heikentää

== Finnish == === Etymology === From heiketä (“weaken (intr.)”) +‎ -tää (factitive verb). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhei̯kentæːˣ/, [ˈhe̞i̯k̟e̞n̪t̪æː(ʔ)] Rhymes: -eikentæː Syllabification(key): hei‧ken‧tää Hyphenation(key): hei‧ken‧tää === Verb === heikentää (transitive) to weaken, debilitate, enfeeble, enervate (to make weaker) to deteriorate (to make inferior in quality or value) to dilute (to weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance) to undermine, hinder, impair (to weaken or work against) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (to deteriorate): huonontaa (to dilute): laimentaa ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== heikentyä heikottaa === Further reading === “heikentää”, 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