peräkkäin

Finnish

Etymology

perä +‎ -kkäin (situative singular). Compare Karelian peräkkäh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈperækːæi̯n/, [ˈpe̞rækːæi̯n]
  • Rhymes: -erækːæin
  • Syllabification(key): pe‧räk‧käin
  • Hyphenation(key): pe‧räk‧käin

Adverb

peräkkäin

  1. successively, consecutively, one after the other, one after another, on the trot, in a row, running, sequentially
    Äidin mansikkahillo voitti ensimmäisen palkinnon kolmena vuonna peräkkäin.
    Mom's strawberry jam won the first prize three years running.

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