tehostin

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Finnish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

tehostaa (to enhance, strengthen, boost) +‎ -in (-er)

Noun

tehostin

  1. A device that enhances or strengthens a small force into a larger one.
    ohjaustehostinpower steering (the equipment)
    jarrutehostinhydraulic brake, power brake (the equipment)
Usage notes

Translations into English vary by application. Despite the etymology, booster is normally something else than tehostin in Finnish.

Declension
Inflection of tehostin (Kotus type 33/kytkin, no gradation)
nominative tehostin tehostimet
genitive tehostimen tehostimien
tehostinten
partitive tehostinta tehostimia
illative tehostimeen tehostimiin
singular plural
nominative tehostin tehostimet
accusative nom. tehostin tehostimet
gen. tehostimen
genitive tehostimen tehostimien
tehostinten
partitive tehostinta tehostimia
inessive tehostimessa tehostimissa
elative tehostimesta tehostimista
illative tehostimeen tehostimiin
adessive tehostimella tehostimilla
ablative tehostimelta tehostimilta
allative tehostimelle tehostimille
essive tehostimena tehostimina
translative tehostimeksi tehostimiksi
abessive tehostimetta tehostimitta
instructive tehostimin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of tehostin (Kotus type 33/kytkin, no gradation)
Derived terms
compounds
See also

Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

tehostin

  1. first-person singular past indicative of tehostaa