ennaltaehkäisy
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ennalta (“beforehand”) + ehkäisy (“prevention, avertion”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈenːɑltɑˌehkæi̯sy/, [ˈe̞nːɑ̝l̪t̪ɑ̝ˌe̞hk̟æi̯s̠y]
- Rhymes: -ehkæisy
- Hyphenation(key): en‧nalta‧ehkäi‧sy
Noun
[edit]ennaltaehkäisy
- prevention (the act of preventing; activity intended to prevent something from happening at all or at least mitigating its effects before it happens)
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ennaltaehkäisy”, 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