Theadjective is derived fromMiddle English fynyte ,finit , fromLatin fīnītus , perfect passive participle offīniō ( “ I finish; I terminate ” ) , fromfīnis ( “ boundary ” ) . The word displacedOld English ġeendodlīċ .
Thenoun is derived from the adjective.
finite (comparative morefinite ,superlative mostfinite )
Having anend orlimit ;( of a quantity ) constrained bybounds ;( of a set ) whose number ofelements is anatural number .Synonym: limited ( 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.
( ring theory, of amodule (oralgebra ) over aring ) finitely generated (as amodule ).terms derived fromfinite (adjective)
having an end or limit
Bulgarian:кра́ен (bg) ( kráen ) ,ограни́чен (bg) ( ograníčen ) Catalan:finit (ca) Chinese:Mandarin:有限的 (zh) ( yǒuxiàn de ) Czech:konečný (cs) m Danish:endelig Dutch:eindig (nl) Estonian:lõplik (et) Finnish:äärellinen (fi) ,päättyvä (fi) ,rajallinen (fi) French:fini (fr) Georgian:სასრული ( sasruli ) German:endlich (de) Greek:πεπερασμένος (el) m ( peperasménos ) Hungarian:véges (hu) Italian:finito (it) Japanese:限られた ( kagirareta ) ,有限な (ja) ( yūgen na ) ,有限の (ja) ( yūgen no ) Latin:fīnītus (la) Maori:tāparepare ,whatungarongaro ( refers to resources ) Norwegian:endelig (no) ,avsluttet Old English:ġeendodlīċ Polish:skończony (pl) m ,ograniczony (pl) m Portuguese:finito (pt) Romanian:finit (ro) ,limitat (ro) ,care are limită Russian:коне́чный (ru) ( konéčnyj ) ,ограни́ченный (ru) ( ograníčennyj ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:ко̀начан ,огра̀ничен Roman:kònačan (sh) ,ogràničen (sh) Spanish:limitado (es) ,finito (es) Swedish:ändlig (sv) ,begränsad (sv) ,förgänglig (sv) Tagalog:hangganin Turkish:sınırlı (tr) Ukrainian:скінче́нний ( skinčénnyj ) ,обме́жений ( obméženyj )
grammar: limited by person or number
finite (plural finites )
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.
thing which has an end or limit
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finite
past adverbial passive participle offini finite
inflection offinit : strong / mixed nominative / accusative feminine singular strong nominative / accusative plural weak nominative all-gendersingular weak accusative feminine / neuter singular finite
adverbial past passive participle offinar finite
past participle offinir IPA (key ) : /fiˈni.te/ Rhymes:-ite Hyphenation:fi‧nì‧te finite
feminine plural offinito finite f pl
feminine plural offinito finite
inflection offinire : second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative fīnītē (notcomparable )
To acertain extent , withinlimits ;limited .Antonym: īnfīnītē Definitely ,specifically .“finite ”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891 )An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers finite
second-person singular voseoimperative offinir combined withte