korkeintaan

Finnish

Etymology

The partitive singular of korkein (“highest”) with a possessive suffix.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkorkei̯ntɑːn/, [ˈko̞rk̟e̞i̯n̪t̪ɑ̝ːn]
  • Rhymes: -orkeintɑːn
  • Syllabification(key): kor‧kein‧taan
  • Hyphenation(key): kor‧kein‧taan

Adverb

korkeintaan

  1. at most, at its highest
    Leikkaus kestää korkeintaan tunnin.
    The operation takes one hour at most.
    Se saa maksaa korkeintaan kaksisataa euroa.
    It may cost two hundred euros at most.

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