salavuoteus

salavuode +‎ -us

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑlɑˌʋuo̯teus/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝lɑ̝ˌʋuo̞̯t̪e̞us̠]
• Rhymes: -uoteus
• Syllabification^(key): sa‧la‧vuo‧te‧us
• Hyphenation^(key): sala‧vuote‧us

salavuoteus

1. (law, historical) fornication, adultery (sex between unmarried people, considered a crime in Finnish law until 1926)

• If one or both parties to adultery were married, the offense was called huoruus. More specicifically, if one was married, adultery was legally called yksinkertainen huoruus and if both were married the term was kaksinkertainen huoruus.

• “salavuoteus”, 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