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esitellä
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Finnish
Etymology
From esittää + -ella. Coined by Finnish journalist, poet and translator Paavo Tikkanen.
Pronunciation
Verb
esitellä
- (transitive) to introduce (to cause to be acquainted with someone else) [with allative ‘to’]
- Saanko esitellä sinut ystävilleni?
- May I introduce you to my friends?
- (transitive) to introduce (to make known by formal announcement or recommendation) [with allative ‘to’]
- Senaattori aikoo esitellä lain seuraavassa istunnossa.
- The senator plans to introduce the bill in the next session.
- Esittelen vierailevan puhujamme.
- Let me introduce our guest speaker.
- (transitive) to present, explain, expound upon, exhibit [with allative ‘to’]
- (transitive) to show around, give a tour of (a place); to demonstrate (e.g. the function of a machine); to display
- (transitive, programming) to declare (variable, function, etc.)
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Further reading
- “esitellä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
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