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end

Pronunciation: /end/

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French translation of end

A. n

  • 1 (final part) fin (f) ‘The End’ = ‘Fin' to put an end to sth = mettre fin à qch to come to an end = se terminer in the end I went home = finalement je suis rentré chez moi for days on end = pendant des jours et des jours
  • 2 (extremity) bout (m), extrémité (f) at the end of, on the end of = au bout de at the end of the garden = au fond du jardin the third from the end = le/la troisième avant la fin to stand sth on (its) end = mettre qch debout
  • 3 (aim) but (m) to this end = dans ce but a means to an end = un moyen d'arriver à ses fins
  • 4 [Sport] to change ends = changer de côté

B. vtr

  • mettre fin à to end sth with = terminer qch par to end it all = en finir avec la vie

C. vi

  • [day, book] se terminer (in, with par); [contract, agreement] expirer

Phrasal verbs

end up

finir par devenir [president]; finir par être [rich] to end up doing = finir par faire

end in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of end in the British & World English dictionary Definition of end in the US English dictionary