seteli
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Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
seteli
- bill (US); banknote, note (UK) (piece of paper money)
- (in the plural) paper money (cash in the form of banknotes)
- Synonym: setelistö
- (in compounds) coupon (other piece of paper which has limited monetary value for example in buying a specified service or goods)
- lounasseteli ― lunch coupon
- (in compounds) voucher (coupon that can be exchanged for goods or services, used especially of public services)
- palveluseteli ― service voucher
- taksiseteli ― taxi voucher
Declension
| Inflection of seteli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | seteli | setelit | |
| genitive | setelin | setelien seteleiden seteleitten | |
| partitive | seteliä | seteleitä setelejä | |
| illative | seteliin | seteleihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | seteli | setelit | |
| accusative | nom. | seteli | setelit |
| gen. | setelin | ||
| genitive | setelin | setelien seteleiden seteleitten | |
| partitive | seteliä | seteleitä setelejä | |
| inessive | setelissä | seteleissä | |
| elative | setelistä | seteleistä | |
| illative | seteliin | seteleihin | |
| adessive | setelillä | seteleillä | |
| ablative | seteliltä | seteleiltä | |
| allative | setelille | seteleille | |
| essive | setelinä | seteleinä | |
| translative | seteliksi | seteleiksi | |
| abessive | setelittä | seteleittä | |
| instructive | — | setelein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
- (paper money): paperiraha, seteliraha
- (coupon): kuponki, voucher
Derived terms
compounds
- arpaseteli
- arvoseteli
- dollarinseteli
- etuseteli
- euroseteli
- kesäseteli
- kesätyöseteli
- koulutusseteli
- kulttuuriseteli
- liikuntaseteli
- lounasseteli
- palveluseteli
- seteliautomaatti
- setelikurssi
- setelinanto
- setelinanto-oikeus
- setelinippu
- setelinkate
- setelinväärennys
- setelinväärentäjä
- setelipaino
- setelipankki
- setelipaperi
- seteliraha
- setelirahoitus
- taksiseteli
Further reading
- “seteli”, 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