disponibiliteetti
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From French disponibilité (“availability”), cognate with Swedish disponibilitet.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈdisponibiliteːtːi/, [ˈdis̠po̞nibiliˌt̪e̞ːt̪ːi]
- Rhymes: -eːtːi
- Syllabification(key): dis‧po‧ni‧bi‧li‧teet‧ti
Noun edit
disponibiliteetti
Usage notes edit
This term is used almost exclusively of the status of a diplomat who does not have a current foreign assignment, but is placed temporarily in the ministry headquarters and is available for a new assignment. Same term is used of the status of a diplomat who has been shelved for one reason or another. Verbs typically used with this noun are joutua, määrätä and olla.
Declension edit
Synonyms edit
- käytettävyys, saatavuus (in the general sense of "availability")
Further reading edit
- “disponibiliteetti”, 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