pentele

Finnish

Etymology

A minced oath of perkele.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpenteleˣ/, [ˈpe̞n̪t̪e̞le̞(ʔ)]
Rhymes: -entele
Syllabification^(key): pen‧te‧le

Interjection

pentele

(minced oath) damn, drat, crap, heck
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hitto

Derived terms

penteleellinen
penteleenmoinen
penteleesti

Further reading

“pentele”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

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