View source for kortteli

==Finnish==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{der|fi|sv||kvartel}}, variant of {{m|sv|kvarter}}, from {{der|fi|gml|kwartēl}}, from {{der|fi|ML.|quartārium}}, from {{der|fi|la|quārtus}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{fi-p}}

===Noun===
{{fi-noun}}

# [[block]], [[city block]] {{gloss|group of buildings in a city or town, demarcated by streets}}
#: {{ux|fi|Kävelen vain '''korttelin''' ympäri.|I'm just going for a walk around the '''block'''.}}
# {{lb|fi|in compounds}} [[local]], [[neighbourhood]] {{gloss|used of service establishments serving a small area in a city}}
#: {{uxi|fi|'''kortteli'''kuppila|the neighbourhood pub}}
# [[block]] {{gloss|distance from one street to another in a city}}
# {{lb|fi|historical}} [[Scandinavian]] [[unit]] of [[length]], which equalled half a [[foot]] or one fourth of a ''[[kyynärä]]'' = 0.148 meters
#: {{syn|fi|vaaksa}}
# {{lb|fi|historical}} Russian unit of length, which equalled 0.1778 meters
# {{lb|fi|historical}} unit of [[volume]], which equalled 0.32715 liters
# {{lb|fi|dialectal|dated}} [[mug]] of roughly this volume

====Declension====
{{fi-decl-paperi|korttel|a}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|distance btw. streets}} {{l|fi|kadunväli}}
* {{sense|Russian unit of length}} {{l|fi|setvertti}}, {{l|fi|[[venäläinen]] kortteli}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|fi|title=compounds
|asuinkortteli
|juutalaiskortteli
|kiinalaiskortteli
|kortteliajo
|korttelikapakka
|korttelikauppa
|korttelinväli
|korttelipoliisi
|korttelipommi
|kortteliralli
|kortteliravintola
|korttelisuunnistus
|käsityöläiskortteli
|köyhälistökortteli
|työläiskortteli
|umpikortteli
}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:KTSK|accessdate=2023-07-02}}

{{C|fi|Units of measure}}