pentele

Finnish

Etymology

A minced oath of perkele.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpenteleˣ/, [ˈpe̞n̪t̪e̞le̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -entele
• Syllabification^(key): pen‧te‧le

Interjection

pentele

1. (minced oath) damn, drat, crap, heck

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hitto

Derived terms

• penteleellinen
• penteleenmoinen
• penteleesti

Further reading

• “pentele”, 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