taulu

Finnish

Etymology

From an earlier *taflu, borrowed from a Germanic language, compare tafl

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tau‧lu
• IPA: /ˈtɑulu/

Noun

taulu

1. A painting.
2. A picture, print (art) etc., especially a framed one.
3. A board, as for example a billboard, switchboard, blackboard or whiteboard.
4. A dial, as the face of a clock.

   • kellotaulu = dial

5. (archaic, mathematics, sciences) A table, as a collection of data organized as a set to cover a certain area of interest or point of view. Continues to be used in some compound terms.

   • kertomataulu = multiplication table
   • sukutaulu = pedigree

6. (databases) A table.

Declension

Declension of taulu (type valo) singular plural nominative taulu taulut genitive taulun taulujen partitive taulua tauluja accusative taulu taulun taulut inessive taulussa tauluissa elative taulusta tauluista illative tauluun tauluihin adessive taululla tauluilla ablative taululta tauluilta allative taululle tauluille essive tauluna tauluina translative tauluksi tauluiksi instructive – tauluin abessive taulutta tauluitta comitative – tauluineen

Synonyms

• (painting): maalaus
• (picture): kuva
• (dial): kellotaulu, mittaritaulu
• (in math, science): taulukko, kaavio
• (databases): taulukko, matriisi

Compounds

• aikataulu
• ilmoitustaulu
• kellotaulu
• kertomataulu
• kytkintaulu
• liitutaulu
• mittaritaulu
• sukutaulu

See also

• (painting): muotokuva, asetelma, akvarelli

Anagrams

• luuta, Tuula