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Meaning of rauta | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
/ˈrɑu̯tɑ/

Määritelmät

  1. a Finnish surname
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  2. iron (metal; chemical element with the symbol Fe)
  3. a tool made of iron or of steel (also used through ellipsis)
    in-compounds
  4. ellipsis of hammasraudat (“braces”)
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, in-compounds, in-plural
  5. shackles, irons
    in-plural
  6. ellipsis of käsiraudat (“(hand)cuffs”)
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, in-plural
  7. act of getting or state of being arrested (practically always used in locative cases; rautoihin and raudoissa)
    colloquial, figuratively, in-plural
  8. trap (heavy metal device designed to catch animals by catching hold of part of the body)
    in-plural
  9. iron (type of club)
  10. iron
  11. ride (vehicle)
    informal
  12. hardware, military hardware
    informal
  13. hardware
    slang
  14. something that rocks, something that is great
    colloquial

Vastineet

English hardware iron tap

Esimerkit

“Rauta ruostuu reagoidessaan hapen kanssa.”

Iron rusts as it reacts with oxygen.

“sorkkarauta”

crowbar

“raastinrauta”

grater

“silitysrauta”

clothes iron

“vohvelirauta”

waffle iron

“panna rautoihin”

to iron (to shackle with irons)

“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.

“rautaa rajalle”

hardware to the border

“Keski-Suomi pauhaa: JYP on rautaa!”

All of Central Finland blares: JYP rocks!

CEFR-taso

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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