esirippu.
curtain (piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater)
Meaning & usage
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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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.