elämys

== Finnish == === Etymology === elää (“to live”) +‎ -mys, perhaps a calque of German Erlebnis === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈelæmys/, [ˈe̞læmys̠] Rhymes: -elæmys Syllabification(key): e‧lä‧mys Hyphenation(key): elä‧mys === Noun === elämys an experience, especially an emotional or exciting one ==== Usage notes ==== elämys usually implies that the experience was positive, or at least something one would like to remember. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “elämys”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (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