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Etymology

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Theadjective is derived fromMiddle Englishfynyte,finit, fromLatinfīnītus, perfect passive participle offīniō(I finish; I terminate), fromfīnis(boundary). The word displacedOld Englishġeendodlīċ.

Thenoun is derived from the adjective.

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Adjective

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finite (comparativemorefinite,superlativemostfinite)

  1. Having anend orlimit;(of a quantity) constrained bybounds;(of a set) whose number ofelements is anatural number.
    Synonym:limited
  2. (grammar, as opposed toinfinite ornonfinite) Limited by (i.e. inflected for) person or number.[from 19th c.]
    The "goes" in "he goes" is afinite form of a verb, the third-person singular.
  3. (ring theory, of amodule (oralgebra) over aring)finitely generated (as amodule).

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terms derived fromfinite (adjective)

Translations

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having an end or limit
grammar: limited by person or number

Noun

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finite (pluralfinites)

  1. Athing which has anend orlimit.
    • 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.”, inPhilosophical Essays on Various Subjects, [], London: [] Richard Ford [], and Richard Hett [],→OCLC,pages384–385:
      Diſagreement in Subſtance or Eſſence[] may be calledDiſproportion, as, there is a Diſproportion betvveenFinites and Infinites,i.e. there is no Proportion betvveen them.

Translations

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thing which has an end or limit
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Esperanto

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Adverb

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finite

  1. past adverbial passive participle offini

German

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Adjective

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finite

  1. inflection offinit:
    1. strong/mixednominative/accusativefemininesingular
    2. strongnominative/accusativeplural
    3. weaknominative all-gendersingular
    4. weakaccusativefeminine/neutersingular

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Verb

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finite

  1. adverbial past passive participle offinar

Interlingua

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Participle

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finite

  1. pastparticiple offinir

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fiˈni.te/
  • Rhymes:-ite
  • Hyphenation:fi‧nì‧te

Etymology 1

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Adjective

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finite

  1. feminineplural offinito

Participle

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finite pl

  1. feminineplural offinito

Etymology 2

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Verb

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finite

  1. inflection offinire:
    1. second-personpluralpresentindicative
    2. second-personpluralimperative

Latin

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Adverb

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fīnītē (notcomparable)

  1. To acertainextent, withinlimits;limited.
    Antonym:īnfīnītē
  2. Definitely,specifically.

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References

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  • finite”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Spanish

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Verb

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finite

  1. second-personsingular voseoimperative offinir combined withte
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