flipperi
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Finnish
Etymology
Pseudo-anglicism, from English flipper or flipper pinball. Probably borrowed from German Flipper (“pinball, pinball machine”).
Pronunciation
Noun
flipperi
- (games) pinball
- Synonym: sähköfortuna
- pinball machine
- Synonym: sähköfortuna
Declension
| Inflection of flipperi (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | flipperi | flipperit | |
| genitive | flipperin | flipperien flippereiden flippereitten | |
| partitive | flipperiä | flippereitä flipperejä | |
| illative | flipperiin | flippereihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | flipperi | flipperit | |
| accusative | nom. | flipperi | flipperit |
| gen. | flipperin | ||
| genitive | flipperin | flipperien flippereiden flippereitten | |
| partitive | flipperiä | flippereitä flipperejä | |
| inessive | flipperissä | flippereissä | |
| elative | flipperistä | flippereistä | |
| illative | flipperiin | flippereihin | |
| adessive | flipperillä | flippereillä | |
| ablative | flipperiltä | flippereiltä | |
| allative | flipperille | flippereille | |
| essive | flipperinä | flippereinä | |
| translative | flipperiksi | flippereiksi | |
| abessive | flipperittä | flippereittä | |
| instructive | — | flipperein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “flipperi”, 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 2023-07-02