English

Noun

deadline ‎(plural deadlines)

1. A date on or before which something must be completed.

   I must make this deadline or my boss will kill me!‎

2. (archaic) A guideline marked on a plate for a printing press.
3. (archaic) A line that does not move. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
4. (archaic) A boundary around a prison, prisoners crossing which would be shot.

Translations

Verb

deadline ‎(third-person singular simple present deadlines, present participle deadlining, simple past and past participle deadlined)

1. (military) To render an item non-mission-capable; to ground an aircraft, etc.

Finnish

Etymology

< English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdedlɑi̯n/

Noun

deadline

1. (colloquial) deadline

Declension

The declension of this word is problematic. Joukahainen recommends nalle-type declension, presumably based on the spelling of the word:

On the other hand, nalle-declension does not fit with the pronunciation, which would rather indicate risti-type declension. It would probably be advisable to avoid using this word in written communication, and use Finnish synonyms instead.

Synonyms

• määräaika
• takaraja