# rintama
## Finnish
### Etymology

rinta +‎ -ma. First attested in Frans Ferdinand Ahlman: Ruotsalais-suomalainen sanakirja ("Swedish-Finnish Dictionary", 1865).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrintɑmɑ/, [ˈrin̪t̪ɑ̝mɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -intɑmɑ
* Hyphenation: rin‧ta‧ma

### Noun

rintama
* (military) front, battlefront (region or line along which opposing armies engage in combat)
    nähdään rintamalla ― see you on the frontline
    länsirintamalta ei mitään uutta ― nothing new on the western front (all quiet on the western front)
* (meteorology) front
* (military) theater
    Hänen isoisänsä oli sodassa Tyynenmeren rintamalla.His grandfather was in the Pacific theater during the war.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of rintama (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rintamani
rintamani
accusative
nom.
rintamani
rintamani
gen.
rintamani
genitive
rintamani
rintamieni rintamaini $^{rare}$
partitive
rintamaani
rintamiani
inessive
rintamassani
rintamissani
elative
rintamastani
rintamistani
illative
rintamaani
rintamiini
adessive
rintamallani
rintamillani
ablative
rintamaltani
rintamiltani
allative
rintamalleni
rintamilleni
essive
rintamanani
rintaminani
translative
rintamakseni
rintamikseni
abessive
rintamattani
rintamittani
instructive
comitative
—rintamineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rintamasi
rintamasi
accusative
nom.
rintamasi
rintamasi
gen.
rintamasi
genitive
rintamasi
rintamiesi rintamaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
rintamaasi
rintamiasi
inessive
rintamassasi
rintamissasi
elative
rintamastasi
rintamistasi
illative
rintamaasi
rintamiisi
adessive
rintamallasi
rintamillasi
ablative
rintamaltasi
rintamiltasi
allative
rintamallesi
rintamillesi
essive
rintamanasi
rintaminasi
translative
rintamaksesi
rintamiksesi
abessive
rintamattasi
rintamittasi
instructive
comitative
—rintaminesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rintamamme
rintamamme
accusative
nom.
rintamamme
rintamamme
gen.
rintamamme
genitive
rintamamme
rintamiemme rintamaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
rintamaamme
rintamiamme
inessive
rintamassamme
rintamissamme
elative
rintamastamme
rintamistamme
illative
rintamaamme
rintamiimme
adessive
rintamallamme
rintamillamme
ablative
rintamaltamme
rintamiltamme
allative
rintamallemme
rintamillemme
essive
rintamanamme
rintaminamme
translative
rintamaksemme
rintamiksemme
abessive
rintamattamme
rintamittamme
instructive
comitative
—rintaminemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rintamanne
rintamanne
accusative
nom.
rintamanne
rintamanne
gen.
rintamanne
genitive
rintamanne
rintamienne rintamainne $^{rare}$
partitive
rintamaanne
rintamianne
inessive
rintamassanne
rintamissanne
elative
rintamastanne
rintamistanne
illative
rintamaanne
rintamiinne
adessive
rintamallanne
rintamillanne
ablative
rintamaltanne
rintamiltanne
allative
rintamallenne
rintamillenne
essive
rintamananne
rintaminanne
translative
rintamaksenne
rintamiksenne
abessive
rintamattanne
rintamittanne
instructive
comitative
—rintaminenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rintamansa
rintamansa
accusative
nom.
rintamansa
rintamansa
gen.
rintamansa
genitive
rintamansa
rintamiensa rintamainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
rintamaansa
rintamiaan rintamiansa
inessive
rintamassaan rintamassansa
rintamissaan rintamissansa
elative
rintamastaan rintamastansa
rintamistaan rintamistansa
illative
rintamaansa
rintamiinsa
adessive
rintamallaan rintamallansa
rintamillaan rintamillansa
ablative
rintamaltaan rintamaltansa
rintamiltaan rintamiltansa
allative
rintamalleen rintamallensa
rintamilleen rintamillensa
essive
rintamanaan rintamanansa
rintaminaan rintaminansa
translative
rintamakseen rintamaksensa
rintamikseen rintamiksensa
abessive
rintamattaan rintamattansa
rintamittaan rintamittansa
instructive
comitative
—rintamineen rintaminensa :

#### Derived terms

* aaltorintama
* eturintama
* itärintama
* kansanrintama
* kotirintama
* kulttuuririntama
* lakkorintama
* länsirintama
* okluusiorintama
* pilvirintama
* puuskarintama
* rintamahyökkäys
* rintamakarkuri
* rintamakirjeenvaihtaja
* rintamalinja
* rintamalohko
* rintamamies
* rintamantakainen
* rintamapalvelus
* rintamasota
* rintamasotilas
* rintamasuunta
* rintamaukkonen
* rintamaupseeri
* rintamaveteraani
* sotarintama
* säärintama
* ukkosrintama
* vapautusrintama
* vihollisrintama

### Further reading

* “rintama”, 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

* marinat, raminat