pelti

== Finnish == === Etymology === Borrowed from dialectal Swedish spält, späld, späll, dialectal variants of Swedish spjäll (“damper”), from Old Norse spjald, from Proto-Germanic *speldą. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpelti/, [ˈpe̞l̪t̪i] Rhymes: -elti Syllabification(key): pel‧ti Hyphenation(key): pel‧ti === Noun === pelti sheet metal (metal worked into a thin, flat sheet, used as a material) plate (flat, flexible, metallic object of uniform thickness; a part made of sheet metal) sheet, baking sheet (flat metal pan used for baking in oven) damper (valve or movable plate in the flue duct of a stove, furnace, etc., used to regulate the draught of air) ==== Usage notes ==== (plate): A metal plate thicker than a few millimeters is better called levy. If necessary, the material of the plate can be specified by adding a modifier, e.g. teräslevy (“steel plate”). ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “pelti”, 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 === Anagrams === pelit