English → Latin
“finite” in Latin
fīniōto finish, terminate; to set, appoint; to limit, boundcircumscrībōto draw a line around, enclose in a circle, circumscribe; to enclose, limit, bound, restrain, hem in; to abate, subsideintereōto go among, become lost in; to disappear, vanish; to be ruined, undoneinterminorto threaten or menace
The English word finite itself goes back to Latin fīnis, through fīnītus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
finite
finitus: circumscriptus (limited): non aeternus: interiturus (not eternal or everlasting). Not finite, non finitus: interminatus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for finite?
- The usual Latin words for “finite” are fīniō, circumscrībō, intereō; also interminor. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.