pallopeli
Finnish
Etymology
pallo + peli
Noun
pallopeli
- ball game (game played with a ball)
- Koripallo, kriketti ja jalkapallo ovat kolme erilaista pallopeliä.
- Basketball, cricket, and football are three kinds of ball game.
- Yrjö ja Harriet menivät stadionille katsomaan jotakin pallopeliä.
- George and Harriet went to the stadium to see some ball game.
Usage notes
- An individual game or match of a ball game is rarely called pallopeli. Terms peli, ottelu, matsi are used instead:
- Yrjö ja Harriet menivät stadionille katsomaan peliä.
- George and Harriet went to the stadium to see the (ball) game.
Declension
| Inflection of pallopeli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pallopeli | pallopelit | |
| genitive | pallopelin | pallopelien | |
| partitive | pallopeliä | pallopelejä | |
| illative | pallopeliin | pallopeleihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pallopeli | pallopelit | |
| accusative | nom. | pallopeli | pallopelit |
| gen. | pallopelin | ||
| genitive | pallopelin | pallopelien | |
| partitive | pallopeliä | pallopelejä | |
| inessive | pallopelissä | pallopeleissä | |
| elative | pallopelistä | pallopeleistä | |
| illative | pallopeliin | pallopeleihin | |
| adessive | pallopelillä | pallopeleillä | |
| ablative | pallopeliltä | pallopeleiltä | |
| allative | pallopelille | pallopeleille | |
| essive | pallopelinä | pallopeleinä | |
| translative | pallopeliksi | pallopeleiksi | |
| instructive | — | pallopelein | |
| abessive | pallopelittä | pallopeleittä | |
| comitative | — | pallopeleineen | |
Synonyms
- (game): palloilulaji
Anagrams
- pelipallo