# definitio
## Finnish
### Etymology

Internationalism (see English definition), ultimately from Latin dēfīnītiō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdefinitio/, [ˈde̞fiˌnit̪io̞]
* Rhymes: -itio
* Hyphenation: de‧fi‧ni‧tio

### Noun

definitio
* definition

#### Declension

Possessive forms of definitio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
definitioni
definitioni
accusative
nom.
definitioni
definitioni
gen.
definitioni
genitive
definitioni
definitioideni definitioitteni
partitive
definitiotani
definitioitani
inessive
definitiossani
definitioissani
elative
definitiostani
definitioistani
illative
definitiooni
definitioihini
adessive
definitiollani
definitioillani
ablative
definitioltani
definitioiltani
allative
definitiolleni
definitioilleni
essive
definitionani
definitioinani
translative
definitiokseni
definitioikseni
abessive
definitiottani
definitioittani
instructive
comitative
—definitioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
definitiosi
definitiosi
accusative
nom.
definitiosi
definitiosi
gen.
definitiosi
genitive
definitiosi
definitioidesi definitioittesi
partitive
definitiotasi
definitioitasi
inessive
definitiossasi
definitioissasi
elative
definitiostasi
definitioistasi
illative
definitioosi
definitioihisi
adessive
definitiollasi
definitioillasi
ablative
definitioltasi
definitioiltasi
allative
definitiollesi
definitioillesi
essive
definitionasi
definitioinasi
translative
definitioksesi
definitioiksesi
abessive
definitiottasi
definitioittasi
instructive
comitative
—definitioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
definitiomme
definitiomme
accusative
nom.
definitiomme
definitiomme
gen.
definitiomme
genitive
definitiomme
definitioidemme definitioittemme
partitive
definitiotamme
definitioitamme
inessive
definitiossamme
definitioissamme
elative
definitiostamme
definitioistamme
illative
definitioomme
definitioihimme
adessive
definitiollamme
definitioillamme
ablative
definitioltamme
definitioiltamme
allative
definitiollemme
definitioillemme
essive
definitionamme
definitioinamme
translative
definitioksemme
definitioiksemme
abessive
definitiottamme
definitioittamme
instructive
comitative
—definitioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
definitionne
definitionne
accusative
nom.
definitionne
definitionne
gen.
definitionne
genitive
definitionne
definitioidenne definitioittenne
partitive
definitiotanne
definitioitanne
inessive
definitiossanne
definitioissanne
elative
definitiostanne
definitioistanne
illative
definitioonne
definitioihinne
adessive
definitiollanne
definitioillanne
ablative
definitioltanne
definitioiltanne
allative
definitiollenne
definitioillenne
essive
definitionanne
definitioinanne
translative
definitioksenne
definitioiksenne
abessive
definitiottanne
definitioittanne
instructive
comitative
—definitioinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
definitionsa
definitionsa
accusative
nom.
definitionsa
definitionsa
gen.
definitionsa
genitive
definitionsa
definitioidensa definitioittensa
partitive
definitiotaan definitiotansa
definitioitaan definitioitansa
inessive
definitiossaan definitiossansa
definitioissaan definitioissansa
elative
definitiostaan definitiostansa
definitioistaan definitioistansa
illative
definitioonsa
definitioihinsa
adessive
definitiollaan definitiollansa
definitioillaan definitioillansa
ablative
definitioltaan definitioltansa
definitioiltaan definitioiltansa
allative
definitiolleen definitiollensa
definitioilleen definitioillensa
essive
definitionaan definitionansa
definitioinaan definitioinansa
translative
definitiokseen definitioksensa
definitioikseen definitioiksensa
abessive
definitiottaan definitiottansa
definitioittaan definitioittansa
instructive
comitative
—definitioineen definitioinensa :

### Further reading

* “definitio”, 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 2023-07-02

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* dēfēnīciō
* diffīnītiō

### Etymology

Derived from dēfīniō (“I limit”, “I define”) +‎ -tiō (“-tion”, noun-forming suffix).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /deː.fiːˈniː.ti.oː/, [d̪eːfiːˈniːt̪ioː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /de.fiˈnit.t͡si.o/, [d̪efiˈnit̪ː͡s̪io]

### Noun

dēfīnītiō f (genitive dēfīnītiōnis); third declension
* definition; precise description
* specification
* boundary, limit
* explanation
* classification
* pronouncement, ruling

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.

#### Synonyms

* (pronouncement, ruling): iūdicium (Classical), perfīnītiō (Mediaeval)

#### Descendants

* → Finnish: definitio
* → Galician: definición (learned)
* Italian: definizione
* Middle French: definition
** → Dutch: definitie
** → English: definition
** French: définition
*** Haitian Creole: definisyon
*** → Romanian: definiție
*** → Turkish: definisyon, definasyon
* → Portuguese: definição (learned)
* → Russian: дефини́ция (definícija)
* Spanish: definición
* Ukrainian: дефініція (definicija)
* → Swedish: definition

### References

* “definitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “definitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "definitio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* definitio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. to start from a definition: a definitione proficisci