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kylmäverihevonen

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Finnish

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Etymology

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kylmä (cold) +‎ veri (blood) +‎ hevonen (horse), Calque of French cheval à sang froid (work horse) via Swedish kallblodshäst (work horse), according to old classification of horses in which strong and heavy workhorses were considered cold-blooded and faster and more lightly-built breeds were considered warm-blooded.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkylmæˌʋeriˌheʋonen/, [ˈk̟ylmæˌʋe̞riˌhe̞ʋo̞ne̞n]
  • Rhymes: -eʋonen
  • Hyphenation(key): kylmä‧veri‧hevo‧nen

Noun

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kylmäverihevonen

  1. draft horse, draught horse, dray horse, cold-blooded horse (type of horse that is tall and heavily muscled, making it a good workhorse)

Declension

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Possessive forms of kylmäverihevonen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)

See also

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