odotushuone

== Finnish == === Etymology === From odotus (“wait, waiting”) +‎ huone (“room”). For the contrast with odotussali, compare Swedish väntrum, väntsal. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈodotusˌhuo̯neˣ/, [ˈo̞do̞t̪us̠ˌhuo̞̯ne̞(ʔ)] Rhymes: -uone Syllabification(key): o‧do‧tus‧huo‧ne Hyphenation(key): odotus‧huone === Noun === odotushuone waiting room (a room for people to wait in, especially a smaller room while waiting for a one-to-one meeting, e.g. at the doctor's or dentist's office) Hypernym: odotustila (any waiting room) Coordinate term: odotussali (large waiting room for a large number of people) (Internet) waiting room (place for users to wait before they are admitted to an online conference call) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “odotushuone”, 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 3 July 2023