/ˈnesteˣ/, [ˈne̞s̠te̞(ʔ)]
OriginDerived from a dialectal verb nestää (“to drip, ooze, seep”) (compare Ingrian nestää and Livvi nestüö (“to get damp”)), which in turn is probably derived from Proto-Finnic *nepsä (“moist, damp”); thus equivalent to nes- + -tää + -e.
- liquid
- fluid (in certain technical terms)
“jarruneste” — brake fluid
“ohjausneste” — power steering fluid
“ruumiinneste” — bodily fluid
- error-lua-execa Finnish surname
Formsneste(nominative, singular) · nesteet(nominative, plural) · neste(accusative, nominative, singular) · nesteet(accusative, nominative, plural) · nesteen(accusative, genitive, singular) · nesteet(accusative, genitive, plural) · nesteen(genitive, singular) · nesteiden(genitive, plural) · nesteitten(genitive, plural) · nestettä(partitive, singular) · nesteitä(partitive, plural) · nesteessä(inessive, singular) · nesteissä(inessive, plural) · nesteestä(elative, singular) · nesteistä(elative, plural) · nesteeseen(illative, singular) · nesteisiin(illative, plural) · nesteihin(illative, plural) · nesteellä(adessive, singular) · nesteillä(adessive, plural)