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virta.

flow, stream, current

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʋirtɑ/[ˈʋirt̪ɑ̝]
  1. flow, stream, current

    Virta vei mukanaan.
    Kaasun virta pysähtyi putkistossa.
  2. river

    Soudimme veneellä virtaa ylöspäin.
  3. current (amount of electric charge flowing in each unit of time)

    Sähköteho on virran ja jännitteen tulo.
  4. electricity, power

    informal
    Pattereista loppui virta.
  5. stream (steady flow or succession of material)

    figuratively
    Autojen loputon virta keskustaan aiheutti suuren ruuhkan.
  6. flow (in expressions referring to conformity)

    figuratively
    kulkea virran mukana
  7. zip, energy, vigor, vim (personal energy)

    figuratively
    Mistähän sitä saisi virtaa jaksaa tämäkin päivä?
  8. speed (recreational amphetamine drug)

    slang · uncommon
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *virta, borrowed from either Proto-Slavic *vьrtъ or a Baltic cognate thereof.

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