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kerros.

floor, storey (floor or level of a building or ship)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkerːos/[ˈk̟e̞rːo̞s̠]
  1. floor, storey (floor or level of a building or ship)

  2. layer (single thickness of some material covering a surface)

  3. layer, stratum (horizontal deposit)

  4. stratum (class of society)

  5. course (row of bricks)

  6. course (row of material that forms the roofing)

  7. course (a single row of loops in weft knitting)

  8. row

Where this word comes from

kerrata (“to repeat, ply”) + -os. First attested in 1846.

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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.