väitöstilaisuus
التعريفات والمعاني
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
väitös + tilaisuus
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈʋæi̯tøsˌtilɑi̯suːs/, [ˈʋæi̯t̪ø̞s̠ˌtilɑ̝i̯s̠uːs̠]
Rhymes: -ilɑisuːs
Syllabification(key): väi‧tös‧ti‧lai‧suus
Hyphenation(key): väitös‧tilai‧suus
=== Noun ===
väitöstilaisuus
(academic) thesis defense (public presentation in which a doctoral candidate defends his thesis towards an opponent)
==== Usage notes ====
Translation "public defense" is commonly used in Finland and elsewhere in Northern Europe, but it does not appear to be too common in the English-speaking countries.
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
==== See also ====
kustos
vastaväittäjä
väittelijä
väitöskirja
=== Further reading ===
“väitöstilaisuus”, 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 4 July 2023