kasviöljy
The Finnish word for vegetable oil is kasviöljy.
kasviöljy is a noun used to refer to oil produced from plants.
Meaning: oil produced from plants (noun)
What does it mean word for word?
The word is a compound consisting of kasvi, meaning plant or vegetable and öljy, meaning oil.
How does it change in a sentence?
The genitive form, used to indicate possession or 'of vegetable oil', is kasviöljyn. When referring to uncountable quantities or indefinite amounts, use the partitive form kasviöljyä.
Did you know?
- In Finnish, the word kasvi means 'plant', but unlike in English, it is rarely used to mean 'vegetable' in a culinary sense, which is usually vihannes.
- The word öljy shares a deep linguistic root with the English word 'oil' through an ancient chain of borrowings from the Mediterranean.
- Because Finnish is an agglutinative language, you could theoretically add dozens of suffixes to kasviöljy to describe things like 'from a small amount of vegetable oil' or 'into the vegetable oil'.
Examples in context
- Olen lisännyt reseptiin kasviöljyä.I have added vegetable oil to the recipe.
- Tarvitsetko kasviöljyä ruoanlaittoon?Do you need vegetable oil for cooking?
- Tämä ruoka on valmistettu kasviöljystä.This food was made from vegetable oil.
- Tämä kasviöljy on erittäin laadukasta.This vegetable oil is of very high quality.
Example conversation
Mikko and Emma are in the kitchen preparing a salad.
- MikkoOnko meillä kotona kasviöljyä?Do we have vegetable oil at home?
- EmmaKyllä, se on kaapissa.Yes, it is in the cupboard.
- MikkoHienoa, käytetään sitä salaattiin.Great, let's use it for the salad.
- EmmaSe sopii tähän hyvin.It suits this well.
