kielinen

• IPA^(key): /ˈkie̯linen/, [ˈk̟ie̞̯line̞n]
• Rhymes: -ielinen
• Syllabification^(key): kie‧li‧nen

kieli (“tongue, language, (in an instrument) string”) +‎ -inen

kielinen (not comparable)

1. (chiefly in compounds) being of a language

   Minkä kielinen tuo sanomalehti on?

   What is the language of that newspaper?

   Se on ranskankielinen.

   It's in French.

2. (in compounds) -lingual

   kaksikielinen ― bilingual

3. (in compounds) -tongued

   pitkäkielinen ― long-tongued

4. (chiefly in compounds) -speaking, -phone (used to form adjectives and nouns that indicate a speaker of a certain language e.g. French-speaking, Francophone)
5. (music, in compounds) -string, -stringed

   Sitar on monikielinen soitin.

   Sitar is a multi-stringed instrument.

   12-kielinen kitara ― 12-string guitar

   teräskielinen kitara ― steel-string guitar

• In Finnish the names of languages are often the same as that of the country or a geographic area where the language is spoken, only with a small initial letter (e.g. Englanti → englanti, Ranska → ranska). The name of a language might be same as the word referring to a member of the nation, tribe, etc. that speaks the language (e.g. atsteekki). Any name of a language can be combined with the adjective kielinen to produce an adjective which refers to that particular language. Note that the name of the language is in the genitive:

  englanti → englanninkielinen (“English, in English”)

• The word kielinen can be used alone in cases where the language is not specified, such as in questions.

  Minkä kielinen tämä teksti on?

  In which language is this text?

• kielinen is not used adverbially. The Finnish equivalent for the expression "in [language]" is usually the translative case, although kielellä may also be used:

  Kirjoitan mielelläni englanniksi.

  I like to write in English.

  Kirjoitan mielelläni englannin kielellä.

  I like to write in English.

  Onko Teillä tätä kirjaa englanniksi?

  Do you have this book in English?

• kielellinen

kielinen

1. first-person singular present potential of kieliä

• liikenne, likeinen