ETYM Latin finitus, p. p. of finire. Related to Finish, Fine.
Bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent.
1. Limité. Espace fini.
2. Terminé. Travail fini.
3. (Péjoratif) Usé.
4. (Familier) Fichu. Un homme fini.
1. Limité. Espace fini.
2. Terminé. Travail fini.
3. (Péjoratif) Usé.
4. (Familier) Fichu. Un homme fini.
(Grammar) Of verbs; relating to forms of the verb that are limited in time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and person.
Having a countable number of elements, the opposite of infinite.
In grammar, a verb that is limited by tense, number, and gender (is, worked). The infinitive forms (to be, to work) and participles and gerunds (being, working) are nonfinite: they are not bounded by time or number.