tuoreeltaan
Finnish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈtuo̯reːltɑːn/, [ˈt̪uo̞̯re̞ːl̪t̪ɑ̝ːn]
- Rhymes: -uoreːltɑːn
- Hyphenation(key): tuo‧reel‧taan
Adverb
[edit]tuoreeltaan
- consumed fresh, freshly
- Mansikat ovat parhaita tuoreeltaan.
- The strawberries are best when eaten fresh.
- (figuratively) immediately, as soon as something arises/arose
- Presidentti kiisti väitteen tuoreeltaan.
- The president immediately denied the claim.
- (figuratively) unprepared, cold
- Uusi ministeri joutui tuoreeltaan lehdistön ristituleen.
- The new minister had to go unprepared into the crossfire of the press.
- (figuratively) red-handed, in the act
- Huoltoaseman ryöstäjä jäi kiinni tuoreeltaan.
- The gas station robber was caught red-handed.
Adjective
[edit]tuoreeltaan
- third-person possessive form of ablative singular of tuore
Further reading
[edit]- “tuoreeltaan”, 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 2023-07-03