elokuva

== Finnish == === Etymology === From elo (“life”) +‎ kuva (“picture”), coined by Finnish linguist Artturi Kannisto in 1927 as a shorter form of elävät kuvat (“live pictures”), itself a calque of English moving pictures. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈeloˌkuʋɑ/, [ˈe̞lo̞ˌkuʋɑ̝] Rhymes: -uʋɑ Syllabification(key): e‧lo‧ku‧va Hyphenation(key): elo‧kuva === Noun === elokuva movie, film, motion picture (individual film) Synonyms: elävät kuvat, (colloquial) filmi, leffa, raina cinema (art form) Synonym: elokuvataide (in the plural) movies, cinema (theater in which films are shown for the public) Synonym: leffa ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “elokuva”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (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 === kuoleva