Nelivetoisia

Nelivetoisia is a Finnish adjective form used to describe vehicles equipped with four-wheel drive. The term corresponds to the English "four-wheel-drive" and is the partitive plural form of nelivetoisa, used when the noun it modifies is plural and in the partitive case, for example nelivetoisia autoja or nelivetoisia maastoajoneuvoja.

The base noun neliveto means four-wheel drive, combining neljä (four) with veto (drive or movement). The nominative plural form is nelivetoiset, as in nelivetoiset autot, while nelivetoisia appears in the partitive due to Finnish noun phrase grammar. This form is common in contexts where the object is indefinite or not fully specified.

Usage of nelivetoisia appears in automotive writing, catalogs, and everyday speech to indicate that a vehicle has four-wheel drive. Example sentences include: Nelivetoisia autoja kysytään erityisesti talviaikaan, and Yritykset esittelivät nelivetoisia malleja, jotka soveltuvat maasto- ja talviolosuhteisiin. The term can describe passenger cars, trucks, and off-road vehicles that employ a four-wheel-drive system.

Related terms include neliveto (the four-wheel-drive system itself), etuveto (front-wheel drive), and takavetoinen or takavetiset (rear-wheel drive). In English-language contexts, all-wheel drive is the closest equivalent. Notes on usage: nelivetoisia is the correct partitive plural form when the noun it modifies is plural and in the partitive case; the term does not refer to a specific brand or model but to the general characteristic of having four-wheel drive.