levittää

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *levittädäk. Equivalent to levitä (“to spread (out)”) (intransitive) +‎ -ttää (causative verb). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈleʋitːæːˣ/, [ˈle̞ʋit̪ːæː(ʔ)] Rhymes: -eʋitːæː Syllabification(key): le‧vit‧tää Hyphenation(key): le‧vit‧tää === Verb === levittää (transitive) to spread, spread out to roll out levittää punainen matto ― to roll out the red carpet to apply (by spreading; e.g. paint, lotion, cream) to diffuse to widen, expand; extend to propagate, disseminate, disperse to distribute (e.g. movie or music copies) (figuratively) to peddle (to spread or cause to spread) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (to apply): sivellä (to widen): leventää, laajentaa (to distribute): jakaa ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== leveä === Further reading === “levittää”, 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 === Anagrams === leivättä, livettää