korkeintaan
Finnish
Etymology
The partitive singular of korkein (“highest”) with a possessive suffix.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkorkei̯ntɑːn/, [ˈko̞rk̟e̞i̯n̪t̪ɑ̝ːn]
- Rhymes: -orkeintɑːn
- Syllabification(key): kor‧kein‧taan
Adverb
korkeintaan
- at most, at its highest
- Leikkaus kestää korkeintaan tunnin.
- The operation takes one hour at most.
- Se saa maksaa korkeintaan kaksisataa euroa.
- It may cost two hundred euros at most.
Synonyms
Further reading
- “korkeintaan”, 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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