ending

fin, dénouement

Dernière partie d’une histoire, d’un événement ou d’autre chose.

En anglais simple : The last part of a story, event, or other thing.

• The story has a happy ending.
• I did not expect that ending.
• Which of the two endings do you prefer?

Comment l'utiliser : ending of something (The ending of the film surprised me.)

Synonymes : end, conclusion

Contraires : beginning

Expressions courantes : happy ending, sad ending, ending of something

terminaison, désinence

Élément ajouté à la fin d’un mot pour indiquer sa forme grammaticale.

En anglais simple : A part added to the end of a word to show its grammatical form.

• This verb has an unusual ending.
• Add the plural ending to each noun.
• Some languages use different endings for different verb forms.

Synonymes : inflectional suffix

Expressions courantes : verb ending, plural ending, word ending