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pesunkestävä

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Finnish

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Etymology

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pesun (of wash) +‎ kestävä (durable)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpesunˌkestæʋæ/, [ˈpe̞s̠uŋˌk̟e̞s̠tæʋæ]
  • Rhymes: -estæʋæ
  • Hyphenation(key): pesun‧kestä‧vä

Adjective

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pesunkestävä

  1. washable (capable of being washed, usually with water, without damage)
  2. dyed-in-the-wool, bred-in-the-bone, deep-rooted, deep-seated (firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits; deeply ingrained in the nature of a person or thing)
    Smith oli pesunkestävä konekirjoittaja eikä koskaan tottunut kirjoittamaan tietokoneella.
    Smith was a dyed-in-the-wool typist and never really got used to writing on computers.
  3. diehard (thorough in one's beliefs)
    Roomalaiskatoliseksi opettajaksi hän on pesunkestävä fundamentalisti.
    For a Roman Catholic teacher, he sure is a diehard fundamentalist.

Declension

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Possessive forms of pesunkestävä (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

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