elintarvike

elin- (“living”) +‎ tarvike (“accessory, article, necessity”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈelinˌtɑrʋikeˣ/, [ˈe̞lin̪ˌt̪ɑ̝rʋik̟e̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑrʋike
• Syllabification^(key): e‧lin‧tar‧vi‧ke
• Hyphenation^(key): elin‧tarvi‧ke

elintarvike

1. foodstuff, food (an edible good for human consumption); (in the plural) groceries (food bought and sold in grocery)

   Near-synonym: ruoka (see usage notes)

elintarvike is a rather technical term for food. The more plain word for food is ruoka, which however generally acts as a mass noun, and is somewhat more broad (as elintarvike tends to refer to human food specifically).

• “elintarvike”, 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