elintasokilpailu
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]elintaso (“living standard”) + kilpailu (“competition”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈelinˌtɑsoˌkilpɑi̯lu/, [ˈe̞lin̪ˌt̪ɑ̝s̠o̞ˌk̟ilpɑ̝i̯lu]
- Rhymes: -ilpɑilu
- Hyphenation(key): elin‧taso‧kilpai‧lu
Noun
[edit]elintasokilpailu
- living standard competition, keeping up with the Joneses (race to improve and particularly to show the improvement of one's living standard)
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “elintasokilpailu”, 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