kevennys

keventää (“to lighten”) +‎ -ys

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeʋenːys/,
• Rhymes: -eʋenːys
• Hyphenation^(key): ke‧ven‧nys

kevennys

1. lightening (act of making lighter in weight)
2. lightening (act of making less serious)
3. comic relief (inclusion of a humorous character or scene in an otherwise serious work)
4. icebreaker (game, activity, humorous anecdote, etc., designed to relax a group of people)
5. tax cut; short for veronkevennys (“tax cut”)
6. (equestrianism) posting (rising and sinking in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse)

• “kevennys”, 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