English Explanatory Dictionary

fin de siècle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pertaining to the close of the 19th century, usually suggesting a literary and artistic climate of modernism, world-weariness, and self-indulgence.
  2. Pertaining to the close of the 20th (or any other) century.
noun
  1. The closing era of any century; (loosely) the end of any era.

Pronunciation

/ˌfæn də siˈɛklə/ /-siˈɛkəl/ /-ˈsjɛklə/ /-ˈsjɛkəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fin de siècle.wav En-US-fin de siecle.wav

Word forms

fin de siècle fin-de-siècle fin de siecle fins de siècle

Etymology

Borrowed from French fin-de-siècle (literally “end of the century”).

Related words

turn of the century
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