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edellinen.

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9 characters4 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈedelːinen/[ˈe̞de̞lˌline̞n]

  1. previous

    not-comparable
    Minä olen tämän koiran edellinen omistaja.
    Katso ohjeet edelliseltä sivulta.

  2. former (of two)

    not-comparable
    Vuosisadan edellinen puolisko.
    Sisar ja veli, edellinen vaalea, jälkimmäinen tumma.
Where this word comes from

From esi- (“front, fore-”) + -llinen or equivalently edellä (“ahead, in front”) + -inen. Attested since the time of Mikael Agricola (output c. 1543–1552).

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