sentti
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Finnish
Etymology
From Old French cent, from Latin centum.
Pronunciation
Noun
sentti
- cent (one hundredth of many monetary units, particularly of the euro and the dollar)
- one cent (coin worth one cent)
- (colloquial) centimetre
- (as SI prefix) centi-; see sentti-
Declension
| Inflection of sentti (Kotus type 5*C/risti, tt-t gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sentti | sentit | |
| genitive | sentin | senttien | |
| partitive | senttiä | senttejä | |
| illative | senttiin | sentteihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sentti | sentit | |
| accusative | nom. | sentti | sentit |
| gen. | sentin | ||
| genitive | sentin | senttien | |
| partitive | senttiä | senttejä | |
| inessive | sentissä | senteissä | |
| elative | sentistä | senteistä | |
| illative | senttiin | sentteihin | |
| adessive | sentillä | senteillä | |
| ablative | sentiltä | senteiltä | |
| allative | sentille | senteille | |
| essive | senttinä | sentteinä | |
| translative | sentiksi | senteiksi | |
| abessive | sentittä | senteittä | |
| instructive | — | sentein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
- (centimetre): senttimetri
Derived terms
compounds
See also
Further reading
- “sentti”, 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