Ranskanmaa

Finnish

Etymology

From ranskan (“Frenchman, frank”, archaic) +‎ maa (“land, country”) or Ranskan (“France's”) +‎ maa. Compare Suomenmaa (“Finland”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑnskɑnˌmɑː/, [ˈrɑ̝ns̠kɑ̝mˌmɑ̝ː]
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation^(key): Ranskan‧maa

Proper noun

Ranskanmaa (dated)

1. (poetic or colloquial) Synonym of Ranska (“France”).

Declension

The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used when referring to a location; for example, "in Ranskanmaa" is Ranskanmaalla.

Inflection of Ranskanmaa (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative		Ranskanmaa	—
genitive		Ranskanmaan	—
partitive		Ranskanmaata	—
illative		Ranskanmaahan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Ranskanmaa	—
accusative	nom.	Ranskanmaa	—
	gen.	Ranskanmaan
genitive		Ranskanmaan	—
partitive		Ranskanmaata	—
inessive		Ranskanmaassa	—
elative		Ranskanmaasta	—
illative		Ranskanmaahan	—
adessive		Ranskanmaalla	—
ablative		Ranskanmaalta	—
allative		Ranskanmaalle	—
essive		Ranskanmaana	—
translative		Ranskanmaaksi	—
abessive		Ranskanmaatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Ranskanmaa (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Ranskanmaani — accusative nom. Ranskanmaani — gen. Ranskanmaani genitive Ranskanmaani — partitive Ranskanmaatani — inessive Ranskanmaassani — elative Ranskanmaastani — illative Ranskanmaahani — adessive Ranskanmaallani — ablative Ranskanmaaltani — allative Ranskanmaalleni — essive Ranskanmaanani — translative Ranskanmaakseni — abessive Ranskanmaattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Ranskanmaasi — accusative nom. Ranskanmaasi — gen. Ranskanmaasi genitive Ranskanmaasi — partitive Ranskanmaatasi — inessive Ranskanmaassasi — elative Ranskanmaastasi — illative Ranskanmaahasi — adessive Ranskanmaallasi — ablative Ranskanmaaltasi — allative Ranskanmaallesi — essive Ranskanmaanasi — translative Ranskanmaaksesi — abessive Ranskanmaattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Ranskanmaamme — accusative nom. Ranskanmaamme — gen. Ranskanmaamme genitive Ranskanmaamme — partitive Ranskanmaatamme — inessive Ranskanmaassamme — elative Ranskanmaastamme — illative Ranskanmaahamme — adessive Ranskanmaallamme — ablative Ranskanmaaltamme — allative Ranskanmaallemme — essive Ranskanmaanamme — translative Ranskanmaaksemme — abessive Ranskanmaattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Ranskanmaanne — accusative nom. Ranskanmaanne — gen. Ranskanmaanne genitive Ranskanmaanne — partitive Ranskanmaatanne — inessive Ranskanmaassanne — elative Ranskanmaastanne — illative Ranskanmaahanne — adessive Ranskanmaallanne — ablative Ranskanmaaltanne — allative Ranskanmaallenne — essive Ranskanmaananne — translative Ranskanmaaksenne — abessive Ranskanmaattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Ranskanmaansa — accusative nom. Ranskanmaansa — gen. Ranskanmaansa genitive Ranskanmaansa — partitive Ranskanmaataan Ranskanmaatansa — inessive Ranskanmaassaan Ranskanmaassansa — elative Ranskanmaastaan Ranskanmaastansa — illative Ranskanmaahansa — adessive Ranskanmaallaan Ranskanmaallansa — ablative Ranskanmaaltaan Ranskanmaaltansa — allative Ranskanmaalleen Ranskanmaallensa — essive Ranskanmaanaan Ranskanmaanansa — translative Ranskanmaakseen Ranskanmaaksensa — abessive Ranskanmaattaan Ranskanmaattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• ranskanmaalainen

See also

• Ruotsinmaa (“Sweden”)
• Saksanmaa (“Germany”)
• Suomenmaa (“Finland”)
• Venäjänmaa (“Russia”)
• Vironmaa (“Estonia”)