finies

Finies is the feminine plural form of the French adjective fini and the feminine plural past participle of the verb finir (to finish). As an adjective, finies describes feminine plural nouns that are complete or finished. As a past participle, finies appears in compound tenses and passive-like constructions, with meaning related to completed action or state depending on the auxiliary used.

Usage as an adjective

When used to describe nouns, finies agrees in gender and number. For example, des tâches finies means finished tasks, and des œuvres finies refers to completed works. It can also describe a state, as in elles semblent finies, meaning they seem finished or exhausted.

Usage as a past participle

With the auxiliary être, the participle agrees with the subject: elles sont finies (they are finished). With the auxiliary avoir, agreement depends on whether a preceding direct object exists: les chapitres qu’elles ont finies (the chapters that they have finished) shows agreement with the preceding object chapitre(s).

Etymology and related forms

Finies derives from finir, which comes from Latin finis (end). Related forms include fini (masculine singular), fini(e) (feminine singular), finis (masculine plural), and finies (feminine plural). The same stem underlies words related to endings, boundaries, and completion.

See also

French verb finir; the participle fini; feminine singular fini e; related terms such as fin, finition, and finishing-related grammar. Note that finies is primarily a French grammatical form and is not typically used as a standalone noun. If you meant a different usage or a proper noun, additional context would help clarify.