hemmetti
Finnish
Etymology
Minced oath version of helvetti (“hell”). Possibly inspired by dialectal himmerkki.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhemːetːi/, [ˈhe̞mːe̞t̪ːi]
- Rhymes: -emːetːi
- Syllabification(key): hem‧met‧ti
- Hyphenation(key): hem‧met‧ti
Interjection
hemmetti
- (minced oath) dammit, darn, blimey
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hitto
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “hemmetti”, 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