tuhatmäärin

Finnish

Etymology

Instructive plural of tuhat (“thousand”) +‎ määrä (“quantity”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtuhɑtˌmæːrin/, [ˈt̪uɦɑ̝t̪ˌmæːrin]
  • Rhymes: -æːrin
  • Syllabification(key): tu‧hat‧mää‧rin
  • Hyphenation(key): tuhat‧määrin

Adverb

tuhatmäärin

  1. thousands of, in their thousands
    Ihmiset lähtivät kaduille tuhatmäärin.
    The people poured on the streets in their thousands.
    Tuhatmäärin ihmisiä lähti kaduille.
    Thousands of people poured on the streets.

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