ilve.
prank, joke, trick
Meaning & usage
prank, joke, trick
millä ilveellä
Where this word comes from
Unknown. Compare irvi (“grin”) (as in irvessä, irveellään), irviä (“jest, nag”) – ultimately from Proto-Finnic *irvi – as well as ilme (“facial expression”), a 19th century coinage. Related to Ingrian ilve, Karelian ilve and Ludian ilve.
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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.