ilmi
Finnish
Etymology
< ilma (“air”) + -i (“lative ending”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈilmi/, [ˈilmi]
- Rhymes: -ilmi
- Syllabification(key): il‧mi
Adverb
ilmi
- public, known, to the daylight, to the open (ceasing to be secret, unknown or hidden)
- käydä ilmi / tulla ilmi
- to be revealed, to transpire, to become known, to be brought to the daylight
- tuoda ilmi / saattaa ilmi
- to reveal, to bring to the open
- antaa ilmi
- to blow the whistle, to inform, to report
- (as modifier) completely, very much
- ilmiselvä ― obvious / completely clear
- ilmi elävä ― very much alive
- (as modifier) outright, full
- Kinastelu muuttui vähitellen ilmiriidaksi.
- The bickering gradually turned into an outright fight.
Usage notes
As an adverb, ilmi usually but not necessarily implies a change of state from unknown to known and so is mostly used with verbs that express change or movement. It is rarely used to describe a state of being known: Asia on ilmi ("The matter is out in the open") is possible but rare. As a modifier, it is usually written as an open (spaced) compound together with adjectives, adverbs, and nouns, but only as a closed compound with verbs. Some commonly used collocations may be written both ways: ilmiselvä / ilmi selvä, ilmiliekki / ilmi liekki, ilmiriita / ilmi riita, and yet others are always closed: ilmiantaja, ilmianto, ilmiasu, ilmitulo.
Synonyms
- (to the open): julki
- (to be revealed): osoittautua
- (to reveal): paljastaa
- (to report): ilmiantaa
- (completely): täysin
- (real, true): todellinen
Derived terms
- antaa ilmi
- ilmetä
- ilmiantaa
- ilmianto
- ilmiasu
- ilmielävä
- ilmiliekeissä
- ilmiliekki
- ilmiriita
- ilmiselvä
- ilmiselvästi
- ilmisota
- ilmituli
- ilmitulo
- ilmiö
- käydä ilmi
- tuoda ilmi
Related terms
- ilmeinen (obvious)
Anagrams
- limi
Hausa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔíl.mìː/, /ʔîl.míː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔɪ́l.mìː], [ʔɪ̂l.míː]
Noun
ilmî m (possessed form ilmîn) or îlmī m (possessed form îlmin)
- Alternative form of ilìmī
Icelandic
Noun
ilmi
- indefinite dative singular of ilmur
Turkish
Noun
ilmi
- accusative singular of ilim
- third-person singular possessive of ilim