finalist

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English final

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istader.

Old French -istebor.

Middle English -ist

English -ist

English finalist

From final + -ist.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

finalist (plural finalists)

1. Somebody or something that appears in the final stage of a competition.
   • 1973, Aquatics Guide, with Official Rules and Swimming and Diving Standards:

     If the disqualifications leave a vacancy for the full complement of finalists, swim-offs shall be continued among the disqualified swimmers until a full complement of finalists is assured.

   • 2024 October 15, Noah Furtado, “Familiar names, a few surprises headline MLB Gold Glove Award finalists”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Soto was a finalist once before in right field, in 2022, when he lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Mookie Betts.

2. A university student in their final year of study; a senior.
3. A university student during the period of sitting their final examinations (whether or not in their final year of study).

Derived terms

• nonfinalist
• prefinalist
• quarter-finalist
• semi-finalist

Translations

participant in final

• Azerbaijani: finalçı
• Catalan: finalista m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: finalista (cs) m, finalistka (cs) f
• Dutch: finalist (nl) m, finaliste (nl) f
• French: finaliste (fr) m
• Georgian: ფინალისტი (pinalisṭi)
• German: Finalist (de) m, Finalistin (de) f
• Hebrew: פַיְנָלִיסְט (he) m (faynelíst)
• Hungarian: döntős (hu)
• Irish: iomaitheoir ceannchluiche m
• Italian: finalista (it) m or f
• Japanese: 決勝進出者 (kesshō shinshutsusha)
• Korean: 결승 진출자 (gyeolseung jinchulja)
• Persian: فینالیست (fa) (finâlist)
• Portuguese: finalista (pt) m or f
• Romanian: finalist (ro) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: фина̀лист m

  Latin: finàlist (sh) m

• Spanish: finalista (es) m or f
• Swedish: finalist (sv) c

See also

• short list, shortlisted

Anagrams

• Filastin, tail fins, tailfins

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French finaliste or English finalist. Equivalent to finale +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌfi.naːˈlɪst/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: fi‧na‧list
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

finalist m (plural finalisten, diminutive finalistje n, feminine finaliste)

1. finalist

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French finaliste.

Noun

finalist m (plural finaliști)

1. finalist

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	finalist	finalistul	finaliști	finaliștii
genitive-dative	finalist	finalistului	finaliști	finaliștilor
vocative	finalistule		finaliștilor

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• finàlista (Bosnia, Serbia)

Etymology

From finále.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /finǎlist/
• Hyphenation: fi‧na‧list

Noun

finàlist m anim (Cyrillic spelling фина̀лист)

1. finalist

Declension

Declension of finalist

	singular	plural
nominative	finalist	finalisti
genitive	finalista	finalista
dative	finalistu	finalistima
accusative	finalista	finaliste
vocative	finaliste	finalisti
locative	finalistu	finalistima
instrumental	finalistom	finalistima

References

• “finalist”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Swedish

Noun

finalist c

1. a finalist

Declension

Declension of finalist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	finalist	finalists
	definite	finalisten	finalistens
plural	indefinite	finalister	finalisters
	definite	finalisterna	finalisternas

See also

• semifinalist
• kvartsfinalist

References

• “finalist”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “finalist”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)