latteus
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]lattea (“flat, bland, dull”) + -uus (“-ness”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]latteus
- flatness
- blandness
- dullness (quality of being uninteresting, especially when used of opinions)
- (linguistics) A cliché, platitude
Declension
[edit]Inflection of latteus (Kotus type 40*F/kalleus, t-d gradation) | |||
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nominative | latteus | latteudet | |
genitive | latteuden | latteuksien | |
partitive | latteutta | latteuksia | |
illative | latteuteen | latteuksiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | latteus | latteudet | |
accusative | nom. | latteus | latteudet |
gen. | latteuden | ||
genitive | latteuden | latteuksien | |
partitive | latteutta | latteuksia | |
inessive | latteudessa | latteuksissa | |
elative | latteudesta | latteuksista | |
illative | latteuteen | latteuksiin | |
adessive | latteudella | latteuksilla | |
ablative | latteudelta | latteuksilta | |
allative | latteudelle | latteuksille | |
essive | latteutena | latteuksina | |
translative | latteudeksi | latteuksiksi | |
abessive | latteudetta | latteuksitta | |
instructive | — | latteuksin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- (flatness): litteys, tasaisuus
- (blandness): mauttomuus
- (dullness): ikävyys, tylsyys
- (cliché): klisee, klišee (dated)
Further reading
[edit]- “latteus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja[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