finessi
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From French finesse through Swedish finess.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
finessi
- finesse (property of having elegance, grace, refinement, or skill)
- Synonym: hienostuneisuus
Declension edit
Inflection of finessi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | finessi | finessit | ||
genitive | finessin | finessien | ||
partitive | finessiä | finessejä | ||
illative | finessiin | finesseihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | finessi | finessit | ||
accusative | nom. | finessi | finessit | |
gen. | finessin | |||
genitive | finessin | finessien | ||
partitive | finessiä | finessejä | ||
inessive | finessissä | finesseissä | ||
elative | finessistä | finesseistä | ||
illative | finessiin | finesseihin | ||
adessive | finessillä | finesseillä | ||
ablative | finessiltä | finesseiltä | ||
allative | finessille | finesseille | ||
essive | finessinä | finesseinä | ||
translative | finessiksi | finesseiksi | ||
abessive | finessittä | finesseittä | ||
instructive | — | finessein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “finessi”, 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