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tunnus.

symbol, emblem, sign (representative symbol)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtunːus/[ˈt̪unːus̠]
  1. symbol, emblem, sign (representative symbol) insignia (symbol or token of power, status, or office)

  2. symbol, emblem, sign (representative symbol) seal (design or insignia associated with organization or official role)

  3. symbol, emblem (thing considered the embodiment or cardinal exemplar of a concept, theme, or other thing)

  4. mark (indication for reference or measurement)

  5. motto (sentence, phrase, or word by which one is recognized, and which is suggestive of its subject matter)

  6. marker (free or bound morpheme indicating a grammatical function)

  7. identification (anything that identifies a specific object)

  8. identification (anything that identifies a specific object) ellipsis of käyttäjätunnus (“username”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis
  9. credentials (data used to authenticate oneself to a system, e.g. username and password)

    in-plural
  10. ident (brief audio or audiovisual sequence serving to identify the broadcaster)

  11. identifier (formal name used in source code to refer to a variable, function, procedure, package, etc.)

Where this word comes from

tuntea (“to know (well)”) + -us, as if “that by which something is known well, recognized”

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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.