finalité

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.na.li.te/

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Noun

finalité f (plural finalités)

1. purpose, end result
2. (philosophy) idea according to which things and forms are created and change according to an end, teleology

Further reading

• “finalité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.