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Yes. The word finite is a Scrabble US word. The word finite is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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6-letter words (1 found)

FINITE,

5-letter words (2 found)

FEINT,FIENT,

4-letter words (11 found)

FENI,FENT,FINE,FINI,INTI,NEIF,NIEF,NIFE,NITE,TEIN,TINE,

3-letter words (14 found)

EFT,FEN,FET,FIE,FIN,FIT,NEF,NET,NIE,NIT,TEF,TEN,TIE,TIN,

2-letter words (10 found)

EF,EN,ET,FE,IF,IN,IT,NE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 39 words from finite according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of finite

finite

Etymology

The adjective is derived from Middle English fynyte, finit, from Latin fīnītus, perfect passive participle of fīniō (“I finish; I terminate”), from fīnis (“boundary”). The word displaced Old English ġeendodlīċ.

The noun is derived from the adjective.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈfaɪ.naɪt/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈfɑɪ.nɑɪt/
  • Rhymes: -aɪt
  • Hyphenation: fi‧nite

Adjective

finite (comparative more finite, superlative most finite)

  1. Having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number.
    Synonym: limited
  2. (grammar, as opposed to infinite or nonfinite) Limited by (i.e. inflected for) person or number. [from 19th c.]
  3. (ring theory, of a module (or algebra) over a ring) finitely generated (as a module).

Antonyms

  • infinite, nonfinite, infinitival
  • unlimited
  • endless
  • eternal
  • everlasting

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Translations

Noun

finite (plural finites)

  1. A thing which has an end or limit.

Translations

Esperanto

Adverb

finite

  1. past adverbial passive participle of fini

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

finite

  1. inflection of finit:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiˈnite/

Verb

finite

  1. adverbial past passive participle of finar

Interlingua

Participle

finite

  1. past participle of finir

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiˈni.te/
  • Rhymes: -ite
  • Hyphenation: fi‧nì‧te

Etymology 1

Adjective

finite

  1. feminine plural of finito

Participle

finite f pl

  1. feminine plural of finito

Etymology 2

Verb

finite

  1. inflection of finire:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /fiːˈniː.teː/, [fiːˈniːt̪eː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fiˈni.te/, [fiˈniːt̪e]

Adverb

fīnītē (not comparable)

  1. To a certain extent, within limits; limited.
    Antonym: īnfīnītē
  2. Definitely, specifically.

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References

  • “finite”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Spanish

Verb

finite

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of finir combined with te

Source: wiktionary.org