finalist

From final + -ist.

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finalist (plural finalists)

1. Somebody or something that appears in the final stage of a competition.
   • 1973, Aquatics Guide, with Official Rules and Swimming and Diving Standards:

     If the disqualifications leave a vacancy for the full complement of finalists, swim-offs shall be continued among the disqualified swimmers until a full complement of finalists is assured.

   • 2024 October 15, Noah Furtado, “Familiar names, a few surprises headline MLB Gold Glove Award finalists”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Soto was a finalist once before in right field, in 2022, when he lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Mookie Betts.

2. A university student in their final year of study; a senior.
3. A university student during the period of sitting their final examinations (whether or not in their final year of study).

• short list, shortlisted

• Filastin, tail fins, tailfins

Borrowed from French finaliste or English finalist. Equivalent to finale +‎ -ist.

• IPA^(key): /ˌfi.naːˈlɪst/

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• Hyphenation: fi‧na‧list
• Rhymes: -ɪst

finalist m (plural finalisten, diminutive finalistje n, feminine finaliste)

1. finalist

Borrowed from French finaliste.

finalist m (plural finaliști)

1. finalist

• finàlista (Bosnia, Serbia)

From finále.

• IPA^(key): /finǎlist/
• Hyphenation: fi‧na‧list

finàlist m anim (Cyrillic spelling фина̀лист)

1. finalist

• “finalist”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

finalist c

1. a finalist

• semifinalist
• kvartsfinalist

• “finalist”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “finalist”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)