väitöstilaisuus
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈʋæi̯tøsˌtilɑi̯suːs/, [ˈʋæi̯t̪ø̞s̠ˌtilɑ̝i̯s̠uːs̠]
- Rhymes: -ilɑisuːs
- Hyphenation(key): väitös‧tilai‧suus
Noun
[edit]väitöstilaisuus
- (academic) thesis defense (public presentation in which a doctoral candidate defends his thesis towards an opponent)
Usage notes
[edit]- Translation "public defense" is commonly used in Finland and elsewhere in Northern Europe, but it does not appear to be too common in the English-speaking countries.
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See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “väitöstilaisuus”, 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 2023-07-04