terästää

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • (transitive) to steel, to add steel into
  • (transitive) to fortify, strengthen impart strength or vigor to
  • (transitive) to spike to covertly put alcohol or another intoxicating substance into a drink, to add a small amount of one substance to another

Etymology

Affix from Finnish teräs (steel).

Origin

Finnish

teräs

Gloss

steel

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

鋼

Emoji

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