Kolumnikohtaisia

Kolumnikohtaisia is a Finnish adjective form meaning column-specific or pertaining to a column. It is created by combining kolumni, referring to a newspaper column or a column in a layout, with the suffix -kohtainen, which denotes relevance to or specificity for something. The form kolumnikohtaisia is the plural partitive form used to describe multiple column-specific items.

In usage, the term tends to appear in contexts related to journalism, editorial work, or layout and design where distinctions are made for individual columns. It can describe instructions, requirements, settings, or other items that apply to a particular column rather than to the whole page or table. For example, kolumnikohtaisia vaatimuksia would mean column-specific requirements and kolumnikohtaisia asetuksia would mean column-specific settings.

Notes on nuance and terminology: kolumnikohtaisia often signals a focus on columns in a textual or printed context (a kolumni) or, less commonly, on column-like sections within a layout. In data or spreadsheet contexts, Finnish tends to use sarakekohtainen or sarakekohtaisia to refer to column-specific matters, since sarake is the standard term for a column in a table or spreadsheet. Thus kolumnikohtaisia is more typical in editorial or publishing-related language, whereas sarakekohtaisia is preferred for tabular data.

See also: kolumni, kolumnisti, sarake, sarakekohtainen, tekstin asettelu.