative works.
- Antonyms
- premiere
- Derived terms
- grand finale, nonfinale, season finale, series finale