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presidentti

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Swedish president, from Old French president, from Latin praesidēns (literally sitting in front).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpresidentːi/, [ˈpre̞s̠iˌde̞n̪t̪ːi]
  • Rhymes: -entːi
  • Syllabification(key): pre‧si‧dent‧ti
  • Hyphenation(key): pre‧si‧dent‧ti

Noun

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presidentti

  1. president (head of state or chairperson)
    Synonyms: johtaja, pressa (colloquial)
  2. (Finland) President (title afforded to a president of Finland)
    Synonyms: pressa (colloquial), resitentti (colloquial)

Usage notes

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In Finland, presidentti is a lifelong title, while the position of the President of Finland is officially referred to as tasavallan presidentti (President of the Republic). That is, there is only one tasavallan presidentti at a time, but all presidents, current and former, are addressed as presidentti.

Declension

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Inflection of presidentti (Kotus type 5*C/risti, tt-t gradation)
nominative presidentti presidentit
genitive presidentin presidenttien
partitive presidenttiä presidenttejä
illative presidenttiin presidentteihin
singular plural
nominative presidentti presidentit
accusative nom. presidentti presidentit
gen. presidentin
genitive presidentin presidenttien
partitive presidenttiä presidenttejä
inessive presidentissä presidenteissä
elative presidentistä presidenteistä
illative presidenttiin presidentteihin
adessive presidentillä presidenteillä
ablative presidentiltä presidenteiltä
allative presidentille presidenteille
essive presidenttinä presidentteinä
translative presidentiksi presidenteiksi
abessive presidentittä presidenteittä
instructive presidentein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of presidentti (Kotus type 5*C/risti, tt-t gradation)

Derived terms

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