vaalikausi

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Finnish

Etymology

From vaali (election) +‎ kausi (period).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑːliˌkɑu̯si/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑusi
  • Hyphenation(key): vaali‧kausi

Noun

vaalikausi

  1. electoral term, term (the period between the successive elections for a parliament or other elected body)
    Suomen eduskunnan vaalikausi on neljä vuotta.
    The electoral term of the Finnish parliament is four years.

Declension

Inflection of vaalikausi (Kotus type 27*F/käsi, t-d gradation)
nominative vaalikausi vaalikaudet
genitive vaalikauden vaalikausien
partitive vaalikautta vaalikausia
illative vaalikauteen vaalikausiin
singular plural
nominative vaalikausi vaalikaudet
accusative nom. vaalikausi vaalikaudet
gen. vaalikauden
genitive vaalikauden vaalikausien
vaalikautten rare
partitive vaalikautta vaalikausia
inessive vaalikaudessa vaalikausissa
elative vaalikaudesta vaalikausista
illative vaalikauteen vaalikausiin
adessive vaalikaudella vaalikausilla
ablative vaalikaudelta vaalikausilta
allative vaalikaudelle vaalikausille
essive vaalikautena vaalikausina
translative vaalikaudeksi vaalikausiksi
abessive vaalikaudetta vaalikausitta
instructive vaalikausin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of vaalikausi (Kotus type 27*F/käsi, t-d gradation)

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