avajaispäivä

== Finnish == === Etymology === avajaiset (“opening ceremony”) +‎ päivä (“day”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑʋɑjɑi̯sˌpæi̯ʋæ/, [ˈɑ̝ʋɑ̝jɑ̝i̯s̠ˌpæi̯ʋæ] Rhymes: -æiʋæ Syllabification(key): a‧va‧jais‧päi‧vä Hyphenation(key): avajais‧päivä === Noun === avajaispäivä opening day (day when an opening ceremony of anything is held) ==== Usage notes ==== avajaispäivä may or may not be the same as avauspäivä. If there's a difference, then avajaispäivä is the day when an opening ceremony is held, and avauspäivä is the day when the action, e.g. the games actually begin. ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== avauspäivä === Further reading === “avajaispäivä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023