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kapiteeli

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Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish kapitäl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑpiteːli/, [ˈkɑ̝piˌt̪e̞ːli]
  • Rhymes: -eːli
  • Syllabification(key): ka‧pi‧tee‧li
  • Hyphenation(key): ka‧pi‧tee‧li

Noun

kapiteeli

  1. (architecture) capital (uppermost part of a column)
  2. (typography) small caps (capital letters shown in text in small size, usually the size of the small letters; used e.g. to emphasize names, as e.g. in "Nuoruudessaan kekkonen toimi salaisessa poliisissa. -- "In his youth kekkonen worked in the secret police.")

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

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