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laitos.

institution (long established and respected organization, particularly one involved with public service)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlɑi̯tos/[ˈlɑ̝i̯t̪o̞s̠]
  1. institution (long established and respected organization, particularly one involved with public service)

  2. institution

  3. institution

  4. institution (established organisation, especially in historical contexts)

  5. facility, utility (institution specially designed for a specific purpose)

  6. plant (industrial or institutional building or facility)

  7. facility (physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.)

  8. department, faculty (division of a university)

  9. edition (written work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner, or at a certain time)

Where this word comes from

laittaa (“to put, place; to prepare, make”) + -os. Coined by Finnish linguist and author Reinhold von Becker in the early to mid-19th century; earlier attested in senses like “order, organization”.

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