tunne

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtunːeˣ/,
• Rhymes: -unːe
• Syllabification^(key): tun‧ne

Etymology 1

tuntea +‎ -e. First attested in 1837 in the literary language.

Noun

tunne

1. feeling, emotion (person's internal state of being)
2. feeling (emotional attraction or desire)
3. feeling, sensation (physical feeling or perception)

   Synonym: tuntu

4. sense (perception through the intellect, conscious awareness)

   Synonyms: tunto, tuntu

   turvallisuuden tunne ― sense of security

5. sentiment (feelings or emotions)

   kansallistunne ― national sentiment

6. feeling, intuition (perceptive insight such that as gained by instinct)

   Synonym: aavistus

   Minulla on sellainen tunne, että... ― I've got a feeling that...

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• nouns: tunnelma
• verbs: tunnistaa

Further reading

• “tunne”, 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

Etymology 2

Verb

tunne

1. inflection of tuntea:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

• nenut, tenun, unten

Middle English

Alternative forms

• tonne

Etymology

From Old English tunne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtun(ə)/

Noun

tunne (plural tunnes)

1. cask; barrel

Descendants

• English: ton, tun

Neapolitan

Adjective

tunne m pl

1. masculine plural of tunno

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse tunna.

Alternative forms

• tunna (bracket form)
• tynne (main form), tynna (bracket form)
• tønne (main form; also Norwegian Bokmål), tønna (bracket form)

Noun

tunne f (definite singular tunna, indefinite plural tunner, definite plural tunnene)

1. barrel (round vessel)

   Kan du bera desse tunnene for meg?

   Can you carry these barrels for me?

2. barrel (unit of measure)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• tunna (a infinitive)

Verb

tunne (present tense tunnar, past tense tunna, past participle tunna, passive infinitive tunnast, present participle tunnande, imperative tunne/tunn)

1. to swing (around something), rotate
2. to fuss, fidget

Etymology 3

Adjective

tunne n

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of tunn
2. (non-standard since 2012) plural of tunn

References

• “tunne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tunnǭ, *tunnō (“tun, barrel, cask”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtun.ne/

Noun

tunne f

1. barrel, cask

Derived terms

• tunnebotm
• tynċen
• wīntunne

Descendants

• Middle English: tunne, tonne
  • English: ton, tun

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “tunne”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Swedish

Adjective

tunne

1. definite natural masculine singular of tunn