kuoriainen

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Finnish

Etymology

kuori (shell, crust) +‎ -iainen, in the first meaning short for kovakuoriainen (beetle)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuo̯riɑi̯nen/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑinen
  • Syllabification(key): kuo‧ri‧ai‧nen

Noun

kuoriainen

  1. beetle
    Synonym: kovakuoriainen
  2. (cooking) croustade
    Synonym: krustadi

Declension

Inflection of kuoriainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative kuoriainen kuoriaiset
genitive kuoriaisen kuoriaisten
kuoriaisien
partitive kuoriaista kuoriaisia
illative kuoriaiseen kuoriaisiin
singular plural
nominative kuoriainen kuoriaiset
accusative nom. kuoriainen kuoriaiset
gen. kuoriaisen
genitive kuoriaisen kuoriaisten
kuoriaisien
partitive kuoriaista kuoriaisia
inessive kuoriaisessa kuoriaisissa
elative kuoriaisesta kuoriaisista
illative kuoriaiseen kuoriaisiin
adessive kuoriaisella kuoriaisilla
ablative kuoriaiselta kuoriaisilta
allative kuoriaiselle kuoriaisille
essive kuoriaisena kuoriaisina
translative kuoriaiseksi kuoriaisiksi
abessive kuoriaisetta kuoriaisitta
instructive kuoriaisin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kuoriainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)

Derived terms

compounds

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