/ˈlɑu̯seˣ/, [ˈlɑ̝u̯s̠e̞(ʔ)]
Originlausua (“to speak, utter”) + -e. The modern sense was coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot in 1845, earlier uses in the plural (lauseet ~ lausehet) in e.g. folk poetry could mean “words, something said; (especially) magic words, words of healing; taunts; puzzles, trick questions”.
- clause (group of words which include a subject and any necessary predicate, such as can make up a simple sentence on its own)
- sentence (not as a grammatical term) (grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate)
- theorem (mathematical statement of some importance that has been proven to be true)
“Near-synonym: teoreema”
“Pythagoraan lause” — Pythagorean theorem (US) / Pythagoras' theorem (UK)
- synonym of väitelause (“proposition (assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem)”)
- proposition (assertion which may be true or false)
- statement (instruction in a computer program, especially one that returns no value)
Formslause(nominative, singular) · lauseet(nominative, plural) · lause(accusative, nominative, singular) · lauseet(accusative, nominative, plural) · lauseen(accusative, genitive, singular) · lauseet(accusative, genitive, plural) · lauseen(genitive, singular) · lauseiden(genitive, plural) · lauseitten(genitive, plural) · lausetta(partitive, singular) · lauseita(partitive, plural) · lauseessa(inessive, singular) · lauseissa(inessive, plural) · lauseesta(elative, singular) · lauseista(elative, plural) · lauseeseen(illative, singular) · lauseisiin(illative, plural) · lauseihin(illative, plural) · lauseella(adessive, singular) · lauseilla(adessive, plural)