laitosten

Laitosten is the genitive plural form of laitos, a Finnish noun that can mean facility, plant, institution, or department. It is used to express possession or relation to multiple facilities, and appears mainly in policy, administrative, or technical texts. The exact meaning depends on context and can refer to industrial plants, public service facilities, or organizational units within larger structures.

In Finnish, laitosten functions as a possessive form within noun phrases. It can appear as the head of a phrase or as a modifier in compounds, for example: laitosten turvallisuus (the safety of the facilities), laitosten ylläpito (maintenance of the facilities), valtion omistamien laitosten hallinto (administration of state-owned facilities). In longer compounds the base noun may be combined with adjectives or other nouns, such as teollisuuslaitosten tuotanto (production of industrial facilities) or energiantuotantolaitokset (power production plants).

Usage and scope: Laitokset is used across sectors in Finland to refer to physical facilities or organizational units collectively, including energy production plants, water and waste treatment facilities, hospitals, schools, and research institutes. The term is neutral and descriptive, suitable for encyclopedic and official contexts. When adapting to different grammatical roles, the form changes according to Finnish case and number, but laitosten specifically indicates “of the facilities” or “the facilities’.”