kompiainen

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Finnish

Etymology

Likely from Swedish konfekt. Compare Estonian kompvek, which went through similar phonological changes while borrowing from German Konfekt.

There is a common folk story and myth regarding the etymology of the word stating that the word is a misinterpretation of the French combien? (how much?) as meaning "candy", being stated by a French trader in the context of trading sweets.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkompiɑi̯nen/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑinen
  • Hyphenation(key): kom‧pi‧ai‧nen

Noun

kompiainen (dialectal)

  1. (Oulu, North Ostrobothnia, Lapland) candy

Declension

Inflection of kompiainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative kompiainen kompiaiset
genitive kompiaisen kompiaisten
kompiaisien
partitive kompiaista kompiaisia
illative kompiaiseen kompiaisiin
singular plural
nominative kompiainen kompiaiset
accusative nom. kompiainen kompiaiset
gen. kompiaisen
genitive kompiaisen kompiaisten
kompiaisien
partitive kompiaista kompiaisia
inessive kompiaisessa kompiaisissa
elative kompiaisesta kompiaisista
illative kompiaiseen kompiaisiin
adessive kompiaisella kompiaisilla
ablative kompiaiselta kompiaisilta
allative kompiaiselle kompiaisille
essive kompiaisena kompiaisina
translative kompiaiseksi kompiaisiksi
abessive kompiaisetta kompiaisitta
instructive kompiaisin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kompiainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)