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 Translation for 'Rosetta stone' from English to Finnish
NOUN   the Rosetta stone | -
arkeol.hist.
Rosettan kivi {noun}
Rosetta stone
Partial Matches
kivi {noun}stone
bot.T
luumarja {noun}
stone fruit
bot.
kirsikankivi {noun}
cherry stone
mineral.
jalokivi {noun}
precious stone
arkeol.hist.
kivikausi {noun}
Stone Age
bot.
kirsikanluu {noun}
cherry stone
bot.
persikankivi {noun}
peach stone
bot.
luumunkivi {noun}
plum stone
lää
virtsakivi {noun} [calculus renalis]
kidney stone
matskutrake.
luonnonkivi {noun}
natural stone
arkeol.hist.kiel.
riimukivi {noun}
rune stone
pelit
leipien heitto {noun}
stone skimming
pelit
leipien heitto {noun}
stone skipping
jääkylmä {adj}stone-cold
rake.
katukivi {noun}
paving stone
rajakivi {noun}border stone
orn.T
paksujalka {noun} [Burhinus oedicnemus]
stone curlew
vesiselvä {adj}stone sober
rajakivi {noun}boundary stone
työkalut
hiomakivi {noun}
sharpening stone
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Usage Examples English
  • Much of Egypt's ancient history was a mystery until Egyptian hieroglyphs were deciphered with the discovery and help of the Rosetta Stone.
  • Thomas Young (scientist): Discovered how the eye works and translated the Rosetta Stone.
  • Outside of the town limits but within the 22841 ZIP code are two shipping facilities: a regional Walmart warehouse and a smaller facility for the Rosetta Stone language instruction company.
  • In a few cases, a multilingual artifact has been necessary to facilitate decipherment, the Rosetta Stone being the classic example.
  • Geisel also published one book under the name Rosetta Stone, 1975's "Because a Little Bug Went Ka-Choo!

  • A synod of priests held at Memphis in 185 BC granted Cleopatra all the honours that had been given to Ptolemy V in 196 BC (inscribed on the bilingual Greek-Egyptian Rosetta stone).
  • A 2012 study by "The Wall Street Journal" found that Staples, The Home Depot, Rosetta Stone and some other online retailers displayed different prices to customers in different locations (distinct from shipping prices).
  • The decipherment of hieroglyphic writing was finally accomplished in the 1820s by Jean-François Champollion, with the help of the Rosetta Stone.
  • These works, which included the famed Rosetta Stone, were the first important group of large sculptures to be acquired by the museum.
  • The Rosetta Stone is a stele composed of granodiorite inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in Memphis, Egypt, in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty on behalf of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes.

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