luonto

luonto (accusative singular luonton, plural luontoj, accusative plural luontojn)

1. singular future nominal active participle of lui

luoda (“to create”) +‎ -nto. Attested since the time of Mikael Agricola (16th century), originally mostly in the sense “character, nature”; the sense “nature, environment” since 1616, but common only from the 18th century.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈluo̯nto/, [ˈluo̞̯n̪t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -uonto
• Syllabification^(key): luon‧to
• Hyphenation^(key): luon‧to

luonto

1. nature, environment (the natural world)

   Synonym: ympäristö

   Luontoa on suojeltava.

   Nature must be protected.

2. nature (the order of the natural world; the physical world in contrast to manmade or spiritual things or concepts)
3. character, nature, characteristics (of a thing)
4. character, nature, characteristics (of a person)

   Synonym: luonne

   käydä jonkun luonnolle (+ first infinitive) ― to be (very) hard for someone (to do something); to pain someone greatly (to do something)

   Hän on hyväluontoinen. / Hänellä on hyvä luonto.

   She is good-natured. / She has a good nature.

• (character, nature of a person): Now quite uncommon in this sense outside of set phrases; the noun luonne or a compound adjective with -luontoinen tends to be used more.

• luontainen
• luonteva

• “luonto”, 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

• luoton