olympiakarsinta

== Finnish == === Etymology === olympia- (“Olympic”) +‎ karsinta (“pruning, qualification”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈolymp(ː)iɑˌkɑrsintɑ/, [ˈo̞lymp(ː)iɑ̝ˌkɑ̝rs̠in̪t̪ɑ̝] IPA(key): /ˈolump(ː)iɑˌkɑrsintɑ/, [ˈo̞lump(ː)iɑ̝ˌkɑ̝rs̠in̪t̪ɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑrsintɑ Syllabification(key): o‧lym‧pi‧a‧kar‧sin‧ta Hyphenation(key): olym‧pia‧karsin‧ta === Noun === olympiakarsinta Olympic qualification (process, tournament or competition through which the participants in the Olympic Games are selected; the process is usually national but in the case of team sports it's international) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “olympiakarsinta”, 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