kenttä

Borrowing from Sami, ultimately from Proto-Samic *kientē.

• IPA^(key): [ˈke̞n̪t̪t̪æ]
• Hyphenation: kent‧tä

kenttä

1. field (land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country; place where a battle is fought; area reserved for playing a game)
2. (sports) A limited area where a game is played, a playing field (often combined with a modifier that defines the kind of playing field).
   1. (basketball, tennis) court
   2. (golf) course
   3. (soccer) field, pitch
   4. (ice hockey) rink
   5. (baseball, American football) field
3. (military, in compounds) field, modifier that the object is mobile and meant for use in the battlefield

   kenttäsairaala = field hospital

4. (physics) field
5. (heraldry) field
6. (colloquial) signal strength, coverage (such as of a mobile phone)

• kentät, kätten