työväentalo

työväen (“labor's, working people's”) +‎ talo (“house”); in Finland, these houses have chiefly been built by workers' associations and in addition to cultural activities they are used as meeting places and sometimes offices of the association.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtyø̯ˌʋæenˌtɑlo/,
• Rhymes: -ɑlo
• Hyphenation^(key): työ‧väen‧talo

työväentalo

1. people's house (leisure and cultural centre built with the intention of making art and cultural appreciation available to the working classes)

• seurantalo

• “työväentalo”, 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