suuronnettomuus
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]suur- + onnettomuus
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈsuːrˌonːetːomuːs/, [ˈs̠uːrˌo̞nːe̞t̪̚ˌt̪o̞muːs̠]
- Rhymes: -omuːs
- Hyphenation(key): suur‧onnet‧to‧muus
Noun
[edit]suuronnettomuus
- a large-scale disaster with a great number of casualties and material destruction, a calamity, catastrophe
Usage notes
[edit]This term is used for concrete disasters. Other terms such as katastrofi may be used metaphorically.
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “suuronnettomuus”, 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