ränni

ränni

1. illative singular of räni

Borrowed from Swedish ränna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrænːi/,
• Rhymes: -ænːi
• Hyphenation^(key): rän‧ni

ränni

1. (informal) chute, gutter, flume (trough or tube used to move liquids or granular solids from a higher level to a lower level)

   Synonyms: kouru, kuurna, putki

   1. chute (trough or tube through which water passes to a wheel)
   2. (logging) timber slide (water-filled chute for moving timber past rapids and waterfalls)

      Synonym: uittoränni

   3. (often in the plural) guttering, rainwater drainage system (system for collecting rainwater from the roof and leading it down to a drain or to the ground)
   4. Any of the main components of such system, particularly a downpipe or downspout (syöksytorvi), or a gutter (sadevesikouru).
   5. (mining) launder (trough used by miners to carry water or materials suspended in water)
   6. (gold mining) sluice box (box with riffles along the bottom, used to trap heavier gold particles as water washes them and the other material along the box)
   7. (mining) strip (trough for washing ore)
   8. (slang) vein, especially in connection with intravenous drug use

      Synonym: laskimo

2. (sports, colloquial) A functionally similar part of a sports facility.
   1. (ski jumping) ramp (part of a ski jumping hill used for gathering speed for the jump)

      Synonym: vauhdinottorinne

   2. (bowling) gutter (trough on either side of the lane into which wide balls fall)

      Synonym: sivukouru

   3. (ice hockey) boards (side boards of an ice hockey rink when used to steer the puck)

      Synonym: laita

      lyödä kiekko ränniin ― to shoot the puck along the boards

   4. (sledding) track

      Synonyms: rata, kelkkailurata, kelkkarata

3. (nautical) (ice) path, (ice) channel (narrow waterway through the ice cleared by an icebreaker)

• “ränni”, 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

• närin