etukäteen

== Finnish == === Etymology === etu- (“fore-”) +‎ käteen (“hand”, illative), probably a calque of Swedish på förhand; compare English beforehand === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈetuˌkæteːn/, [ˈe̞t̪uˌk̟æt̪e̞ːn] Rhymes: -æteːn Syllabification(key): e‧tu‧kä‧teen Hyphenation(key): etu‧käteen === Adverb === etukäteen beforehand, in advance Synonyms: ennalta, ennakolta ==== Antonyms ==== jälkikäteen ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Ingrian: etukättee (calque) === Further reading === “etukäteen”, 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