hullujenhuone - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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hullujen (genitive plural) +‎ huone

• IPA(key): /ˈhulːujenˌhuo̯neˣ/, [ˈhulːuje̞nˌhuo̞̯ne̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -uone
• Syllabification(key): hul‧lu‧jen‧huo‧ne
• Hyphenation(key): hul‧lujen‧huone

hullujenhuone

1. (informal, derogatory) madhouse, nuthouse, nutfarm, funny farm (house where insane persons are confined; a mental hospital)
2. madhouse, nuthouse (place exhibiting stereotypical characteristics of such a house)
   Tämä paikka on hullujenhuone.
   This place is a madhouse.

• (mental hospital): mielisairaala (standard); pöpilä (informal)
• “hullujenhuone”, 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