vempele
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Variant of vemmel.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vempele
- (colloquial) a device for which one does not know the proper name, gadget, gizmo
- (slang) a device for picking an Abloy disc tumbler lock, a type of lock commonly used in Finland
- Alternative form of vemmel
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “vempele”, 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