Epithet

"Epithet" in Finnish

alalajinimi

(word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species)

epiteetti

(term used to characterize a person or thing)

epiteetti

(term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person)

haukkumanimi

(abusive or contemptuous word or phrase)

lajinimi

(word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species)

liikanimi

(term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person)

mainesana

(term used to characterize a person or thing)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.