laiton

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑi̯ton/,
• Rhymes: -ɑiton
• Hyphenation^(key): lai‧ton

laki (“law”) +‎ -ton (“-less”)

laiton (comparative laittomampi, superlative laittomin)

1. illegal, illegitimate, lawless, unlawful (contrary to or forbidden by law)
2. unlawful, illicit (not approved by law, but not invalid)
3. lawless, extralegal (not governed by any law)
4. lawless (not restrained by the law or by discipline)
5. (baseball, pesäpallo) foul

• lainvastainen

• laillinen

laiton

1. (baseball, pesäpallo) foul ball (ball that lands on foul territory)

• “laiton”, 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 2023-07-01

laiton

1. genitive singular of laitto

• alotin, lantio, latino, lointa, lotina, noilta, taloin, taloni

Borrowed from Arabic لَاطُون (lāṭūn, “copper, copper alloy”), itself from Common Turkic *altun (“gold”). See Turkish altın, Old Turkic 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣 (altun, “gold”), Karakhanid اَلْتُونْ (altūn, “gold”).

• IPA^(key): /lɛ.tɔ̃/ ~ /le.tɔ̃/

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laiton m (uncountable)

1. brass (the alloy)

• laitonner

• “laiton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.