viisaudenhammas
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]viisauden (“of wisdom”) + hammas (“tooth”); calque of Latin dēns sapientiae, probably through some intermediate language.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈʋiːsɑu̯denˌhɑmːɑs/, [ˈʋiːs̠ɑ̝u̯de̞nˌhɑ̝mːɑ̝s̠]
- Rhymes: -ɑmːɑs
- Syllabification(key): vii‧sau‧den‧ham‧mas
Noun
[edit]viisaudenhammas
- wisdom tooth (rearmost molar in humans)
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “viisaudenhammas”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04