suomi

Other forms of suomi

plural

suomis·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about suomi

What does suomi mean?

suomi means "republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in suomi?

suomi has 3 syllables: su-o-mi. The stress falls on "su".

What is another word for suomi?

Close synonyms include Finland, Republic of Finland, Finnish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is suomi a common word?

suomi is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.