metsävaahtera
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]metsä (“forest”) + vaahtera (“maple”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈmetsæˌʋɑːhterɑ/, [ˈme̞ts̠æˌʋɑ̝ːxt̪e̞rɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑːhterɑ
- Hyphenation(key): metsä‧vaahte‧ra
Noun
[edit]metsävaahtera
- Norway maple (maple species Acer platanoides), usually called simply vaahtera (“maple”), because it is the only maple species naturally occurring in Finland.
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “metsävaahtera”, 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 2023-07-03