funkis

funkis (comparative more funkis, superlative most funkis)

1. Pertaining to a Scandinavian style of functionalist architecture.
   • 2010, Margaret Hayford O'Leary, Culture and Customs of Norway, page 191:

     Funkis buildings can be identified by their flat roofs, large, flat surfaces, curved walls, geometric shapes, horizontal bands of windows, flexible interiors, and lack of excess decorations.

   • 2014 March 18, Richard Orange, The Guardian:

     It moves on next month to include two further nesting boxes, both fitted out in Scandinavia's trademark Funkis architectural style, where Klann hopes the show's feathered stars will hatch and rear their young.

   • 2016, Steinumm Sigurðardóttir, translated by Philip Roughton, The Good Lover, World Editions, page 19:

     A two-story house, so strictly funkis that he named it monkish, and earned top points from his girlfriend for it.

• funkkis

Clipping of funktionalismi +‎ -is.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfuŋk(ː)is/, [ˈfuŋk(ː)is̠]
• Rhymes: -uŋkis
• Syllabification^(key): fun‧kis
• Hyphenation^(key): fun‧kis

funkis (informal)

1. (architecture) synonym of funktionalismi

• “funkis”, 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 2 July 2023

• fuksin

Clipping of funktionalism +‎ -is.

funkis c

1. (colloquial, often in compounds) functionalism, a modernistic (1930s) style in architecture and interior decoration guided by function

   Synonym: funktionalism

Clipping of funktionshindrad +‎ -is.

funkis c

1. (colloquial) a crip, a disabled person

• funkis in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• funkis in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)