viisaudenhammas
Finnish
editEtymology
editviisauden (“of wisdom”) + hammas (“tooth”); calque of Latin dēns sapientiae, probably through some intermediate language.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈʋiːsɑu̯denˌhɑmːɑs/, [ˈʋiːs̠ɑ̝u̯de̞nˌhɑ̝mːɑ̝s̠]
- Rhymes: -ɑmːɑs
- Syllabification(key): vii‧sau‧den‧ham‧mas
Noun
editviisaudenhammas
- wisdom tooth (rearmost molar in humans)
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- “viisaudenhammas”, 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 2023-07-04