kaikki

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kaikki, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *kajakei.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑi̯kːi/, [ˈkɑi̯kːi]
  • Rhymes: -ɑikːi
  • Syllabification(key): kaik‧ki

Pronoun

kaikki

  1. (indefinite, in singular, without a main word) everything
    Tänään kaikki menee pieleen.
    Today everything goes wrong.
    Vihaan kaikkea.
    I hate everything.
    eikä tässä vielä kaikkibut wait, there's more (literally, “and this is not everything yet”)
  2. (indefinite, in plural, without a main word) everyone, everybody
    Kaikki olivat täällä.
    Everyone was here.
    Vihaan kaikkia.
    I hate everyone.
  3. (in compounds) all-, omni-

Determiner

kaikki

  1. all
    Kaikki sukkani löytyivät.
    All my socks were found.
    Yhtäkkiä kaikki vesi vyöryi huoneistoon.
    Suddenly all the water ran into the apartment.

Usage notes

  • The pronoun also has the nominative plural form kaiket, which is used only in some phrases, e.g. kaiket päivät, "every day" / "all the time" / "day after day" / "for days on end".

Declension

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Synonyms

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Antonyms

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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