pyöreät

Pyöreät is the nominative plural form of the Finnish adjective pyöreä, meaning round or circular. It describes objects or shapes that are disk-shaped, spherical, or otherwise lacking angles. The term is commonly used across everyday language as well as technical or descriptive contexts to characterize form or geometry.

Grammar: Finnish adjectives agree with the noun they modify in number and case. Therefore pyöreät is the nominative plural form. In other cases, the adjective takes corresponding forms, for example pyöreiden (genitive plural) and pyöreitä (partitive plural). Examples: pyöreät pöydät (round tables), pyöreitä pöytiä (round tables, partitive). As a substantive, pyöreät can stand for "the round ones" (e.g., Nuo pyöreät ovat tuttuja), often with a demonstrative.

Usage: The word appears in design, architecture, sports, cooking, and everyday speech. It often describes shapes of objects, such as pyöreät lasipullot (round glass bottles), pyöreät nappulat (round buttons), or pyöreät kivet (round stones). In mathematics or geometry, it may be used to describe circularity or curved boundaries in contrast to angular forms.

Etymology: The adjective pyöreä is a native Finnish word. Its exact historical origin is not uniformly documented, but the semantic field is tied to roundness and circularity. Related terms include pyöreys (roundness) and other 短 forms connected to concepts of turning or wheel-like shapes (such as pyörä).

See also: pyöreys, pyörä, pyöreä.