äyri

Borrowed from Old Norse eyrir (compare Swedish öre, Danish øre, Norwegian øre and Icelandic eyrir), from Latin aureus (“gold coin”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈæy̯ri/,
• Rhymes: -æyri
• Hyphenation^(key): äy‧ri

äyri

1. öre (one hundredth of the Swedish crown or krona)
2. øre (one hundredth of the Danish or Norwegian crown or krone)
3. eyrir (one hundreth of the Icelandic crown or króna)
4. red cent (small amount of money)

   Hän ei peri minulta äyriäkään.

   He's not going to inherit a red cent from me.

5. (taxation) Ellipsis of veroäyri.

• “äyri”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

• räiy