kulminaatio

== Finnish == === Etymology === From other European languages, compare Swedish kulmination, French culmination, Russian кульмина́ция (kulʹminácija), ultimately from Medieval Latin culminatus, the past participle of culminare (“to crown”), from Latin culmen (“peak, the highest point”), older form columen (“top, summit”), from a Proto-Indo-European base *kel- "to project". === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkulminɑːtio/, [ˈkulmiˌnɑ̝ːt̪io̞] Rhymes: -ɑːtio Syllabification(key): kul‧mi‧naa‧ti‧o Hyphenation(key): kul‧mi‧naa‧tio === Noun === kulminaatio (astronomy) culmination (attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian) culmination (attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (attainment of the highest pitch of glory etc.): huippu, huipentuma, huippukohta ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “kulminaatio”, 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