pusero

pusero

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish bussarong. From Low German buserun, busserun, from Dutch boezeroen, from French bourgeron. Compare Danish busseronne, Norwegian busserull.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpusero/, [ˈpus̠e̞ro̞]
• Rhymes: -usero
• Syllabification^(key): pu‧se‧ro

Noun

pusero

1. blouse
   • 1966, Timo K. Mukka, Maa on syntinen laulu, page 161:

     Elina on kauniin ruskean tukkansa kammannut korkealle kireäksi nutturaksi, sitonut sen narunpätkällä. Hänen yllään on harmaa hame ja siniruutuinen ohut pusero. — Elina has her beautiful brown hair in an updo, tied with a string. She is wearing a gray skirt and a thin blue blouse.

2. sweater, light jacket.

Declension

Inflection of pusero (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)
nominative		pusero	puserot
genitive		puseron	puserojen puseroiden puseroitten
partitive		puseroa	puseroja puseroita
illative		puseroon	puseroihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pusero	puserot
accusative	nom.	pusero	puserot
	gen.	puseron
genitive		puseron	puserojen puseroiden puseroitten
partitive		puseroa	puseroja puseroita
inessive		puserossa	puseroissa
elative		puserosta	puseroista
illative		puseroon	puseroihin
adessive		puserolla	puseroilla
ablative		puserolta	puseroilta
allative		puserolle	puseroille
essive		puserona	puseroina
translative		puseroksi	puseroiksi
instructive		—	puseroin
abessive		puserotta	puseroitta
comitative		—	puseroineen

Possessive forms of pusero (type palvelu)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	puseroni	puseromme
2nd person	puserosi	puseronne
3rd person	puseronsa

Derived terms

• (shirtwaist blouse): paitapusero

Compounds

compounds

• angorapusero
• collegepusero
• farkkupusero
• mohairpusero
• neulepusero
• paitapusero
• peplumpusero
• röyhelöpusero
• sifonkipusero
• silkkipusero
• tuulipusero
• villapusero

Further reading

• "pusero" in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish).