grand finale

== English == === Etymology === From grand plus finale. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɡɹænd fɪˈnɑːli/, /-ˈnæli/ === Noun === grand finale (plural grand finales) (set phrase) The concluding event or development in a process, performance, or other series of events, made with a special flourish and often in a remarkable or spectacular manner. 1810, Sir Walter Scott, Letter to the printer of the first edition of Lady of the Lake (from 1883 edition, edited by William J. Rolfe, Canto 6, line 605n): I send the grand finale, and so exit the Lady of the Lake from the head she has tormented for six months. ==== Translations ==== === See also === grand final === Further reading === “grand finale”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.