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Plural of finale

regular plural

The plural of finale is finales.

Forms of finale

Singularfinale /fɪˈnɑːli
Pluralfinales
Countablecountable

Finales in a sentence

  • The New York Times notes that, where his rallies were once "improvised and volatile," their finales now feel more planned, solemn, and infused with religion.2024 April 8, “The Rapid Secularization of America”, in Fareed Zakaria GPS, spoken by Fareed Zakaria. From the entry altar call
  • Many, though not all, the finales Schubert wrote for his piano sonatas prefer to roam and amble rather than explode with excitement.2008 January 16, Bernard Holland, “A Pianist Plays Middleman for Two Composers Who Spoke in Different Voices”, in New York Times. From the entry unhurriedness
  • Finally, Mozart's most dramatic finales and concerted numbers are more or less in sonata form, like symphonic movements, and must therefore be classed as musical prose.1902 [1898], [George] Bernard Shaw, The Perfect Wagnerite […] , second edition, London: Grant Richards, page 123. From the entry symphonic

Meaning of finale

  1. noun The grand end of something, especially of a show or piece of music.
  2. noun The chronological conclusion of a series of narrative works.

Full definition of finale

Questions about the plural of finale

What is the plural of finale?
The plural of finale is finales.
Is finale countable?
Finale is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: finale (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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