pientalo

Finnish

Etymology

pien- (“small”) +‎ talo (“house”); originally zoning terminology, but is now in widespread use.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpie̯nˌtɑlo/, [ˈpie̞̯nˌt̪ɑlo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑlo
• Syllabification^(key): pien‧ta‧lo

Noun

pientalo

1. A small residential building, small house.
2. bungalow (small house or cottage usually having a single story)

Usage notes

Tilastokeskus (“Statistics Finland”) classifies as pientalo all residential buildings which house max. 2 apartments.

Declension

Inflection of pientalo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		pientalo	pientalot
genitive		pientalon	pientalojen
partitive		pientaloa	pientaloja
illative		pientaloon	pientaloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pientalo	pientalot
accusative	nom.	pientalo	pientalot
	gen.	pientalon
genitive		pientalon	pientalojen
partitive		pientaloa	pientaloja
inessive		pientalossa	pientaloissa
elative		pientalosta	pientaloista
illative		pientaloon	pientaloihin
adessive		pientalolla	pientaloilla
ablative		pientalolta	pientaloilta
allative		pientalolle	pientaloille
essive		pientalona	pientaloina
translative		pientaloksi	pientaloiksi
instructive		—	pientaloin
abessive		pientalotta	pientaloitta
comitative		—	pientaloineen

Possessive forms of pientalo (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	pientaloni	pientalomme
2nd person	pientalosi	pientalonne
3rd person	pientalonsa

Hyponyms

• erillistalo
• mökki
• omakotitalo
• paritalo
• (pieni) rivitalo

Derived terms

Derived terms

• pientaloalue
• pientaloasunto
• pientaloliike
• pientalovaltainen

See also

• pientalous

Anagrams

• peltoina