tehokeino

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • (rhetoric) A (rhetorical) device.
  • (literature) A device, as in kirjallinen tehokeino (literary device)

Etymology

Affix from Finnish teho (power, efficiency) + Finnish keino (artificial, means, way, man-made).

Origin

Finnish

keino

Gloss

artificial, means, way, man-made

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