tehostin
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Finnish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
tehostaa (“to enhance, strengthen, boost”) + -in (“-er”)
Noun[edit]
tehostin
- A device that enhances or strengthens a small force into a larger one.
- ohjaustehostin ― power steering (the equipment)
- jarrutehostin ― hydraulic brake, power brake (the equipment)
Usage notes[edit]
Translations into English vary by application. Despite the etymology, booster is normally something else than tehostin in Finnish.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of tehostin (Kotus type 33/kytkin, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | tehostin | tehostimet | ||
genitive | tehostimen | tehostimien tehostinten | ||
partitive | tehostinta | tehostimia | ||
illative | tehostimeen | tehostimiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | tehostin | tehostimet | ||
accusative | nom. | tehostin | tehostimet | |
gen. | tehostimen | |||
genitive | tehostimen | tehostimien tehostinten | ||
partitive | tehostinta | tehostimia | ||
inessive | tehostimessa | tehostimissa | ||
elative | tehostimesta | tehostimista | ||
illative | tehostimeen | tehostimiin | ||
adessive | tehostimella | tehostimilla | ||
ablative | tehostimelta | tehostimilta | ||
allative | tehostimelle | tehostimille | ||
essive | tehostimena | tehostimina | ||
translative | tehostimeksi | tehostimiksi | ||
abessive | tehostimetta | tehostimitta | ||
instructive | — | tehostimin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “tehostin”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
tehostin