säntilleen

Finnish

Etymology

Fronted from santilleen, allative plural (+ possessive suffix) of dialectal santti (“midweek holiday”), from Swedish sankt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsæntilːeːn/, [ˈs̠æn̪t̪ilːe̞ːn]
  • Rhymes: -æntilːeːn
  • Syllabification(key): sän‧til‧leen
  • Hyphenation(key): sän‧til‧leen

Adverb

säntilleen (dialectal)

  1. synonym of täsmälleen

Derived terms

Further reading

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