Tampere

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish Tampere.

Proper noun

Tampere

2. A municipality, the capital city of the region of Pirkanmaa, Finland.

Derived terms

• Tamperean

Translations

city in Finland

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 坦佩雷 (taan² pui³ leoi⁴)

  Mandarin: 坦佩雷 (Tǎnpèiléi)

• Danish: Tampere (da)
• Finnish: Tampere (fi)
• French: Tampere (fr) m
• Galician: Tampere
• Greek: Τάμπερε (el) (Támpere)
• Hindi: तांपेरे (tāmpere)
• Japanese: タンペレ (Tampere)
• Korean: 탐페레 (tampere)
• Norwegian: Tammerfors
• Portuguese: Tampere f
• Russian: Та́мпере m (Támpɛrɛ)
• Swedish: Tammerfors (sv) n

Anagrams

• tempera, treemap

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish Tampere.

Proper noun

Tampere

1. Tampere (a municipality, the capital city of the region of Pirkanmaa, Finland)

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from an early Sami substrate, ultimately from *tëmpël (compare Northern Sami dappal (“(short) stream pool”)). The name likely originally referred to a stream pool in the rapids (Tammerkoski). First attested as Tammere in 1666 (Tammerkoski earlier as Tamberkoski in 1544).

Details

The original form of the name in Finnish was likely *Tamber : *Tamperen (whence Tammerkoski with added koski (“rapid(s)”)); the -e- in the nominative Tampere derives by analogy with the inflected forms, finally resulting in the word adopting the declension type it currently has. The reason for the -r- instead of -l- may be dissimilation of the external locative forms (*Tampelella > Tamperella) or perhaps more likely due to the variation of -l ~ -r suffixes in words referring to places.

While it is possible that the full name of the rapids (Tammerkoski) was the word that was originally borrowed (or rather partially calqued) from a form like Proto-Samic *Tëmpël-kuoškë, and that the name Tampere was later clipped from it by removing koski, it is more likely that Tampere derives directly from the aforementioned older form (compare also Simpele).

Earlier it was believed that the name could have derived from Old Swedish damber (“dam”), Old Swedish tamber (“tame, temperate”) or Old Norse þambr (“taut”). However, the former two explanations have chronological and morphological issues, while the last one lacks any parallels (unlike the Sami explanation, which fits also for other similar place names in Finland).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑmpereˣ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝mpe̞re̞(ʔ)]

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• Rhymes: -ɑmpere
• Syllabification^(key): Tam‧pe‧re
• Hyphenation^(key): Tam‧pe‧re

Proper noun

Tampere

1. Tampere (a municipality, the capital city of the region of Pirkanmaa, Finland)

Declension

The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Tampere" is Tampereella.

Inflection of Tampere (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
nominative		Tampere	—
genitive		Tampereen	—
partitive		Tamperetta	—
illative		Tampereeseen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Tampere	—
accusative	nom.	Tampere	—
	gen.	Tampereen
genitive		Tampereen	—
partitive		Tamperetta	—
inessive		Tampereessa	—
elative		Tampereesta	—
illative		Tampereeseen	—
adessive		Tampereella	—
ablative		Tampereelta	—
allative		Tampereelle	—
essive		Tampereena	—
translative		Tampereeksi	—
abessive		Tampereetta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Tampere (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Tampereeni — accusative nom. Tampereeni — gen. Tampereeni genitive Tampereeni — partitive Tamperettani — inessive Tampereessani — elative Tampereestani — illative Tampereeseeni — adessive Tampereellani — ablative Tampereeltani — allative Tampereelleni — essive Tampereenani — translative Tampereekseni — abessive Tampereettani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Tampereesi — accusative nom. Tampereesi — gen. Tampereesi genitive Tampereesi — partitive Tamperettasi — inessive Tampereessasi — elative Tampereestasi — illative Tampereeseesi — adessive Tampereellasi — ablative Tampereeltasi — allative Tampereellesi — essive Tampereenasi — translative Tampereeksesi — abessive Tampereettasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Tampereemme — accusative nom. Tampereemme — gen. Tampereemme genitive Tampereemme — partitive Tamperettamme — inessive Tampereessamme — elative Tampereestamme — illative Tampereeseemme — adessive Tampereellamme — ablative Tampereeltamme — allative Tampereellemme — essive Tampereenamme — translative Tampereeksemme — abessive Tampereettamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Tampereenne — accusative nom. Tampereenne — gen. Tampereenne genitive Tampereenne — partitive Tamperettanne — inessive Tampereessanne — elative Tampereestanne — illative Tampereeseenne — adessive Tampereellanne — ablative Tampereeltanne — allative Tampereellenne — essive Tampereenanne — translative Tampereeksenne — abessive Tampereettanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Tampereensa — accusative nom. Tampereensa — gen. Tampereensa genitive Tampereensa — partitive Tamperettaan Tamperettansa — inessive Tampereessaan Tampereessansa — elative Tampereestaan Tampereestansa — illative Tampereeseensa — adessive Tampereellaan Tampereellansa — ablative Tampereeltaan Tampereeltansa — allative Tampereelleen Tampereellensa — essive Tampereenaan Tampereenansa — translative Tampereekseen Tampereeksensa — abessive Tampereettaan Tampereettansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Synonyms

• Manse (nickname)

Derived terms

• tamperelainen

Anagrams

• tempera

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish Tampere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃.pe.ʁe/

Proper noun

Tampere ?

1. Tampere (a municipality, the capital city of the region of Pirkanmaa, Finland)

Anagrams

• empêtra, tempéra

Polish

Tampere

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Finnish Tampere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tamˈpɛ.rɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛrɛ
• Syllabification: Tam‧pe‧re

Proper noun

Tampere n (indeclinable)

1. Tampere (a municipality, the capital city of the region of Pirkanmaa, Finland)

Further reading

• “Tampere”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)
• Tampere in PWN's encyclopedia