toimenpide

== Finnish == === Etymology === toimen (“of an action or deed”, genitive) +‎ pitää (“to hold, keep”) +‎ -e, coined by Finnish linguist and author Reinhold von Becker in 1820 in the newspaper Turun Wiikko-Sanomat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtoi̯menˌpideˣ/, [ˈt̪o̞i̯me̞mˌpide̞(ʔ)] Rhymes: -ide Syllabification(key): toi‧men‧pi‧de Hyphenation(key): toimen‧pide === Noun === toimenpide action, operation, measure, procedure (something done so as to accomplish a purpose) Synonym: toimi (medicine) operation, intervention (action taken or procedure performed; an operation) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “toimenpide”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (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