tieto

From Proto-Finnic *teeto. Equivalent to tietää (“to know”) +‎ -o.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtie̯to/, [ˈt̪ie̞̯t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -ieto
• Syllabification^(key): tie‧to
• Hyphenation^(key): tie‧to

tieto [with elative ‘about’]

1. knowledge (fact of knowing about something; awareness)

   saada tietoonsa ― to come to someone's attention, to have been made aware of

   data, informaatio, tieto, viisaus ― data, information, knowledge, wisdom

2. knowledge (familiarity with particular skill)

   Synonym: tuntemus

   tietomme fysiikasta ― our knowledge about physics

3. information (communicable knowledge)

   Synonym: informaatio

   Elämme tietoyhteiskunnassa.

   We live in an information society.

   Sain tiedon onnettomuudesta tänä aamuna.

   I got a notice of the accident this morning.

4. data (organized information)

   Synonym: data

   Olen kerännyt tästä yrityksestä paljon tietoa.

   I have collected lots of data on this company.

5. intelligence (information, often secret, about an enemy or about hostile activities)

   Synonym: tiedustelutieto

   Saimme vangeilta tietoa vihollisesta.

   We gathered intelligence of the enemy from the prisoners.

• “tieto”, 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

tieto

1. first-person singular present indicative of tietar