/ˈhiːli/, [ˈhiːli]
OriginFrom Proto-Finnic *hiili, of unknown further origin.
* (carbon): Compare German Kohlenstoff (with Kohle (“coal”)).
- coal (black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains)
- coal (piece of coal)
“Laita vähän hiiliä tuleen!” — Put some coals on the fire!
- carbon (chemical element)
“musta hiili” — black carbon
“hiilineutraali” — carbon neutral
“hiili-12” — carbon-12
- in-compounds, usuallysomething made of carbon, such as the carbon brushes in electrical machinery, or carbon rods in arc lamps
- charcoal, char (impure carbon obtained by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter)
- charcoal (stick of black carbon material used for drawing)
- char (any charred substance)
Formshiili(nominative, singular) · hiilet(nominative, plural) · hiili(accusative, nominative, singular) · hiilet(accusative, nominative, plural) · hiilen(accusative, genitive, singular) · hiilet(accusative, genitive, plural) · hiilen(genitive, singular) · hiilien(genitive, plural) · hiilten(genitive, plural) · hiiltä(partitive, singular) · hiiliä(partitive, plural) · hiilessä(inessive, singular) · hiilissä(inessive, plural) · hiilestä(elative, singular) · hiilistä(elative, plural) · hiileen(illative, singular) · hiiliin(illative, plural) · hiilellä(adessive, singular) · hiilillä(adessive, plural) · hiileltä(ablative, singular)