Finnish

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Etymology

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pirssi (taxi) +‎ auto (car, automobile); now "auto" is redundant, but originally pirssi meant a station where horse-drawn carriages waited for passengers.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpirsːiˌɑu̯to/, [ˈpirs̠ːiˌɑ̝u̯t̪o̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑuto
  • Hyphenation(key): pirssi‧auto

Noun

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pirssiauto (rare)

  1. taxicab

Declension

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Inflection of pirssiauto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative pirssiauto pirssiautot
genitive pirssiauton pirssiautojen
partitive pirssiautoa pirssiautoja
illative pirssiautoon pirssiautoihin
singular plural
nominative pirssiauto pirssiautot
accusative nom. pirssiauto pirssiautot
gen. pirssiauton
genitive pirssiauton pirssiautojen
partitive pirssiautoa pirssiautoja
inessive pirssiautossa pirssiautoissa
elative pirssiautosta pirssiautoista
illative pirssiautoon pirssiautoihin
adessive pirssiautolla pirssiautoilla
ablative pirssiautolta pirssiautoilta
allative pirssiautolle pirssiautoille
essive pirssiautona pirssiautoina
translative pirssiautoksi pirssiautoiksi
abessive pirssiautotta pirssiautoitta
instructive pirssiautoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of pirssiauto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

Further reading

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