pieni

From Proto-Finnic *peeni. Cognate with Estonian peen, Veps pen'.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpie̯ni/, [ˈpie̞̯ni]
• Rhymes: -ieni
• Syllabification^(key): pie‧ni

pieni (comparative pienempi, superlative pienin)

1. small, little (low in size, amount or intensity)

   Antonyms: iso, suuri

2. small, insignificant (of little importance or significance)

   Antonyms: iso, suuri

3. small, little (young, still growing up)

   Synonym: nuori

   Antonym: iso

4. (of sound, chiefly in external locative cases) quiet

   Synonym: (generally) hiljainen

   Laitoin radiota pienemmälle.

   I turned down the radio.

5. (typography) small, lowercase, minuscule

   Antonym: iso

   pieni kirjain ― small letter

6. (music) minor (of an interval)

• pikku-
• pikku
• pikkuinen

• “pieni”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpie̯ni/, [ˈpie̞̯ni] (third-person indicative)
• IPA^(key): /ˈpie̯niˣ/, [ˈpie̞̯ni(ʔ)] (imperative, indicative connegative)
• Rhymes: -ieni
• Syllabification^(key): pie‧ni

pieni

1. inflection of pieniä:
   1. third-person singular past indicative
   2. present active indicative connegative
   3. second-person singular present imperative
   4. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

• IPA^(key): /ˈpjɛ.ni/, /ˈpje.ni/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛni, -eni
• Hyphenation: piè‧ni, pié‧ni

pieni m

1. masculine plural of pieno

pieni m

1. plural of pieno

pieni

1. small

pieni m

1. nominative/vocative plural of piens
   • 1964, Zootechnikas un Zoohigienas, volume 1, published by the Instituta Raksti:

     [...] atsevišķām govīm vasarā ganību laikā piemīt individuālas īpašības izdalīt pieni [...]

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   • 1979, Latviešu Tautasdziesmas: darba dziesmas, gadskārtu ieražu dziesmas, page 183:

     Ganiem sieri, ganiem pieni.

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• IPA^(key): /ˈpjɛ.ɲi/
• Rhymes: -ɛɲi
• Syllabification: pie‧ni

pieni n

1. genitive plural of pienie

   Synonym: pień

pieni

1. third-person singular present of pienić