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virke.

sentence (grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, in Latin-script and some other languages ending in punctuation)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʋirkeˣ/[ˈʋirk̟e̞(ʔ)]
  1. sentence (grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, in Latin-script and some other languages ending in punctuation)

Where this word comes from

virkkaa (“to say, utter”) (dialectal) + -e. Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot in 1880, based on a dialectal word with the senses “word, utterance”.

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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.