laiton
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑi̯ton/, [ˈlɑi̯t̪o̞n]
- Rhymes: -ɑiton
- Syllabification(key): lai‧ton
Etymology 1
laki (“law”) + -ton (“-less”)
Adjective
laiton (comparative laittomampi, superlative laittomin)
- illegal, illegitimate, lawless, unlawful (contrary to or forbidden by law)
- unlawful, illicit (not approved by law, but not invalid)
- lawless, extralegal (not governed by any law)
- lawless (not restrained by the law or by discipline)
- (baseball, pesäpallo) foul
Declension
| Inflection of laiton (Kotus type 34*C/onneton, tt-t gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | laiton | laittomat | |
| genitive | laittoman | laittomien | |
| partitive | laitonta | laittomia | |
| illative | laittomaan | laittomiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | laiton | laittomat | |
| accusative | nom. | laiton | laittomat |
| gen. | laittoman | ||
| genitive | laittoman | laittomien laitontenrare | |
| partitive | laitonta | laittomia | |
| inessive | laittomassa | laittomissa | |
| elative | laittomasta | laittomista | |
| illative | laittomaan | laittomiin | |
| adessive | laittomalla | laittomilla | |
| ablative | laittomalta | laittomilta | |
| allative | laittomalle | laittomille | |
| essive | laittomana | laittomina | |
| translative | laittomaksi | laittomiksi | |
| instructive | — | laittomin | |
| abessive | laittomatta | laittomitta | |
| comitative | — | laittomine | |
| Possessive forms of laiton (type onneton) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives. | ||
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | laittomani | laittomamme |
| 2nd person | laittomasi | laittomanne |
| 3rd person | laittomansa | |
Synonyms
- lainvastainen
Antonyms
- laillinen
Derived terms
- laittomasti
- laittomuus
Noun
laiton
- (baseball, pesäpallo) foul ball (ball that lands on foul territory)
Declension
| Inflection of laiton (Kotus type 34*C/onneton, tt-t gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | laiton | laittomat | |
| genitive | laittoman | laittomien | |
| partitive | laitonta | laittomia | |
| illative | laittomaan | laittomiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | laiton | laittomat | |
| accusative | nom. | laiton | laittomat |
| gen. | laittoman | ||
| genitive | laittoman | laittomien laitontenrare | |
| partitive | laitonta | laittomia | |
| inessive | laittomassa | laittomissa | |
| elative | laittomasta | laittomista | |
| illative | laittomaan | laittomiin | |
| adessive | laittomalla | laittomilla | |
| ablative | laittomalta | laittomilta | |
| allative | laittomalle | laittomille | |
| essive | laittomana | laittomina | |
| translative | laittomaksi | laittomiksi | |
| instructive | — | laittomin | |
| abessive | laittomatta | laittomitta | |
| comitative | — | laittomineen | |
| Possessive forms of laiton (type onneton) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | laittomani | laittomamme |
| 2nd person | laittomasi | laittomanne |
| 3rd person | laittomansa | |
Derived terms
- etulaiton
- sivulaiton
- takalaiton
Noun
laiton
- genitive singular of laitto
Anagrams
- alotin, lantio, latino, lointa, lotina, noilta, taloin, taloni
French
Etymology
From Arabic لَاطُون (lāṭūn, “copper, copper alloy”), itself from Common Turkic *altun (“gold”). See Turkish altın, Old Turkic 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣 (altun, “gold”), Karakhanid اَلْتُونْ (altūn, “gold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɛ.tɔ̃/, /le.tɔ̃/
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Noun
laiton m (uncountable)
- brass (the alloy)
Related terms
- laitonner
Further reading
- “laiton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.