tehokas

Finnish

Etymology

Adjective

tehokas (comparative tehokkaampi, superlative tehokkain)

Usage notes

This word is used for both effective and efficient; there is no distinction and it must be expressed through other means if necessary. In addition to using tehokas for both, effective could be translated as tuloksia tuottava (“which produces results”), while efficient may be described with terms like säästäväinen (“prudent, frugal, thrifty”) and taloudellinen (“economical”).

Declension

Inflection of tehokas (Kotus type 41/vieras, kk-k gradation)
nominative		tehokas	tehokkaat
genitive		tehokkaan	tehokkaiden tehokkaitten
partitive		tehokasta	tehokkaita
illative		tehokkaaseen	tehokkaisiin
		singular	plural
nominative		tehokas	tehokkaat
accusative	nom.	tehokas	tehokkaat
accusative	gen.	tehokkaan	tehokkaat
genitive		tehokkaan	tehokkaiden tehokkaitten
partitive		tehokasta	tehokkaita
inessive		tehokkaassa	tehokkaissa
elative		tehokkaasta	tehokkaista
illative		tehokkaaseen	tehokkaisiin tehokkaihin^rare
adessive		tehokkaalla	tehokkailla
ablative		tehokkaalta	tehokkailta
allative		tehokkaalle	tehokkaille
essive		tehokkaana	tehokkaina
translative		tehokkaaksi	tehokkaiksi
instructive		—	tehokkain
abessive		tehokkaatta	tehokkaitta
comitative		—	tehokkaine

Synonyms

(powerful): voimakas
(effective): vaikuttava

Antonyms

(powerful): tehoton, heikko

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