konfiguroivat

Konfiguroivat is a Finnish verb form meaning they configure. It is the third-person plural present indicative form of the verb konfiguroida, which means to configure, set up, or arrange the options and parameters of a system, software, or device. The verb belongs to the -oida class and follows regular conjugation patterns in Finnish. The infinitive konfiguroida and the related noun konfigurointi (configuration) are connected forms.

In usage, konfiguroivat is common in information technology, networking, and software documentation to describe actions performed by people or systems that configure settings. For example: Käyttäjät konfiguroivat asetukset. (Users configure the settings.) Järjestelmät konfiguroivat ohjausparametrien arvoja asennuksen aikana. (Systems configure control parameters during setup.) These phrases illustrate how the form is typically used with plural subjects.

Etymology and related terms: konfiguroida is a borrowing from English configure, which itself comes from Latin configurare. Related Finnish terms include konfigurointi (the act or process of configuring), konfiguroiva (present active participle, “configuring”), and konfiguroitu (the past participle, “configured”).

See also: konfigurointi, konfiguroida, konfiguroiva, konfiguroitu.