osasto

Finnish

Etymology

osa (“part”) +‎ -sto. Coined by Finnish journalist, poet and translator Paavo Tikkanen in 1844.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈosɑsto/,
• Rhymes: -osɑsto
• Syllabification^(key): o‧sas‧to

Noun

osasto

1. department (part, portion, subdivision, e.g. of organizations or institutions)
2. compartment (room, section, chamber; smaller part of a space or room)
3. section (part of a newspaper or similar publication)
4. (military) unit (organized group comprising people and/or equipmen)
5. (slang, in compounds) area, field of activity

   Miten sulla menee seksiosastolla?

   How's your sex-life been lately?

   (literally, “How are you doing in the sex department?”)

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Further reading

• “osasto”, 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

Anagrams

• ostaos