virkakieli

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • official Finnish / Swedish / English, official language, official terminology
  • (rare, pejorative) bureaucratese, officialese

Etymology

Compound from Finnish virka (office, public office, position) + Finnish kieli (language, tongue, string, with languages, of language, of the tongue, of a tongue).

Origin

Finnish

kieli

Gloss

language, tongue, string, with languages, of language, of the tongue, of a tongue

Concept
Semantic Field

Speech and language

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

語

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