erotus
Finnish
editEtymology
editerottaa (“to separate, differentiate”) + -us
Pronunciation
editNoun
editerotus
- (arithmetic) difference, remainder (result of a subtraction)
- erotusosamäärä ― difference quotient
- (set theory) difference, relative complement
- Synonym: joukkoerotus
- separation
- roundup; muster (NZ, Austr.) (activity in which production animals are herded together in order to be inspected, counted, branded, culled or shipped)
- karjanerotus ― cattle roundup
Declension
editInflection of erotus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | erotus | erotukset | |
genitive | erotuksen | erotusten erotuksien | |
partitive | erotusta | erotuksia | |
illative | erotukseen | erotuksiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | erotus | erotukset | |
accusative | nom. | erotus | erotukset |
gen. | erotuksen | ||
genitive | erotuksen | erotusten erotuksien | |
partitive | erotusta | erotuksia | |
inessive | erotuksessa | erotuksissa | |
elative | erotuksesta | erotuksista | |
illative | erotukseen | erotuksiin | |
adessive | erotuksella | erotuksilla | |
ablative | erotukselta | erotuksilta | |
allative | erotukselle | erotuksille | |
essive | erotuksena | erotuksina | |
translative | erotukseksi | erotuksiksi | |
abessive | erotuksetta | erotuksitta | |
instructive | — | erotuksin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editcompounds
Further reading
edit- “erotus”, 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