kasvatus

kasvattaa +‎ -us

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑsʋɑtus/,
• Rhymes: -ɑsʋɑtus
• Hyphenation^(key): kas‧va‧tus

kasvatus

1. raising, rearing, upbringing, parenting, nurture (providing sustenance, protection and training for a living thing from conception to maturity)

   lapsen kasvatus ― raising a child

2. breeding, rearing, husbandry (raising of animals, e.g. livestock)

   lampaiden kasvatus ― sheep rearing, sheep breeding, sheep husbandry

3. growing, cultivation (cultivating plants)

   kukkien kasvatus ― growing (of) flowers

4. growing, increasing (causing or allowing something to become bigger or more numerous)

• kasvattaminen (all senses; particularly more common in the sense "causing or allowing something to become bigger or more numerous")

• “kasvatus”, 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