Tampere

English

Etymology

From Finnish Tampere.

Proper noun

Tampere

1. A city in Finland, the capital of Pirkanmaa region.

Translations

city in Finland

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 坦佩雷 (taan² pui³ leoi⁴)

  Mandarin: 坦佩雷 (Tǎnpèiléi)

• Danish: Tampere (da)
• Finnish: Tampere (fi)
• French: Tampere (fr) m
• Galician: Tampere
• Greek: Τάμπερε (el) (Támpere)
• Japanese: タンペレ (Tampere)
• Korean: 탐페레 (tampere)
• Norwegian: Tammerfors
• Portuguese: Tampere f
• Russian: Та́мпере m (Támpɛrɛ)
• Swedish: Tammerfors (sv) n

Anagrams

• tempera, treemap

Danish

Proper noun

Tampere

1. Tampere (a city in Finland)

Finnish

Etymology

Named after the Tammerkoski (*Tamber-; ~ Tamperkoski) rapids that run through the modern city, or alternatively directly from the monomorphemic name *Tammer (genitive *Tamperen; to which koski could have been added only later) through analogical reshaping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑmpereˣ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝mpe̞re̞(ʔ)]

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• Rhymes: -ɑmpere
• Hyphenation^(key): Tam‧pe‧re

Proper noun

Tampere

1. Tampere (a city in Finland)

Declension

The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Tampere" is Tampereella.

Inflection of Tampere (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
nominative		Tampere	—
genitive		Tampereen	—
partitive		Tamperetta	—
illative		Tampereeseen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Tampere	—
accusative	nom.	Tampere	—
	gen.	Tampereen
genitive		Tampereen	—
partitive		Tamperetta	—
inessive		Tampereessa	—
elative		Tampereesta	—
illative		Tampereeseen	—
adessive		Tampereella	—
ablative		Tampereelta	—
allative		Tampereelle	—
essive		Tampereena	—
translative		Tampereeksi	—
abessive		Tampereetta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Tampere (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Tampereeni — accusative nom. Tampereeni — gen. Tampereeni genitive Tampereeni — partitive Tamperettani — inessive Tampereessani — elative Tampereestani — illative Tampereeseeni — adessive Tampereellani — ablative Tampereeltani — allative Tampereelleni — essive Tampereenani — translative Tampereekseni — abessive Tampereettani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Tampereesi — accusative nom. Tampereesi — gen. Tampereesi genitive Tampereesi — partitive Tamperettasi — inessive Tampereessasi — elative Tampereestasi — illative Tampereeseesi — adessive Tampereellasi — ablative Tampereeltasi — allative Tampereellesi — essive Tampereenasi — translative Tampereeksesi — abessive Tampereettasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Tampereemme — accusative nom. Tampereemme — gen. Tampereemme genitive Tampereemme — partitive Tamperettamme — inessive Tampereessamme — elative Tampereestamme — illative Tampereeseemme — adessive Tampereellamme — ablative Tampereeltamme — allative Tampereellemme — essive Tampereenamme — translative Tampereeksemme — abessive Tampereettamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Tampereenne — accusative nom. Tampereenne — gen. Tampereenne genitive Tampereenne — partitive Tamperettanne — inessive Tampereessanne — elative Tampereestanne — illative Tampereeseenne — adessive Tampereellanne — ablative Tampereeltanne — allative Tampereellenne — essive Tampereenanne — translative Tampereeksenne — abessive Tampereettanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Tampereensa — accusative nom. Tampereensa — gen. Tampereensa genitive Tampereensa — partitive Tamperettaan Tamperettansa — inessive Tampereessaan Tampereessansa — elative Tampereestaan Tampereestansa — illative Tampereeseensa — adessive Tampereellaan Tampereellansa — ablative Tampereeltaan Tampereeltansa — allative Tampereelleen Tampereellensa — essive Tampereenaan Tampereenansa — translative Tampereekseen Tampereeksensa — abessive Tampereettaan Tampereettansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Synonyms

• Manse (nickname)

Derived terms

• tamperelainen

 

Anagrams

• tempera

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃.pe.ʁe/

Proper noun

Tampere ?

1. Tampere (a city in Finland)

Anagrams

• empêtra, tempéra

Polish

Tampere

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Finnish Tampere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tamˈpɛ.rɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛrɛ
• Syllabification: Tam‧pe‧re

Proper noun

Tampere n (indeclinable)

1. Tampere (a city in Pirkanmaa, Finland)

Further reading

• Tampere in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Tampere in PWN's encyclopedia