suuronnettomuus
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]suur- + onnettomuus
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈsuːrˌonːetːomuːs/, [ˈs̠uːrˌo̞nːe̞t̪ˌt̪o̞muːs̠]
- Rhymes: -omuːs
- Syllabification(key): suur‧on‧net‧to‧muus
Noun
[edit]suuronnettomuus
- a large-scale disaster with a great number of casualties and material destruction, a calamity, catastrophe
Usage notes
[edit]This term is used for concrete disasters. Other terms such as katastrofi may be used metaphorically.
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “suuronnettomuus”, 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