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elokuva.

movie, film, motion picture (individual film)

7 characters4 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈeloˌkuʋɑ/[ˈe̞lo̞ˌkuʋɑ̝]

  1. movie, film, motion picture (individual film)

    Nykyiset elokuvat ovat lähes poikkeuksetta äänielokuvia.

  2. cinema (art form)

  3. movies, cinema (theater in which films are shown for the public)

    in-plural
    Mennään tänään elokuviin!
Where this word comes from

From elo (“life”) + kuva (“picture”), coined by Finnish linguist Artturi Kannisto in 1927 as a shorter form of elävät kuvat (“live pictures”), itself a calque of English moving pictures.

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