/ˈrɑu̯tɑ/, [ˈrɑ̝u̯t̪ɑ̝]
AlkuperäFrom Proto-Finnic *rauta, borrowed from either Proto-Germanic *raudô (compare Old Norse rauði (“hematite”)) or Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?] (compare Latvian rūda (“ore”)), but in either case ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”).
- iron (metal; chemical element with the symbol Fe)
- in-compoundsa tool made of iron or of steel (also used through ellipsis)
“sorkkarauta” — crowbar
“raastinrauta” — grater
“silitysrauta” — clothes iron
- abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, in-compounds, in-pluralellipsis of hammasraudat (“braces”)
- in-pluralshackles, irons
“panna rautoihin” — to iron (to shackle with irons)
- abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, in-pluralellipsis of käsiraudat (“(hand)cuffs”)
“panna rautoihin” — to (hand)cuff
- colloquial, figuratively, in-pluralact of getting or state of being arrested (practically always used in locative cases; rautoihin and raudoissa)
“Varas pantiin rautoihin rikospaikalla.” — The burglar was arrested at the crime scene.
“NN on ollut raudoissa jo viikon.” — NN has been arrested for a week already.
- in-pluraltrap (heavy metal device designed to catch animals by catching hold of part of the body)
- iron (type of club)
- iron
- informalride (vehicle)
- informalhardware, military hardware
“rautaa rajalle” — hardware to the border
- slanghardware
- colloquialsomething that rocks, something that is great
“Keski-Suomi pauhaa: JYP on rautaa!” — All of Central Finland blares: JYP rocks!
- error-lua-execa Finnish surname
Muodotrauta(nominative, singular) · raudat(nominative, plural) · rauta(accusative, nominative, singular) · raudat(accusative, nominative, plural) · raudan(accusative, genitive, singular) · raudat(accusative, genitive, plural) · raudan(genitive, singular) · rautojen(genitive, plural) · rautain(genitive, plural, rare) · rautaa(partitive, singular) · rautoja(partitive, plural) · raudassa(inessive, singular) · raudoissa(inessive, plural) · raudasta(elative, singular) · raudoista(elative, plural) · rautaan(illative, singular) · rautoihin(illative, plural) · raudalla(adessive, singular) · raudoilla(adessive, plural) · raudalta(ablative, singular)