Moottorisen

Moottorisen is the genitive singular form of the Finnish adjective moottorinen, meaning motorized or engine-powered. The adjective moottorinen is formed from the noun moottori (engine) with the common suffix -inen that creates adjectives indicating a characteristic. In normal use, moottorinen describes equipment or vehicles that are propelled by a motor, for example moottorinen auto (a motorized car) or moottorinen vene (a motor-powered boat).

When moottorinen is used in front of a noun in the genitive case, the form appears as moottorisen, as in moottorisen auton valinta (the choice of a motorized car) or moottorisen laitteen tekniset tiedot (the technical specifications of the motorized device). The base form moottorinen is also used in other contexts and with other nouns; Finnish adjectives decline to reflect the case and number of the noun they modify.

Moottorinen is common in technical, consumer, and transportation language to distinguish machines with built-in propulsion from purely manual devices. It is distinct from electric-specific terms such as sähköinen, though combinations exist (sähkömoottorinen laite to describe a device with an electric motor). In everyday Finnish, many products carry either a plain moottorinen designation or more specific labels referring to motors, engines, or drives.

The term moottorisen is not a standalone noun or a brand; it is the inflected form of an adjective. See also moottori, the -inen suffix in Finnish adjectives, and general Finnish grammar.