taistelu

taistella (“to fight, battle”) +‎ -u. Coined by Finnish author and priest Antero Warelius in 1848.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑi̯stelu/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝i̯s̠te̞lu]
• Rhymes: -ɑistelu
• Syllabification^(key): tais‧te‧lu
• Hyphenation^(key): tais‧te‧lu

taistelu [with elative ‘over, for (resources, etc.)’ and (genitive and/or possessive form +) puolesta ‘for (a side), on the side of’ and (partitive +) vastaan ‘against’]

1. fight (occasion of fighting; physical confrontation)

   Synonym: tappelu

2. struggle, fight, strife

   Synonym: kamppailu

   työläisten taistelu oikeuksiensa puolesta ― workers' struggle for their rights

3. battle (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

   Waterloon taistelu ― the Battle of Waterloo

   taistelu Englannista ― the Battle of Britain

4. combat (a battle; a fight)
5. (military) engagement (actual instance of active hostilities)

   Synonym: taistelukosketus

• taisto (poetic)

• taistelija
• taistella

• “taistelu”, 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

• etulasti, lietsuta, testailu