# pientalo
## Finnish
### Etymology

pien- (“small”) +‎ talo (“house”); originally zoning terminology, but is now in widespread use.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpie̯nˌtɑlo/, [ˈpie̞̯n̪ˌt̪ɑ̝lo̞]
* Rhymes: -ɑlo
* Hyphenation: pien‧talo

### Noun

pientalo
* (loosely) a residential building with ground-level access to each individual house (or apartment), including detached houses, terraced houses, etc., but not blocks of flats or apartment buildings
    Hyponyms: omakotitalo (“detached house”), erillistalo (“structurally detached house but on the same lot as another, or in a condominium”), paritalo (“semi-detached house”), ketjutalo (“link-detached house, linked house”), rivitalo (“terrace[d house(s)] (on a shared lot)”), kaupunkipientalo (“terrace[d house(s)] on separate lots”)
    Coordinate term: kerrostalo
* (strictly) a residential building with ground-level access to each individual house (or apartment), with at most two houses linked together
    Hyponyms: omakotitalo (“detached house”), erillistalo (“structurally detached house but on the same lot as another, or in a condominium”), paritalo (“semi-detached house”)
* (informal) A small residential building, small house, bungalow.

#### Usage notes

Tilastokeskus (“Statistics Finland”) adheres to the strict definition above.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of pientalo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pientaloni
pientaloni
accusative
nom.
pientaloni
pientaloni
gen.
pientaloni
genitive
pientaloni
pientalojeni
partitive
pientaloani
pientalojani
inessive
pientalossani
pientaloissani
elative
pientalostani
pientaloistani
illative
pientalooni
pientaloihini
adessive
pientalollani
pientaloillani
ablative
pientaloltani
pientaloiltani
allative
pientalolleni
pientaloilleni
essive
pientalonani
pientaloinani
translative
pientalokseni
pientaloikseni
abessive
pientalottani
pientaloittani
instructive
comitative
—pientaloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pientalosi
pientalosi
accusative
nom.
pientalosi
pientalosi
gen.
pientalosi
genitive
pientalosi
pientalojesi
partitive
pientaloasi
pientalojasi
inessive
pientalossasi
pientaloissasi
elative
pientalostasi
pientaloistasi
illative
pientaloosi
pientaloihisi
adessive
pientalollasi
pientaloillasi
ablative
pientaloltasi
pientaloiltasi
allative
pientalollesi
pientaloillesi
essive
pientalonasi
pientaloinasi
translative
pientaloksesi
pientaloiksesi
abessive
pientalottasi
pientaloittasi
instructive
comitative
—pientaloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pientalomme
pientalomme
accusative
nom.
pientalomme
pientalomme
gen.
pientalomme
genitive
pientalomme
pientalojemme
partitive
pientaloamme
pientalojamme
inessive
pientalossamme
pientaloissamme
elative
pientalostamme
pientaloistamme
illative
pientaloomme
pientaloihimme
adessive
pientalollamme
pientaloillamme
ablative
pientaloltamme
pientaloiltamme
allative
pientalollemme
pientaloillemme
essive
pientalonamme
pientaloinamme
translative
pientaloksemme
pientaloiksemme
abessive
pientalottamme
pientaloittamme
instructive
comitative
—pientaloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pientalonne
pientalonne
accusative
nom.
pientalonne
pientalonne
gen.
pientalonne
genitive
pientalonne
pientalojenne
partitive
pientaloanne
pientalojanne
inessive
pientalossanne
pientaloissanne
elative
pientalostanne
pientaloistanne
illative
pientaloonne
pientaloihinne
adessive
pientalollanne
pientaloillanne
ablative
pientaloltanne
pientaloiltanne
allative
pientalollenne
pientaloillenne
essive
pientalonanne
pientaloinanne
translative
pientaloksenne
pientaloiksenne
abessive
pientalottanne
pientaloittanne
instructive
comitative
—pientaloinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pientalonsa
pientalonsa
accusative
nom.
pientalonsa
pientalonsa
gen.
pientalonsa
genitive
pientalonsa
pientalojensa
partitive
pientaloaan pientaloansa
pientalojaan pientalojansa
inessive
pientalossaan pientalossansa
pientaloissaan pientaloissansa
elative
pientalostaan pientalostansa
pientaloistaan pientaloistansa
illative
pientaloonsa
pientaloihinsa
adessive
pientalollaan pientalollansa
pientaloillaan pientaloillansa
ablative
pientaloltaan pientaloltansa
pientaloiltaan pientaloiltansa
allative
pientalolleen pientalollensa
pientaloilleen pientaloillensa
essive
pientalonaan pientalonansa
pientaloinaan pientaloinansa
translative
pientalokseen pientaloksensa
pientaloikseen pientaloiksensa
abessive
pientalottaan pientalottansa
pientaloittaan pientaloittansa
instructive
comitative
—pientaloineen pientaloinensa :

#### Derived terms

* asuinpientalo
* erillispientalo
* kaupunkipientalo
* pientaloalue
* pientaloasunto
* pientaloliike
* pientalotontti
* pientalovaltainen

#### See also

* pientalous

### Further reading

* “pientalo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* peltoina