ballerinatossu
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ballerina (“ballerina”) + tossu (“slipper”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈbɑlːeri(ː)nɑˌtosːu/, [ˈbɑ̝lːe̞ˌri(ː)nɑ̝ˌt̪o̞s̠ːu]
- Rhymes: -osːu
- Syllabification(key): bal‧le‧ri‧na‧tos‧su
Noun
[edit]ballerinatossu
- ballet flat (type of women's shoes, with a very low heel, low sides and covering only the toes)
Usage notes
[edit]ballerinatossu and ballerinakenkä are used synonymously with the difference that the softer the sole, the more likely the shoe is called ballerinatossu.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of ballerinatossu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | ballerinatossu | ballerinatossut | ||
genitive | ballerinatossun | ballerinatossujen | ||
partitive | ballerinatossua | ballerinatossuja | ||
illative | ballerinatossuun | ballerinatossuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | ballerinatossu | ballerinatossut | ||
accusative | nom. | ballerinatossu | ballerinatossut | |
gen. | ballerinatossun | |||
genitive | ballerinatossun | ballerinatossujen | ||
partitive | ballerinatossua | ballerinatossuja | ||
inessive | ballerinatossussa | ballerinatossuissa | ||
elative | ballerinatossusta | ballerinatossuista | ||
illative | ballerinatossuun | ballerinatossuihin | ||
adessive | ballerinatossulla | ballerinatossuilla | ||
ablative | ballerinatossulta | ballerinatossuilta | ||
allative | ballerinatossulle | ballerinatossuille | ||
essive | ballerinatossuna | ballerinatossuina | ||
translative | ballerinatossuksi | ballerinatossuiksi | ||
abessive | ballerinatossutta | ballerinatossuitta | ||
instructive | — | ballerinatossuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ballerinatossu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02