valtiopäivät

== Finnish == === Etymology === valtio (“state”) +‎ päivät (“days”); calque of Swedish riksdag (riks (“state's”) + dag (“day”)) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋɑltioˌpæi̯ʋæt/, [ˈʋɑ̝l̪t̪io̞ˌpæi̯ʋæt̪] Rhymes: -æiʋæt Syllabification(key): val‧ti‧o‧päi‧vät Hyphenation(key): val‧tio‧päivät === Noun === valtiopäivät pl legislative session, parliamentary session (period of time in which the Finnish or other Parliament is convened for the purpose of lawmaking) Diet, diet (national council or assembly of leaders) Porvoon valtiopäivät ― the Diet of Porvoo Wormsin valtiopäivät ― the Diet of Worms Riksdag (the parliament of Sweden) parliament, Parliament (parliament of some other countries, notably Denmark, Iceland and Norway) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== eduskunta === Further reading === “valtiopäivät”, 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