• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑpɑː/,[ˈʋɑ̝pɑ̝ː]
• Rhymes:-ɑpɑː
• Syllabification^(key):va‧paa
• Hyphenation^(key):va‧paa

FromProto-Finnic*vapada, probably borrowed from earlyProto-Slavic*svabadā (later*svoboda(“freedom”)).

vapaa (comparativevapaampi,superlativevapain) [withillative ofthird infinitive‘to do’(with verbs)]

1. free(not imprisoned, enslaved or subjugated)

   Olenvapaa mies. ―I am afree man.

   vapaa lähtemään ―free to leave/go

2. free(unconstrained)

   Hänelle annettiinvapaat kädet tehdä, mitä hän haluaa. ―He was givenfree rein to do whatever he wanted.

3. free(with freedom, liberty)

   vapaa lehdistö ―free press

   Tämä onvapaa maa. ―This is afree country.

4. free,loose(released, not restrained)

   Päästimme kaninvapaaksi. ―We set the rabbitfree.

5. free,off(without obligations)

   vapaa vastuusta ―free(d) of responsibility

   Voit pitää loppupäivänvapaata. ―You can take the rest of the dayoff.

6. spare,free(not filled with activity or work)

   Minulla on paljonvapaa-aikaa. ―I have a lot offree time.

7. vacant,free,unoccupied

   vapaa radikaali ―free radical

   Istuin onvapaa. ―The seat isvacant.

8. (physics)free(unattached, uncombined)
9. freelance(working as a freelancer)
10. unmarried,single,available
11. free-range(of, pertaining to, or produced by animals that are allowed to roam freely, rather than being confined indoors)

    Ostan ainavapaan kanan munia. ―I always buyfree-range eggs.

12. free(without physical support)

    vapaalla kädellä(adverbial) ―free-hand

13. (music)unreleased, notpressed(e.g. of a string)
14. (in expressions)free,free of charge

    vapaa pääsy ―free admission

15. (mathematics, programming)free,unconstrained
16. (linear algebra)linearly independent(of a set of vectors)

Due to foreign (mostly Swedish) influence,vapaa has been used to derive many compound adjectives with the meaning“-free, -less, without”; many of these are now consideredproscribed.

vapaa

1. leave(from work, military service, etc.)

• “vapaa”, inKielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki:Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland),2004–, retrieved1 July 2023

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

vapaa

1. partitivesingular ofvapa

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