funkis
English
Adjective
funkis (comparative more funkis, superlative most funkis)
- Pertaining to a Scandinavian style of functionalist architecture.
- 2010, Margaret Hayford O'Leary, Culture and Customs of Norway, p. 191:
- Funkis buildings can be identified by their flat roofs, large, flat surfaces, curved walls, geometric shapes, horizontal bands of windows, flexible interiors, and lack of excess decorations.
- 2014, Richard Orange, The Guardian, 18 March:
- It moves on next month to include two further nesting boxes, both fitted out in Scandinavia's trademark Funkis architectural style, where Klann hopes the show's feathered stars will hatch and rear their young.
- 2016, Philip Roughton, translating Steinumm Sigurðardóttir, The Good Lover, World Editions 2016, p. 19:
- A two-story house, so strictly funkis that he named it monkish, and earned top points from his girlfriend for it.
- 2010, Margaret Hayford O'Leary, Culture and Customs of Norway, p. 191:
Finnish
Alternative forms
- funkkis
Noun
funkis
- (architecture) functionalism (doctrine in architecture stating that an architectural design should be based on the function or purpose of the designed object)
Declension
| Inflection of funkis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | funkis | — | |
| genitive | funkiksen | — | |
| partitive | funkista | — | |
| illative | funkikseen | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | funkis | — | |
| accusative | nom. | funkis | — |
| gen. | funkiksen | ||
| genitive | funkiksen | — | |
| partitive | funkista | — | |
| inessive | funkiksessa | — | |
| elative | funkiksesta | — | |
| illative | funkikseen | — | |
| adessive | funkiksella | — | |
| ablative | funkikselta | — | |
| allative | funkikselle | — | |
| essive | funkiksena | — | |
| translative | funkikseksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | funkiksetta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
Synonyms
- funktionalismi
Anagrams
- fuksin
Swedish
Etymology 1
Clipping of funktionalism + -is.
Noun
funkis c
- (colloquial) functionalism, a modernistic (1930s) style in architecture and interior decoration guided by function
Declension
| Declension of funkis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | funkis | funkisen | — | — |
| Genitive | funkiss | funkisens | — | — |
Etymology 2
Clipping of funktionshindrad + -is.
Noun
funkis c
- (colloquial) a crip, a disabled person
Declension
| Declension of funkis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | funkis | funkisen | funkisar | funkisarna |
| Genitive | funkis | funkisens | funkisars | funkisarnas |