ylikonstaapeli
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From yli- (“chief-, super-”) + konstaapeli (“constable”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈyliˌkonstɑːpeli/, [ˈyliˌko̞ns̠tɑ̝ːˌpe̞li]
- Rhymes: -eli
- Hyphenation(key): yli‧konstaa‧pe‧li
Noun
[edit]ylikonstaapeli
- police sergeant, sergeant (senior officer rank in the Finnish police force, above vanhempi konstaapeli and below komisario)
Usage notes
[edit]For a listing of Finnish police ranks see usage notes under poliisiarvo.
Declension
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See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ylikonstaapeli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04