hevosvoima
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]hevos- (“horse”) + voima (“power”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hevosvoima
- (physics) horsepower (old unit for power)
Usage notes
[edit]- The SI unit for power is watti (“watt”) (W). hevosvoima is currently chiefly used informally of the power of automotive engines.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of hevosvoima (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | hevosvoima | hevosvoimat | |
genitive | hevosvoiman | hevosvoimien | |
partitive | hevosvoimaa | hevosvoimia | |
illative | hevosvoimaan | hevosvoimiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | hevosvoima | hevosvoimat | |
accusative | nom. | hevosvoima | hevosvoimat |
gen. | hevosvoiman | ||
genitive | hevosvoiman | hevosvoimien hevosvoimain rare | |
partitive | hevosvoimaa | hevosvoimia | |
inessive | hevosvoimassa | hevosvoimissa | |
elative | hevosvoimasta | hevosvoimista | |
illative | hevosvoimaan | hevosvoimiin | |
adessive | hevosvoimalla | hevosvoimilla | |
ablative | hevosvoimalta | hevosvoimilta | |
allative | hevosvoimalle | hevosvoimille | |
essive | hevosvoimana | hevosvoimina | |
translative | hevosvoimaksi | hevosvoimiksi | |
abessive | hevosvoimatta | hevosvoimitta | |
instructive | — | hevosvoimin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- hv (“hp”)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “hevosvoima”, 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