finir - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ French Dictionary

Verbs

to conclude  | concluded, concluded |	finir
to get sth. over  | got, got/gotten |	finir qc.
to end up in  + expression of place  | ended, ended |	finir à  + expression of place
to end up in sth.  | ended, ended |	finir en qc.
to be through	finir   - par ex., le travail
to drink up  | drank, drunk |	finir   - son verre
to end  | ended, ended |   - finish	finir
to close  | closed, closed |	finir   - prendre fin
to close sth.  | closed, closed |   - end	finir qc.
to get sth. done   - finish sth.	finir qc.
to end up a thief/a ballet dancer/alcoholic/rich/...  | ended, ended |   - to become eventually	finir voleur/danseuse étoile/alcoolique/riche/...
to eat sth. ⇔  up  | ate, eaten |   - finish eating food	finir qc.   - nourriture
to end it all	en finir   - se suicider
to end up a thief/a ballet dancer/alcoholic/rich/...  | ended, ended |   - to become eventually	finir par devenir voleur/danseuse étoile/alcoolique/riche/...
to end up doing sth.   - to do sth. in the end	finir par faire qc.
to knock sth. on the head [coll.](Brit.)	en finir avec qc.

Adjectives / Adverbs

finally  adv.   - lastly

pour finir

Phrases / Collocations

to finish first/second/...	finir premier/dernier/...
to finish (sth.) in time	finir (qc.) dans les temps
to end in disaster	finir en catastrophe
to end up in the gutter	finir dans le caniveau
to beat the clock   - a task, race, etc.	finir en avance   - une tâche, une course, etc.
to land up in jail [coll.]	finir en prison
to go to the dogs[coll.][fig.]	finir dans le ruisseau [fig.]
to go out with a bang	finir sur une bonne note
to wear a hole in sth.	finir par faire un trou dans qc.   - vêtement
All's well that ends well.	Tout est bien qui finit bien.

Examples

It beats me how she finished before you.	Je ne sais pas comment elle a pu finir avant toi.
If she goes on like this, she'll end up in the nick.	Si elle continue comme ça, elle va finir au trou.
If she goes on like this, she'll end up in the nick.	Si elle continue comme ça, elle va finir en taule.
He ended up apologizing.	Il a fini par s'excuser.

Orthographically similar words

fini

Related search terms

achever, terminer