finessi
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French finesse through Swedish finess.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]finessi
- finesse (property of having elegance, grace, refinement, or skill)
- Synonym: hienostuneisuus
Declension
[edit]Inflection of finessi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | finessi | finessit | |
genitive | finessin | finessien | |
partitive | finessiä | finessejä | |
illative | finessiin | finesseihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | finessi | finessit | |
accusative | nom. | finessi | finessit |
gen. | finessin | ||
genitive | finessin | finessien | |
partitive | finessiä | finessejä | |
inessive | finessissä | finesseissä | |
elative | finessistä | finesseistä | |
illative | finessiin | finesseihin | |
adessive | finessillä | finesseillä | |
ablative | finessiltä | finesseiltä | |
allative | finessille | finesseille | |
essive | finessinä | finesseinä | |
translative | finessiksi | finesseiksi | |
abessive | finessittä | finesseittä | |
instructive | — | finessein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “finessi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja[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