suuronnettomuus
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
suur- + onnettomuus
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈsuːrˌonːetːomuːs/, [ˈs̠uːrˌo̞nːe̞t̪ˌt̪o̞muːs̠]
- Rhymes: -omuːs
- Syllabification(key): suur‧on‧net‧to‧muus
Noun edit
suuronnettomuus
- a large-scale disaster with a great number of casualties and material destruction, a calamity, catastrophe
Usage notes edit
This term is used for concrete disasters. Other terms such as katastrofi may be used metaphorically.
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- “suuronnettomuus”, 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 2023-07-03