lapsikuolleisuus
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]lapsi (“child”) + kuolleisuus (“mortality”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈlɑpsiˌkuo̯lːei̯suːs/, [ˈlɑ̝ps̠iˌkuo̞̯lːe̞i̯s̠uːs̠]
- Rhymes: -uolːeisuːs
- Syllabification(key): lap‧si‧kuol‧lei‧suus
Noun
[edit]lapsikuolleisuus
- child mortality child mortality rate (the ratio of children dying before their fifth birthday to the number of births, usually expressed as number per thousand live births)
Declension
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “lapsikuolleisuus”, 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