odotushuone
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Finnish
Etymology
From odotus (“wait, waiting”) + huone (“room”). For the contrast with odotussali, compare Swedish väntrum, väntsal.
Pronunciation
Noun
odotushuone
- waiting room (particularly at the doctor's office)
- Hypernym: odotustila (any waiting room)
- Coordinate term: odotussali (particularly at the train station)
Declension
| Inflection of odotushuone (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | odotushuone | odotushuoneet | |
| genitive | odotushuoneen | odotushuoneiden odotushuoneitten | |
| partitive | odotushuonetta | odotushuoneita | |
| illative | odotushuoneeseen | odotushuoneisiin odotushuoneihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | odotushuone | odotushuoneet | |
| accusative | nom. | odotushuone | odotushuoneet |
| gen. | odotushuoneen | ||
| genitive | odotushuoneen | odotushuoneiden odotushuoneitten | |
| partitive | odotushuonetta | odotushuoneita | |
| inessive | odotushuoneessa | odotushuoneissa | |
| elative | odotushuoneesta | odotushuoneista | |
| illative | odotushuoneeseen | odotushuoneisiin odotushuoneihin | |
| adessive | odotushuoneella | odotushuoneilla | |
| ablative | odotushuoneelta | odotushuoneilta | |
| allative | odotushuoneelle | odotushuoneille | |
| essive | odotushuoneena | odotushuoneina | |
| translative | odotushuoneeksi | odotushuoneiksi | |
| abessive | odotushuoneetta | odotushuoneitta | |
| instructive | — | odotushuonein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “odotushuone”, 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 2023-07-03