etukäteen

Finnish

Etymology

etu- (“fore-”) +‎ käteen (“hand”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈetuˌkæteːn/, [ˈe̞t̪uˌk̟æt̪e̞ːn]
Rhymes: -æteːn
Syllabification^(key): e‧tu‧kä‧teen

Adverb

etukäteen

beforehand, in advance

Antonyms

jälkikäteen

Derived terms

etukäteinen

compounds

Descendants

→ Ingrian: etukättee (calque)

Further reading

“etukäteen”, 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 2023-07-02

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