How to say “final” in 33 different languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
- última/ˈultima/ Spanish
- अंतिम/ən.t̪ɪm/ Hindi
- τελική/ˌteliˈci/ Greek
- סופי/soˈfi/ Hebrew
- கடைசி/kɐɖaɪ̯si/ Tamil
“final” in Spanish: última · Italian: finale · Portuguese: última · Hindi: अंतिम · Greek: τελική
It is commonest in Indonesian, where terakhir is the 241st most used word.
Final in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian finale/finalɛ/ #1,837
- Arabic أخير/ʔa.xiːr/ last, final #2,264
- Bosnian poslednji/pǒsledɲiː/ #894
- Bulgarian последен[poˈslɛdɛn] last, final #1,089
- Catalan última[ˈul.ti.mə] final, last #526
- Chinese 唷/i⁵⁵/ Emphatic final particle used to make requests #1,900
- Croatian posljednji/pǒsʎedɲiː/ #815
- English final/ˈfaɪn(ə)l/ A final examination; a test or examination… #1,117
- Estonian viimane/ˈviːmɑne/ last, final #411
- Finnish viimeinen/ˈʋiːmei̯nen/ last, final #573
- Galician última/ˈultima/ last; final; latest #503
- Greek τελική/ˌteliˈci/ final, last #2,171
- Hebrew סופי/soˈfi/ Final, terminal, ending: of or pertaining to… #1,268
- Hindi अंतिम/ən.t̪ɪm/ final, last #527
- Hungarian végső[ˈveːkʃøː] final, ultimate #2,076
- Indonesian terakhir/təˈrahir/ Final; latest, last, ultimate #241
- Italian finale/fiˈna.le/ final, ending #1,755
- Korean 끝[k͈ɯt̚] end, final #856
- Lithuanian paskutinis[pɐskʊˈtʲɪnʲɪs] last, final #388
- Malay lah/ˈlah/ Final particle indicating an imperative,… #436
- Malayalam അന്തിമ/ɐn̪t̪imɐ/ last; final, ending #1,643
- Polish ostatni/ɔˈstat.ɲi/ last, final, ultimate #617
- Portuguese última/ˈuw.t͡ʃi.mɐ/ final; last #369
- Romanian ultima[ˈul.ti.ma] ultimate, final, last #336
- Serbian poslednji/pǒsledɲiː/ #598
- Slovak finále/finaːʎe/ #1,776
- Spanish última/ˈultima/ final; last #418
- Tamil கடைசி/kɐɖaɪ̯si/ final, last, ultimate, terminal #293
- Telugu చివరి/t͡ɕiʋaɾi/ last, final, ultimate #184
- Turkish son/ˈson/ last, final #106
- Ukrainian останній[ɔˈstanʲːii̯] last, final #693
- Urdu نا/nɑː/ final emphatic particle #187
- Vietnamese cơ[kəː˧˧] Final emphatic particle #182
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.