kloori

Estonian

Noun

kloori

1. genitive/partitive/illative singular of kloor

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Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish klor, from klorin, from English chlorine, from Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “pale green”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkloːri/, [ˈklo̞ːri]
• Rhymes: -oːri
• Syllabification^(key): kloo‧ri

Noun

kloori

1. chlorine

Declension

Inflection of kloori (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		kloori	kloorit
genitive		kloorin	kloorien
partitive		klooria	klooreja
illative		klooriin	klooreihin
		singular	plural
nominative		kloori	kloorit
accusative	nom.	kloori	kloorit
	gen.	kloorin
genitive		kloorin	kloorien
partitive		klooria	klooreja
inessive		kloorissa	klooreissa
elative		kloorista	klooreista
illative		klooriin	klooreihin
adessive		kloorilla	klooreilla
ablative		kloorilta	klooreilta
allative		kloorille	klooreille
essive		kloorina	klooreina
translative		klooriksi	klooreiksi
instructive		—	kloorein
abessive		klooritta	klooreitta
comitative		—	klooreineen

Possessive forms of kloori (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	kloorini	kloorimme
2nd person	kloorisi	kloorinne
3rd person	kloorinsa

Derived terms

• kloorata
• kloorihiilivety

References

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

Anagrams

• krooli