toimenpide

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Finnish

Etymology

toimen (of an action or deed) +‎ pitää (to hold, keep) +‎ -e, coined by Finnish linguist and author Reinhold von Becker in 1820 in the newspaper Turun Wiikko-Sanomat.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtoi̯menˌpideˣ/,
  • Rhymes: -ide
  • Hyphenation(key): toimen‧pide

Noun

toimenpide

  1. action, operation, measure, procedure (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
    Synonym: toimi
  2. (medicine) operation, intervention (action taken or procedure performed; an operation)

Declension

Possessive forms of toimenpide (Kotus type 48*F/hame, t-d gradation)

Derived terms

compounds

References

  1. ^ Kaisa Häkkinen, Tiede magazine 9/2016 p. 59

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