Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

suomi

/ˈswɔmi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English

Syllables: suo-mi
IPA: /ˈswɔmi/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Finland (a country in Northern Europe).

name

The Finnish language.

name

A surname from Finnish.

noun

The Finns.

noun

A freeform variation of psytrance music said to originate in Finland, where it is called suomisaundi.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Suomi occupies the greater part of Finland"
"The Finnic languages show that the primitive people were clad only in the skins of animals since the skin or hide of an animal is kut in Wotiak, ked in Mordwin and kete in Suomi."
""I THOUGHT HIS SITE WAS ENTIRELY IN SUOMI." "IF THAT MEANS IT'S GOT MORE DOTS OVER THE VOWELS THAN AN EIGHTIES HEAVY METAL ALBUM, I'LL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT.""
"What Suomi has that Harlow did not have is technology."
"Over and above the 1,800,000 odd they number in Finland, the Suomi come in for about 250,000 more in the population of the adjacent Russian governments."
"1963, Francis Peabody Magoun Jr. (trans.), The Kalevala: Or, Poems of the Kaleva District the original homeland of the Suomi tribe (suomalaiset)."

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish Suomi.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈswɔmi/
British English: /ˈswɔːmɪ/

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

Suomic

Synonyms

finnish

Questions

How do you pronounce suomi?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈswɔmi/.
What does suomi mean?: Finland (a country in Northern Europe).
Where does suomi come from?: Borrowed from Finnish Suomi.

How to pronounce suomi

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