puolue

== Finnish == === Etymology === puoli (“side”) +‎ -ue. Coined by Finnish professor, poet and scholar August Ahlqvist in 1845; prior to that, had meant “region, area; spouse” in the folk language. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpuo̯lueˣ/, [ˈpuo̞̯lue̞(ʔ)] Rhymes: -uolue Syllabification(key): puo‧lu‧e Hyphenation(key): puo‧lue === Noun === puolue (politics) party, political party (by extension, figuratively) faction, bloc, clique partnership (term for a team in some games, mainly certain card games, e.g. bridge) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== rekisteröity puolue === References === === Further reading === “puolue”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (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