silestone

Finnish

Etymology

Combined from sileä (“slick”) and Firestone (“brand of tyres”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsileˌstone/, [ˈs̠ile̞ˌs̠to̞ne̞]
  • IPA(key): /ˈsileˌstou̯n/, [ˈs̠ile̞ˌs̠to̞u̯n]
  • Rhymes: -one
  • Syllabification(key): si‧le‧sto‧ne
  • Hyphenation(key): sile‧stone

Noun

silestone (slang)

  1. A worn-out tyre which has less tread pattern than required.

Declension

Inflection of silestone (irregular)
singular plural
nominative silestone silestonet
genitive silestonen silestonien
partitive silestonia silestoneja
accusative silestone
silestonen 		silestonet
inessive silestonessa silestoneissa
elative silestonesta silestoneista
illative silestoneen silestoneihin
adessive silestonella silestoneilla
ablative silestonelta silestoneilta
allative silestonelle silestoneille
essive silestonena silestoneina
translative silestoneksi silestoneiksi
abessive silestonetta silestoneitta
instructive – silestonein
comitative – silestoneineen

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