kerrostalo
Finnish
editEtymology
editkerros (“storey”) + talo (“house”)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkerrostalo
- (multistorey) apartment building/block of flats
- Synonym: asuinkerrostalo
- Coordinate term: pientalo
- (broadly) multistorey building
Usage notes
editIn general, a residential building is a kerrostalo if the flats/apartments within it are located on top of one another, even partially, and especially if all of them are not necessarily accessible directly from the ground level; in other cases, the residential building counts as a pientalo (according to its broad definition).
Declension
editInflection of kerrostalo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kerrostalo | kerrostalot | ||
genitive | kerrostalon | kerrostalojen | ||
partitive | kerrostaloa | kerrostaloja | ||
illative | kerrostaloon | kerrostaloihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kerrostalo | kerrostalot | ||
accusative | nom. | kerrostalo | kerrostalot | |
gen. | kerrostalon | |||
genitive | kerrostalon | kerrostalojen | ||
partitive | kerrostaloa | kerrostaloja | ||
inessive | kerrostalossa | kerrostaloissa | ||
elative | kerrostalosta | kerrostaloista | ||
illative | kerrostaloon | kerrostaloihin | ||
adessive | kerrostalolla | kerrostaloilla | ||
ablative | kerrostalolta | kerrostaloilta | ||
allative | kerrostalolle | kerrostaloille | ||
essive | kerrostalona | kerrostaloina | ||
translative | kerrostaloksi | kerrostaloiksi | ||
abessive | kerrostalotta | kerrostaloitta | ||
instructive | — | kerrostaloin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editcompounds
Further reading
edit- “kerrostalo”, 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