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Definition: Finial |
FinialNoun1. An ornament at the top of a spire or gable; usually a foliated fleur-de-lis. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "finial" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1924. (references) |
Etymology: Finial \Fin"*i*al\, noun. [Latin expression finire to finish, end. See Finish.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Finial |
| English words defined with "finial": Hip knob ♦ Knop. (references) |
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 | Eldridge R. Fenimore Johnson house, Moorestown, N.J. Finial and newel.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Finial and colonial wall.Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| "Finial" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Finial" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 10 | 111,207 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "finial": palmette-finial. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
finial | 80 |
bed canopy elite finial full king open queen sized | 18 |
wood finial | 13 |
lamp finial | 12 |
copper finial | 6 |
finial rod | 6 |
blossom finial white winter | 6 |
finial roof | 5 |
bed finial | 5 |
pineapple finial | 3 |
finial mahogany solid | 3 |
finial flag | 3 |
curtain finial glass rod | 2 |
fence finial post | 2 |
finial flag pole | 2 |
company finial | 2 |
finial hook | 2 |
finial post | 2 |
finial fence | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "finial"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Dutch | piron (king-post, lead final, pinial), kruisbloem. (various references) | ||||
French | fleuron, épi de faîte (lead final), épi de faîtage (lead final). (various references) | ||||
German | Kreuzblume (milkwort, senega, snakeroot). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 九輪 (pagoda finial). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | くり" (pagoda finial). (various references) | ||||
Manx | ornaid vullee. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | inialfay | ||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "finial": finialed, finials. (additional references) | |
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"Finial" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Faneuil, Fania, fenial, fenil, Fenjal, Fidia, Finail, Finall, finap, Finau, fineal, Finel, finian, finil, finile, Finjan, Finnida, Finnoula, Finuval, Fionnuala, Fizia, fonile, Funia, Funiak, Fyneux, iniap, Sinisalo. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "finial" (pronounced 'Fin"*i*al'): Abactinal, Abbatial, Abbatical, Abdal, Aberrational, Abettal, Abhal, Abhominal, Abiological, Abnormal, Aboral, Abortional, Abranchial, Absinthial, Abstractional, Abuttal, Abysmal, Abyssal, Academial, Accentual, Accessional, Accessorial, Accipitral, Accrementitial, Accrual, Accusal, Accusatival, Accusatorial, Acephal, Acerval, Acetal, Achenial, Acnodal, Aconital, Acoustical, Acquittal, Acranial, Acritical, Acromial, Acropetal, Acroterial, Actinal, Actinozoal, Actuarial, Adagial, Adambulacral, Adaptorial, Adenological, Adjectional, Adjectival. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-i-i-l-n" | |
-1 letter: final. | |
-2 letters: alif, anil, fail, fain, fila, flan, ilia, inia, lain, naif, nail. | |
-3 letters: ail, ain, ani, fan, fil, fin, lin, nil. | |
-4 letters: ai, al, an, fa, if, in, la, li, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-i-i-l-n" | |
+1 letter: failing, finalis, finials, finical. | |
+2 letters: antilife, failings, filarian, finalise, finalism, finalist, finality, finalize, finialed, flailing, unfilial, unifilar. | |
+3 letters: failingly, fictional, filiating, filiation, finagling, finalised, finalises, finalisms, finalists, finalized, finalizes, financial, finically, fissional, foliating, foliation, hifalutin, infalling, infantile, inflaming, inflating, inflation, officinal, plaintiff, salifying, semifinal, unfailing, unifiable. | |
+4 letters: afflicting, affliction, airlifting, amplifying, antifamily, beneficial, calcifying, clarifying, coalifying, defilading, disdainful, enfilading, falsifying, filiations, filmmaking, filtrating, filtration, finalising, finalities, finalizing, fingernail, flatlining, flirtation, floriation, focalising, focalizing, foliations, frictional, fungicidal, grainfield, infallible, infallibly, infeasible, infibulate, infiltrate, inflations, latifundia, latifundio, lifesaving, magnifical, notifiable, plaintiffs, pontifical, qualifying, riboflavin, semifinals, unfamiliar, unfilially, unifoliate, unofficial. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 69 6E 69 61 6C |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .. -. .. .- .-.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01101001 01101110 01101001 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F i n i a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0069 006E 0069 0061 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)407580756778 |
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