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kulissi

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From French coulisse through Swedish kuliss.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkulisːi/, [ˈkulis̠ːi]
  • Rhymes: -ulisːi
  • Hyphenation(key): ku‧lis‧si

Noun

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kulissi

  1. (theater, often in the plural) scene, stage, act
    kulissien takana
    behind the scenes
  2. (figuratively) act (backdrop of deception)
    Mira ei ole tyttökaverini. Se on pelkkää kulissia.
    Mira isn't my girlfriend. It's all just an act.
    Täytyy yrittää pitää yllä kulisseja.
    Gotta try to keep up the act.

Declension

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Inflection of kulissi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative kulissi kulissit
genitive kulissin kulissien
partitive kulissia kulisseja
illative kulissiin kulisseihin
singular plural
nominative kulissi kulissit
accusative nom. kulissi kulissit
gen. kulissin
genitive kulissin kulissien
partitive kulissia kulisseja
inessive kulississa kulisseissa
elative kulissista kulisseista
illative kulissiin kulisseihin
adessive kulissilla kulisseilla
ablative kulissilta kulisseilta
allative kulissille kulisseille
essive kulissina kulisseina
translative kulissiksi kulisseiksi
abessive kulissitta kulisseitta
instructive — kulissein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kulissi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kulissini kulissini
accusative nom. kulissini kulissini
gen. kulissini
genitive kulissini kulissieni
partitive kulissiani kulissejani
inessive kulississani kulisseissani
elative kulissistani kulisseistani
illative kulissiini kulisseihini
adessive kulissillani kulisseillani
ablative kulissiltani kulisseiltani
allative kulissilleni kulisseilleni
essive kulissinani kulisseinani
translative kulissikseni kulisseikseni
abessive kulissittani kulisseittani
instructive — —
comitative — kulisseineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kulissisi kulissisi
accusative nom. kulissisi kulissisi
gen. kulissisi
genitive kulissisi kulissiesi
partitive kulissiasi kulissejasi
inessive kulississasi kulisseissasi
elative kulissistasi kulisseistasi
illative kulissiisi kulisseihisi
adessive kulissillasi kulisseillasi
ablative kulissiltasi kulisseiltasi
allative kulissillesi kulisseillesi
essive kulissinasi kulisseinasi
translative kulissiksesi kulisseiksesi
abessive kulissittasi kulisseittasi
instructive — —
comitative — kulisseinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kulissimme kulissimme
accusative nom. kulissimme kulissimme
gen. kulissimme
genitive kulissimme kulissiemme
partitive kulissiamme kulissejamme
inessive kulississamme kulisseissamme
elative kulissistamme kulisseistamme
illative kulissiimme kulisseihimme
adessive kulissillamme kulisseillamme
ablative kulissiltamme kulisseiltamme
allative kulissillemme kulisseillemme
essive kulissinamme kulisseinamme
translative kulissiksemme kulisseiksemme
abessive kulissittamme kulisseittamme
instructive — —
comitative — kulisseinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kulissinne kulissinne
accusative nom. kulissinne kulissinne
gen. kulissinne
genitive kulissinne kulissienne
partitive kulissianne kulissejanne
inessive kulississanne kulisseissanne
elative kulissistanne kulisseistanne
illative kulissiinne kulisseihinne
adessive kulissillanne kulisseillanne
ablative kulissiltanne kulisseiltanne
allative kulissillenne kulisseillenne
essive kulissinanne kulisseinanne
translative kulissiksenne kulisseiksenne
abessive kulissittanne kulisseittanne
instructive — —
comitative — kulisseinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative kulissinsa kulissinsa
accusative nom. kulissinsa kulissinsa
gen. kulissinsa
genitive kulissinsa kulissiensa
partitive kulissiaan
kulissiansa 		kulissejaan
kulissejansa
inessive kulississaan
kulississansa 		kulisseissaan
kulisseissansa
elative kulissistaan
kulissistansa 		kulisseistaan
kulisseistansa
illative kulissiinsa kulisseihinsa
adessive kulissillaan
kulissillansa 		kulisseillaan
kulisseillansa
ablative kulissiltaan
kulissiltansa 		kulisseiltaan
kulisseiltansa
allative kulissilleen
kulissillensa 		kulisseilleen
kulisseillensa
essive kulissinaan
kulissinansa 		kulisseinaan
kulisseinansa
translative kulissikseen
kulissiksensa 		kulisseikseen
kulisseiksensa
abessive kulissittaan
kulissittansa 		kulisseittaan
kulisseittansa
instructive — —
comitative — kulisseineen
kulisseinensa

Derived terms

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compounds

References

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  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

Further reading

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