peräti
Finnish
Etymology
perä + -ti: "all the way to the back/end"
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈperæti(ˣ)/, [ˈpe̞ræt̪i(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -eræti
- Syllabification(key): pe‧rä‧ti
- Hyphenation(key): pe‧rä‧ti
Adverb
peräti
- very, quite (fortifier for adjectives)
- Synonyms: aivan, kerrassaan, perin, suorastaan, vallan, varsin
- Olut on siellä peräti kallista.
- Beer is quite expensive at that place.
- as much as/as little as, up to/down to, even (used with numerals to indicate that the figure is either in high or low end of the ordinary range)
Further reading
- “peräti”, 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