finish

A. n (pl finishes)

• 1 (end) fin (f)

• 2 [Sport] arrivée (f)

• 3 (of wood, car) finition (f); (of fabric, leather) apprêt (m)

B. vtr

• 1 finir, terminer [chapter, sentence, task]; terminer, achever [building, novel] to finish doing = finir de faire

• 2 (leave) finir [work, school]

• 3 (consume) finir [cigarette, drink, meal]

• 4 (put an end to) briser [career]

C. vi

• (gen) finir; [speaker] finir de parler; [conference, programme, term] finir, se terminer; [holidays] se terminer