tiedustelupalvelu
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]tiedustelu (“intelligence”) + palvelu (“service”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈtie̯dusteluˌpɑlʋelu/, [ˈt̪ie̞̯dus̠te̞luˌpɑ̝lʋe̞lu]
- Rhymes: -ɑlʋelu
- Hyphenation(key): tie‧dus‧telu‧palve‧lu
Noun
[edit]tiedustelupalvelu
- intelligence agency, intelligence service (governmental agency devoted to gathering of information for purposes of national security and defense; used mostly of other than Finnish agencies)
Declension
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- suojelupoliisi (the term used of the Finnish Security Intelligence Service)
- turvallisuuspoliisi
Further reading
[edit]- “tiedustelupalvelu”, 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