kasvatus

== Finnish == === Etymology === kasvattaa (“to raise, rear; rear, breed; grow, cultivate”) +‎ -us === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɑsʋɑtus/, [ˈkɑ̝s̠ʋɑ̝t̪us̠] Rhymes: -ɑsʋɑtus Syllabification(key): kas‧va‧tus Hyphenation(key): kas‧va‧tus === Noun === kasvatus raising, rearing, upbringing, parenting, nurture (providing sustenance, protection and training for a living thing from conception to maturity) lapsen kasvatus ― raising a child breeding, rearing, husbandry (raising of animals, e.g. livestock) lampaiden kasvatus ― sheep rearing, sheep breeding, sheep husbandry growing, cultivation (cultivating plants) kukkien kasvatus ― growing (of) flowers growing, increasing (causing or allowing something to become bigger or more numerous) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== kasvattaminen (all senses; particularly more common in the sense "causing or allowing something to become bigger or more numerous") ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “kasvatus”, 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