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keskus

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Estonian

Etymology

From kesk- + -us.

Noun

keskus (genitive keskuse, partitive keskust)

  1. centre/center

Declension

More information Declension of (ÕS type 11/harjutus, no gradation), singular ...
More information Declension of (ÕS type 9/katus, no gradation), singular ...

Derived terms

Further reading

  • keskus”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
  • keskus”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • keskus”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • keskus in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
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Finnish

Etymology

keski- + -us

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkeskus/, [ˈk̟e̞s̠kus̠]
  • Rhymes: -eskus
  • Syllabification(key): kes‧kus
  • Hyphenation(key): kes‧kus

Noun

keskus

  1. center/centre (place or portion in the center or middle of something, i.e. that is the furthest from the periphery)
  2. center/centre (place, especially a building or complex, set aside for some specified function or activity; place that has a highly important role in something)

Declension

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

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

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Karelian

Etymology

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Noun

keskus (genitive keskuksen, partitive keskustu)

  1. centre

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