erinomaista

Erinomaista is the partitive singular form of the Finnish adjective erinomainen, meaning excellent or outstanding. The term is native to Finnish and is used to describe high quality, skill, or performance in various contexts. As an inflected form, erinomaista appears in noun phrases and predicative clauses where the object or the predicate is indefinite or in the partitive mood.

Usage and contexts

Erinomaista is common in everyday speech, reviews, marketing, and feedback. It can describe products, services, or work, for example: “Tämä on erinomaista ruokaa” (This is excellent food) or “Palvelu oli erinomaista” (The service was excellent). It can also stand alone as an exclamation: “Erinomaista!” meaning “Excellent!” or “Outstanding!” in response to performance or results. The form integrates with typical Finnish grammar, where adjectives used with nouns in partitive or certain evaluative contexts take the partitive case.

Relation to other terms

The base adjective erinomainen has synonyms such as loistava and huippuluokkaa and is contrasted with antonyms like huonoa. Erinomaista is part of everyday Finnish vocabulary and reflects a positive evaluative stance, from casual praise to formal assessment.

Notes

As a real-time evaluative word, erinomaista is versatile and context-dependent, and its intensity can range from polite praise to enthusiastic endorsement depending on tone and situation.

See also

Finnish language; adjectives in Finnish; Finnish evaluative expressions.