kesämökki

== Finnish == === Etymology === Compound of kesä (“summer”) +‎ mökki (“cottage”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkesæˌmøkːi/, [ˈk̟e̞s̠æˌmø̞kːi] Rhymes: -økːi Syllabification(key): ke‧sä‧mök‧ki Hyphenation(key): kesä‧mökki === Noun === kesämökki summer home; summerhouse, summer house (UK); cabin, chalet (US); camp (NY); summer cottage (house used as vacation home during the summer, often located near a body of water) country house (weekend and holiday residence, located outside of urban areas, used as a retreat from city life) vacation home (US), holiday home (UK) (building or piece of property used as a secondary residence during vacations) ==== Usage notes ==== The Finnish term kesämökki is habitually translated as "summer cottage" into English. While completetely understandable, this term does not appear to be widely used in English-speaking countries. A "vacation home" can also refer to a condo that is used during holidays. ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (summer cottage): mökki (vacation home): loma-asunto, vapaa-ajan asunto ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “kesämökki”, 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