farmari

farmi +‎ -ari, after English farmer

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑrmɑri/,
• Rhymes: -ɑrmɑri
• Hyphenation^(key): far‧ma‧ri

farmari

1. farmer (see usage notes)
2. Ellipsis of farmariauto (“station wagon”).
3. (in the plural) Ellipsis of farmarihousut (“jeans”).

As an independent word, farmari usually refers to a New World farmer. The terms used of other farmers include maanviljelijä, viljelijä, talonpoika, maajussi. As part of compound words, farmari is often used universally to refer to specialized farmers, e.g. sikafarmari (“a pig farmer”).

• “farmari”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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