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pientalo.

a residential building with ground-level access to each individual house (or apartment), including detached houses, terraced houses, etc., but not blocks of flats or apartment buildings

8 characters3 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpie̯nˌtɑlo/[ˈpie̞̯n̪ˌt̪ɑ̝lo̞]
  1. a residential building with ground-level access to each individual house (or apartment), including detached houses, terraced houses, etc., but not blocks of flats or apartment buildings

    broadly
  2. a residential building with ground-level access to each individual house (or apartment), with at most two houses linked together

  3. A small residential building, small house, bungalow.

    informal
Where this word comes from

pien- (“small”) + talo (“house”); originally zoning terminology, but is now in widespread use.

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