hovimestari
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Swedish hovmästare (“headwaiter”), compound of hovi (“court”) + mestari (“master”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈhoʋiˌmestɑri/, [ˈho̞ʋiˌme̞s̠tɑ̝ri]
- Rhymes: -estɑri
- Syllabification(key): ho‧vi‧mes‧ta‧ri
Noun
[edit]hovimestari
- headwaiter (waiter who has a supervisory position over the other wait staff)
- butler, majordomo (chief male servant of a household)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of hovimestari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | hovimestari | hovimestarit | |
genitive | hovimestarin | hovimestarien hovimestareiden hovimestareitten | |
partitive | hovimestaria | hovimestareita hovimestareja | |
illative | hovimestariin | hovimestareihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | hovimestari | hovimestarit | |
accusative | nom. | hovimestari | hovimestarit |
gen. | hovimestarin | ||
genitive | hovimestarin | hovimestarien hovimestareiden hovimestareitten | |
partitive | hovimestaria | hovimestareita hovimestareja | |
inessive | hovimestarissa | hovimestareissa | |
elative | hovimestarista | hovimestareista | |
illative | hovimestariin | hovimestareihin | |
adessive | hovimestarilla | hovimestareilla | |
ablative | hovimestarilta | hovimestareilta | |
allative | hovimestarille | hovimestareille | |
essive | hovimestarina | hovimestareina | |
translative | hovimestariksi | hovimestareiksi | |
abessive | hovimestaritta | hovimestareitta | |
instructive | — | hovimestarein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “hovimestari”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02