finishing in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for finishing in the English»French Dictionary

finishing line Brit, finish line Am N SPORTS

finishing line fig

ligne f d'arrivée

finishing touch N

finishing touch

touche f finale

to put the finishing touches to painting, speech, room

mettre la touche finale à

finishing school N SCHOOL

finishing school

pension pour jeunes filles de bonne famille

finishing post N SPORTS

finishing post

poteau m d'arrivée

I.finish <pl finishes> [Brit ˈfɪnɪʃ, Am ˈfɪnɪʃ] N

1. finish (end):

finish

fin f

from start to finish

du début (jusqu')à la fin

it will be a fight to the finish lit

ce sera un combat à mort

it will be a fight to the finish fig

la partie va être serrée

to be in at the finish

assister au dénouement

2. finish SPORTS:

finish

arrivée f

it was a close finish

l'arrivée a été serrée

an athlete with a good finish

un athlète bon au sprint final

3. finish (surface, aspect):

finish (of clothing, wood, car)

finition f

finish (of fabric, leather)

apprêt m

a car with a metallic finish

une voiture métallisée

paint with a matt/silk finish

peinture mate/satinée

a wine with a smooth finish

un vin épanoui

II.finish [Brit ˈfɪnɪʃ, Am ˈfɪnɪʃ] VB trans

1. finish (complete):

finish chapter, sentence, task

finir, terminer

finish building, novel, sculpture, opera

terminer, achever

to finish doing

finir de faire

I must get this report finished

il faut que je finisse or que je termine ce rapport

2. finish (leave):

finish work, studies

finir

I finish work at 5.30 pm

je finis (le travail) à 17 h 30

she finishes school/university next year

elle finira l'école/l'université l'année prochaine

3. finish (consume):

finish cigarette, drink, meal

finir

who finished all the biscuits?

qui a fini les biscuits?

4. finish (put an end to):

finish career

briser

5. finish (exhaust, demoralize):

finish inf

achever inf

person that long walk finished me!

cette longue promenade m'a achevé! inf

this news nearly finished him

cette nouvelle a failli l'achever inf

III.finish [Brit ˈfɪnɪʃ, Am ˈfɪnɪʃ] VB intr

1. finish (end):

finish conference, programme, term:

finir, se terminer

finish holidays:

se terminer

the meeting finishes at 3 pm

la réunion se termine à 15 h

the film finishes on Thursday

le film ne passe plus à partir de jeudi

I'll see you when the concert finishes

je te verrai à la fin du concert

wait until the music finishes

attends la fin du morceau (de musique)

as the concert was finishing

alors que le concert touchait à sa fin

after the lecture finishes we'll have lunch

nous déjeunerons quand la conférence sera terminée

I'm waiting for the washing machine to finish

j'attends que ma lessive soit finie

2. finish (reach end of race):

finish

arriver

my horse finished first

mon cheval est arrivé premier

the horse/the athlete failed to finish

le cheval/l'athlète n'a pas fini la course

3. finish (conclude):

finish speaker:

finir (de parler), conclure

he won't let me finish

il ne me laisse pas finir (de parler)

let me finish

laissez- moi finir (de parler)

she finished with a quotation

elle a conclu par une citation

4. finish (leave employment):

I finished at the bank yesterday

j'ai quitté mon travail à la banque hier

IV.finished ADJ

1. finished:

beautifully finished furniture, interior etc

avec des finitions soignées

interior finished in marble/grey

intérieur avec des finitions en marbre/finitions grises

walls finished in blue gloss

murs laqués bleu

the finished product

le produit fini

2. finished (accomplished):

finished performance

accompli

3. finished (ruined):

finished

fini, fichu inf

as a boxer he's finished

en tant que boxeur il est fini or fichu inf

after the scandal her career was finished

après le scandale, sa carrière était finie

gloss finish N

gloss finish

brillant m

blanket finish N SPORTS

blanket finish

arrivée f serrée

eggshell finish N

eggshell finish

peinture f coquille d'œuf

I.finish with VB [Brit ˈfɪnɪʃ -, Am ˈfɪnɪʃ -] (finish with [sth])

finish with

finir avec

have you finished with the newspaper?

tu as fini avec le journal?

hurry up and finish with the scissors, I need them

dépêche-toi avec les ciseaux, j'en ai besoin

pass the pen to me when you've finished with it

passe-moi le stylo quand tu auras fini

I'm finished with school/politics!

j'en ai assez de l'école!/de la politique!

II.finish with VB [Brit ˈfɪnɪʃ -, Am ˈfɪnɪʃ -] (finish with [sb])

1. finish with (split up):

finish with girlfriend, boyfriend

rompre avec

2. finish with (stop punishing):

I haven't finished with you yet!

je n'en ai pas encore fini avec toi!

you'll be sorry when I've finished with you!

tu vas voir ce que tu vas voir! inf

Translations for finishing in the French»English Dictionary

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finissage

finishing

finishing in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for finishing in the English»French Dictionary

finishing line, finishing post N

finishing line

ligne f d'arrivée

finishing touch N

finishing touch

touche f finale

I.finish [ˈfɪn·ɪʃ] VB intr

1. finish (cease, conclude):

finish

se terminer

2. finish (stop talking):

finish

finir (de parler)

3. finish sports:

finish

finir

II.finish [ˈfɪn·ɪʃ] VB trans

finish

finir

to finish doing sth

finir de faire qc

III.finish [ˈfɪn·ɪʃ] N

1. finish sports:

finish

arrivée f

2. finish (conclusion of process):

finish

fin f

from start to finish

du début (jusqu')à la fin

3. finish (quality):

finish

fini m

finish on furniture

finition f

photo finish N sports

photo finish

photo-finish f

finish up VB trans, intr

finish up

finir

to finish up doing sth

se retrouver à faire qc

finish with VB trans

finish with

en finir avec

I haven't finished with that yet

j'ai encore besoin de ça

I.finish off VB trans

1. finish off (conclude):

finish off

finir

2. finish off (eat/drink):

finish off

finir

3. finish off inf (beat or make somebody fatigued):

finish off

achever

4. finish off inf (kill):

finish off

achever

II.finish off VB intr

finish off

finir

Translations for finishing in the French»English Dictionary

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finition d'un meuble, d'une œuvre d'art

finishing

finition

finish

finition

finishing touches

parachever qc (finir)

to finish sth off

parachever qc (perfectionner)

to put the finishing touches on sth

poteau d'arrivée/départ

finishing/starting post

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Traditional home sewing techniques for finishing plain seams include trimming with pinking shears, oversewing with a zig-zag stitch, and hand or machine overcasting.

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He struggled to reach the finishing line of the mountain stages in the gruppetto.

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After finishing third in her only race as a two-year-old and won three times in the following year but appeared to be below top class.

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A range of finishing options, such as in-cave stapler stacker, hole punch, high capacity staple/stack and booklet makers are available.

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The cost of the buildings and adjacent property was approximately $21 million (excluding interior finishing and additional construction costs).

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Finishing work on the facings and the addition of a road on top completed the dike in 1825.

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So we bunked over the wall and did our finishing lap, he said.

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After hand finishing, items are sprayed with at least two coats of enamel.

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While training there, he also went to school, finishing high school at the age of 19.

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The interior finishing and moldings were typical for the time period and much of it was salvaged during the building's reconstruction in 1997.

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