itsepalvelupesula
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]itsepalvelu (“self-service”) + pesula (“laundry”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈitse(ˣ)ˌpɑlʋeluˌpesulɑ/, [ˈits̠e̞(p̚)ˌpɑ̝lʋe̞luˌpe̞s̠ulɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -esulɑ
- Hyphenation(key): itse‧palvelu‧pesu‧la
Noun
[edit]itsepalvelupesula
- launderette; laundromat (US) (place that has facilities for washing and drying clothes that the public may pay to use)
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “itsepalvelupesula”, 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