keitto

See also: keitto-

Finnish

(index ke)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkeitːo]
• Hyphenation: keit‧to

Etymology

keittää +‎ -o

Noun

keitto

1. soup

   Koristele keitto tuoreella tillillä.

   Garnish the soup with some fresh dill.

2. boiling (method, process)

   Punamultamaalin keitto kestää tunnin.

   Boiling Falu red paint takes an hour.

3. (slang) alcoholic beverage

   Otetaan keittoa!

   Let's drink some booze!

4. As a modifier in compound terms signifies "of or relating to cooking" and may be translated e.g. as cook, cook-, cooked, cooking (see Compounds-section below).

Declension

Inflection of keitto (Kotus type 1/valo, tt-t gradation)
nominative		keitto	keitot
genitive		keiton	keittojen
partitive		keittoa	keittoja
illative		keittoon	keittoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		keitto	keitot
accusative	nom.	keitto	keitot
	gen.	keiton
genitive		keiton	keittojen
partitive		keittoa	keittoja
inessive		keitossa	keitoissa
elative		keitosta	keitoista
illative		keittoon	keittoihin
adessive		keitolla	keitoilla
ablative		keitolta	keitoilta
allative		keitolle	keitoille
essive		keittona	keittoina
translative		keitoksi	keitoiksi
instructive		—	keitoin
abessive		keitotta	keitoitta
comitative		—	keittoineen

Derived terms

• päivän keitto = soup du jour, soup of the day

Compounds

• keittoaika
• keittokinkku
• keittokirja
• keittokomero
• keittolevy
• keittopullo
• keittosuola
• keittotaito

Anagrams

• keitot, koitte