See also: väille

Finnish

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Etymology

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Originally the allative form of the root vai-, vaja- of vajaa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑi̯lːeˣ/, [ˈʋɑ̝i̯lːe̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ɑilːe
  • Hyphenation(key): vail‧le

Postposition

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vaille [with partitive]

  1. (temporal) to, till
    Antonym: yli
    Kello on viisi minuuttia vaille kuusi.
    It's five minutes to six.
    Kello on viittä vaille kuusi.
    It's five to six.
    Onko kello jo kolme? -Ei, se on viittä vaille.
    Is it already three o'clock? -No, it's five to.
  2. (lative) lacking, not having
    jäädä vailleto be left without
    jäädä vaille vastaustato be left unanswered
  3. short of (less than)
    50 grammaa vaille kilo50 grams short of a kilogram

Usage notes

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  • (to, till): Note that grammatically speaking, the postposition vaille takes the time left (five minutes) as its complement phrase, unlike the English preposition to, which takes the moment in future (six) as its complement phrase.

Inflection

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→○ allative vaille
adessive vailla
○→ ablative

Further reading

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Canada):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aj

Verb

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vaille

  1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of valoir

Anagrams

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