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esirippu.

curtain (piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater)

8 characters4 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈesiˌripːu/[ˈe̞s̠iˌripːu]
  1. curtain (piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater)

Where this word comes from

esi- (“fore-”) + rippua (“to hang”, dialectal form of riippua) + -u; attested since 1544, originally in the sense of “dividing curtain” or “veil”. Possible calque of Swedish förhängsle or förhänge. In its modern sense, coined by Finnish author and journalist Pietari Hannikainen in 1845.

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