avaruus

From avara ("spacious, roomy, wide open") +‎ -uus ("-ness, -ity"). The semantic development was "area" → "expanse" → "spaciousness" → "space". Compare Estonian avarus ("amplitude; breadth").

• IPA ^(key): /ˈɑʋɑruːs/, [ˈɑ̝ʋɑ̝ruːs̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑʋɑruːs
• Syllabification^(key): a‧va‧ruus
• Hyphenation^(key): ava‧ruus

avaruus

1. space (three-dimensional continuum)
   1. (mathematics ) space (set of points; generalized construction or set)
2. space (area beyond atmosphere of planets) [from 17th c.]
3. expanse (amount of spread or stretch) [from 16th c.]

   Synonym: laajuus

   1. spaciousness, roominess (the quality of being spacious or roomy)
   2. (obsolete ) area (quantity of expanse) [from 16th c.]

      Synonyms: ala , pinta-ala

   3. (obsolete ) numerousness (the quality of being many) [from 17th c.]

      Synonyms: moninaisuus , paljous , runsaus

• "avaruus", in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
• "avaruus", in Vanhan kirjasuomen sanakirja [Dictionary of Old Literary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2021, →ISSN, retrieved 8 September 2026.

• vauraus

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