võrdlema

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Estonian

Etymology

From võrd +‎ -lema.

Pronunciation

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Verb

võrdlema (da-infinitive võrrelda)

  1. (transitive) to compare (to assess the similarities and differences between two or more things)
  2. (transitive, grammar) to compare (to form the three degrees of comparison of)
    Synonym: kompareerima

Conjugation

Further reading

  • võrdlema”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
  • võrdlema”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • võrdlema”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • võrdlema in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)