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rinne

Pronunciation: /ˈrinːeˣ/

“rinne” is a Finnish word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. slope, hillside
  2. piste

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rindeh, probably from rinta (“chest, breast”) + -e, or alternatively (if from Proto-Finnic *rindek) possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Norwegian strind (“strip, half, row, edge”) or rind (“esker, stripe in cloth”)).

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