mittainen

Finnish

Etymology

mitta (“measure”) +‎ -inen; lit. "being of the measure (of)"

Adjective

genitive + mittainen (not comparable)

1. measuring, of a measure, being of a certain size, length or height; translation into English varies by context

   Meiltä on tilattu 80.000 ratapölkkyä, mutta emme tiedä, minkä mittaisia niiden pitäisi olla.

   We have received an order for 80,000 railroad ties, but we don't know which measures they should have.

   Onko hän sanansa mittainen mies?

   Is he as good as his word?

   Olin kahdentoista päivän mittaisella Karibian-risteilyllä.

   I was on a twelve-day long cruise on the Caribbean.

Declension

Declension of mittainen (type nainen) singular plural nominative mittainen mittaiset genitive mittaisen mittaisten mittaisien partitive mittaista mittaisia accusative mittainen mittaisen mittaiset inessive mittaisessa mittaisissa elative mittaisesta mittaisista illative mittaiseen mittaisiin adessive mittaisella mittaisilla ablative mittaiselta mittaisilta allative mittaiselle mittaisille essive mittaisena mittaisina translative mittaiseksi mittaisiksi instructive – mittaisin abessive mittaisetta mittaisitta comitative – mittaisine

Usage notes

Always used with a preceding attribute or interrogative pronoun in genitive.

Compounds

erimittainen määrämittainen

pienimittainen runomittainen

samanmittainen vajaamittainen

vapaamittainen yhtämittainen

Related terms

• See related terms -section under kokoinen.