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    Finite

    Definitions

    1 | adjective | bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent 2 | adjective | of verbs; relating to forms of the verb that are limited in time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and person

    Pronunciation

    f'ahyn, ahyt (IPA: fˈaɪnˌaɪt)

    Hyphenation

    fi-nite (6 letters | 2 syllables)

    First known use in English

    1410 (Late Middle ages | European Renaissance) (615 years ago)

    Word origin

    Latin

    Word frequency history

    Antonym

    infinite

    Rhymes

    (none among common words)

    Lexically close words

    definite | finial | fining | finises | finish | finitely | infinite | lignite (total: 8)

    Anagrams

    (none among common words)

    Phrase

    non-finite

    Translations

    Spanish: | finito (limited) | limitado (limited) French: | fini (limited) | limité (limited) Portuguese: | finito (limited) | limitado (limited) German: | begrenzt (limited) | endlich (limited) Japanese: | 有限 (nouns) | 限り有る (expression)

    Other notable uses

    finite.com | finite.net | finite.org | finite.info | finite.biz (total: 5)

    Crossword puzzle clues

    Bounded | Limited (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

    Scrabble score

    9 (International English) | 9 (North American English)

    Phone keypad digits

    (???) ?34-6483

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