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tila.

space, room, volume (for something to fit in or set aside for a specific purpose)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtilɑ/[ˈt̪ilɑ̝]
  1. space, room, volume (for something to fit in or set aside for a specific purpose)

    tehdä tilaa
    Jos bussissa ei ole enää tilaa, se ajaa pysäkin ohi ottamatta matkustajia.
  2. space (area or volume occupied by or intended for a person or thing)

    Remontissa näyttelytilan koko kasvaa lähes kaksinkertaiseksi.
  3. space (area or volume occupied by or intended for a person or thing) premises, spaces (the area or volume considered as belonging to a particular building, structure, institution, etc.)

    in-plural
    Rakennuksen tilat eivät riitä näin monelle asukkaalle.
    Tupakointi on sairaalan tiloissa kielletty.
  4. stead (place or room which another person had, has, or might have)

    Työskentelen hänen tilallaan tänään.
  5. ellipsis of maatila (“farm”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis
    Isoisäni viljeli tilaansa koko ikänsä.
  6. estate, real estate unit, tract, rural holding (a piece of land, owned and registered as such in the property register or cadastre, and thus with defined borders, that is located in a region (often rural) that has not had official land subdivision into lots, tontti, carried out within by a public entity)

    Tällä tilalla on oikeus yhteisiin vesiin.
  7. state, condition, situation, status (the way something is at any given moment, e.g. in terms of health or integrity)

    Maatalous on Japanissa huonossa tilassa.
    Kolarissa loukkaantuneen kuljettajan tila on vakaa.
  8. state (complete description of a system)

    kiinteän tilan liuos
    Kvanttimekaniikassa tila voi olla joko puhdas tai sekoitettu.
  9. mode (series of settings; set of rules; variation in gameplay)

    Kun älypuhelin on lentokonetilassa, se ei yritä yhdistää mobiiliverkkoon.
    Asiakirjaa ei voi muokata katselutilassa.
  10. state (stable condition; set of parameters; values of these parameters)

    Olio-ohjelmoinnissa kapselointi piilottaa olion sisäisen tilan muulta koodilta, jotta muu koodi ei voi riippua olion toteutuksen yksityiskohdista.
  11. status (function of some instant messaging applications where a short message is displayed for a user)

    Tilan voi asettaa profiiliasetuksista.
  12. synonym of sija (“position, rank, place (in a competition, etc.)”)

    archaic · proscribed
    Hän on kilpailussa kolmannella tilalla.
  13. synonym of sija (“place, stead, where one belongs or is”)

    archaic
  14. synonym of tilaisuus (“opportunity, chance”)

    archaic
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *tila (compare Ludian tila, Veps tila, dialectal Estonian tila), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *tilą (compare Old English til and German Ziel).

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