retorinen
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Internationalism (see English rhetorical), ultimately from Latin rhētoricus and adapted with the adjectival suffix + -inen.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈretorinen/, [ˈre̞t̪o̞ˌrine̞n]
- Rhymes: -inen
- Syllabification(key): re‧to‧ri‧nen
- Hyphenation(key): re‧to‧ri‧nen
Adjective
[edit]retorinen (comparative retorisempi, superlative retorisin)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of retorinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | retorinen | retoriset | |
| genitive | retorisen | retoristen retorisien | |
| partitive | retorista | retorisia | |
| illative | retoriseen | retorisiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | retorinen | retoriset | |
| accusative | nom. | retorinen | retoriset |
| gen. | retorisen | ||
| genitive | retorisen | retoristen retorisien | |
| partitive | retorista | retorisia | |
| inessive | retorisessa | retorisissa | |
| elative | retorisesta | retorisista | |
| illative | retoriseen | retorisiin | |
| adessive | retorisella | retorisilla | |
| ablative | retoriselta | retorisilta | |
| allative | retoriselle | retorisille | |
| essive | retorisena | retorisina | |
| translative | retoriseksi | retorisiksi | |
| abessive | retorisetta | retorisitta | |
| instructive | — | retorisin | |
| comitative | — | retorisine | |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “retorinen”, 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 3 July 2023