tesaurus
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Finnish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin thēsaurus, from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós).
Pronunciation
Noun
tesaurus
- Synonym of käsitesanakirja.
Declension
| Inflection of tesaurus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tesaurus | tesaurukset | |
| genitive | tesauruksen | tesaurusten tesauruksien | |
| partitive | tesaurusta | tesauruksia | |
| illative | tesaurukseen | tesauruksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tesaurus | tesaurukset | |
| accusative | nom. | tesaurus | tesaurukset |
| gen. | tesauruksen | ||
| genitive | tesauruksen | tesaurusten tesauruksien | |
| partitive | tesaurusta | tesauruksia | |
| inessive | tesauruksessa | tesauruksissa | |
| elative | tesauruksesta | tesauruksista | |
| illative | tesaurukseen | tesauruksiin | |
| adessive | tesauruksella | tesauruksilla | |
| ablative | tesaurukselta | tesauruksilta | |
| allative | tesaurukselle | tesauruksille | |
| essive | tesauruksena | tesauruksina | |
| translative | tesaurukseksi | tesauruksiksi | |
| abessive | tesauruksetta | tesauruksitta | |
| instructive | — | tesauruksin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “tesaurus”, 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
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch thesaurus, from Latin thēsaurus, from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “storehouse, treasure”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tesaurus (plural tesaurus-tesaurus)
- thesaurus:
- a publication, traditionally in the form of a printed book and now often online, that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms and other semantic relations) for the words of a given language.
- (information science) a hierarchy of subject headings: canonical titles of themes and topics, the titles serving as search keys.
Further reading
- “tesaurus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
Noun
tesaurus (Jawi spelling تيساوروس, plural tesaurus-tesaurus, informal 1st possessive tesaurusku, 2nd possessive tesaurusmu, 3rd possessive tesaurusnya)
Further reading
- “tesaurus” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Swedish
Noun
tesaurus c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | tesaurus | tesaurus |
| definite | tesaurusen | tesaurusens | |
| plural | indefinite | tesaurusar | tesaurusars |
| definite | tesaurusarna | tesaurusarnas |
Synonyms
References
- Nordisk leksikografisk ordbok (1997) →ISBN
- tesaurus in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)