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vapaa.

free

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈʋɑpɑː/[ˈʋɑ̝pɑ̝ː]

  1. free free (not imprisoned, enslaved or subjugated)

    Olen vapaa mies.
    vapaa lähtemään

  2. free free (unconstrained)

    Hänelle annettiin vapaat kädet tehdä, mitä hän haluaa.

  3. free (with freedom, liberty)

    vapaa lehdistö
    Tämä on vapaa maa.

  4. free, loose (released, not restrained)

    Päästimme kanin vapaaksi.

  5. free, off (without obligations)

    vapaa vastuusta
    Voit pitää loppupäivän vapaata.

  6. spare, free (not filled with activity or work)

    Minulla on paljon vapaa-aikaa.

  7. vacant, free, unoccupied

    vapaa radikaali
    Istuin on vapaa.

  8. free (unattached, uncombined)

  9. freelance (working as a freelancer)

  10. unmarried, single, available

  11. free-range (of, pertaining to, or produced by animals that are allowed to roam freely, rather than being confined indoors)

    Ostan aina vapaan kanan munia.

  12. free (without physical support)

    vapaalla kädellä

  13. unreleased, not pressed (e.g. of a string)

  14. free, free of charge

    vapaa pääsy

  15. free, unconstrained

  16. linearly independent (of a set of vectors)

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *vapada, probably borrowed from early Proto-Slavic *svabadā (later *svoboda (“freedom”)).

noun/ˈʋɑpɑː/[ˈʋɑ̝pɑ̝ː]

  1. leave (from work, military service, etc.)

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *vapada, probably borrowed from early Proto-Slavic *svabadā (later *svoboda (“freedom”)).

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