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roska.

litter, trash, rubbish, refuse

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈroskɑ/[ˈro̞s̠kɑ̝]

  1. litter, trash, rubbish, refuse

    collective · in-plural · often
    Voisitko viedä roskat?
    Heitä vain roskiin.

  2. a piece of litter

  3. rubbish, trash (worthless artistic, literary, or musical material or similar)

    figuratively
    Tuo peli on täyttä roskaa.
Where this word comes from

Probably borrowed from Swedish rosk (“filth, garbage”). First mention in a Finnish dictionary was in 1787.

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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.