viemäri

== Finnish == === Etymology === viemä- (“to take away”) +‎ -äri. Originally, this word referred to an outflow ditch to which other ditches flowed. Some dialectal variants of this word also mean "slope, hillside". === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋie̯mæri/, [ˈʋie̞̯mæri] Rhymes: -iemæri Syllabification(key): vie‧mä‧ri Hyphenation(key): vie‧mä‧ri === Noun === viemäri sewer (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) drain, drainage, plughole ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “viemäri”, 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