eläin

== Finnish == === Etymology === elää (“to live”) +‎ -(jä)in. The older form was eläjäin, still found in dialects. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈelæi̯n/, [ˈe̞læi̯n] Rhymes: -elæin Syllabification(key): e‧läin Hyphenation(key): eläin === Noun === eläin (biology) animal (any organism in the clade Animalia) animal (an animal that is not a human) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== elukka (colloquial) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “eläin”, 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 === Anagrams === leinä == Votic == === Etymology === Borrowed from Finnish eläin. === Pronunciation === (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA(key): /ˈelæi̯n/, [ˈelæi̯n] Rhymes: -elæi̯n Hyphenation: e‧läin === Noun === eläin (uncommon) animal Synonyms: žiivottõ, elokaᴢ, eläje ==== Inflection ==== This noun needs an inflection-table template. === References === Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “eläin”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎[2], 2nd edition, Tallinn