kulissi
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom French coulisse through Swedish kuliss.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkulissi
- (theater, often in the plural) scene, stage, act
- (figuratively) act (backdrop of deception)
- Mira ei ole tyttökaverini. Se on pelkkää kulissia.
- Mira isn't my girlfriend. It's all just an act.
- Täytyy yrittää pitää yllä kulisseja.
- Gotta try to keep up the act.
Declension
editInflection of kulissi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kulissi | kulissit | |
genitive | kulissin | kulissien | |
partitive | kulissia | kulisseja | |
illative | kulissiin | kulisseihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kulissi | kulissit | |
accusative | nom. | kulissi | kulissit |
gen. | kulissin | ||
genitive | kulissin | kulissien | |
partitive | kulissia | kulisseja | |
inessive | kulississa | kulisseissa | |
elative | kulissista | kulisseista | |
illative | kulissiin | kulisseihin | |
adessive | kulissilla | kulisseilla | |
ablative | kulissilta | kulisseilta | |
allative | kulissille | kulisseille | |
essive | kulissina | kulisseina | |
translative | kulissiksi | kulisseiksi | |
abessive | kulissitta | kulisseitta | |
instructive | — | kulissein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editcompounds
References
edit- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Further reading
edit- “kulissi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
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