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elohopea

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Finnish

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Etymology

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elo (living) +‎ hopea (silver), perhaps a calque of Latin argentum vivum (literally living silver). Coined by Finnish folk poetry researcher, translator and journalist Julius Krohn in 1860.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈeloˌhopeɑ/, [ˈe̞lo̞ˌho̞pe̞ɑ̝]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -opeɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): elo‧hopea

Noun

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elohopea

  1. mercury, quicksilver (Hg)
  2. (figuratively) thermometer (in which the level of mercury indicates temperature)
    Elohopea näyttää kahtakymmentä astetta.
    The thermometer reading is twenty degrees.
    (literally, “The mercury indicates twenty degrees.”)
  3. (figuratively) lively thing or person, especially a child

Declension

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Inflection of elohopea (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation)
nominative elohopea elohopeat
genitive elohopean elohopeiden
elohopeitten
partitive elohopeaa
elohopeata
elohopeita
illative elohopeaan elohopeisiin
elohopeihin
singular plural
nominative elohopea elohopeat
accusative nom. elohopea elohopeat
gen. elohopean
genitive elohopean elohopeiden
elohopeitten
elohopeain rare
partitive elohopeaa
elohopeata
elohopeita
inessive elohopeassa elohopeissa
elative elohopeasta elohopeista
illative elohopeaan elohopeisiin
elohopeihin
adessive elohopealla elohopeilla
ablative elohopealta elohopeilta
allative elohopealle elohopeille
essive elohopeana elohopeina
translative elohopeaksi elohopeiksi
abessive elohopeatta elohopeitta
instructive elohopein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of elohopea (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation)

Hypernyms

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Coordinate terms

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Derived terms

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compounds

Further reading

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