hallitus

From hallitama +‎ -us.

hallitus (genitive hallituse, partitive hallitust)

1. mould/mold (fungi)

• hallitusjuust

hallita (“to rule, govern, administer”) +‎ -tus. Coined by Finnish clergyman Mikael Agricola.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑlːitus/,
• Rhymes: -ɑlːitus
• Hyphenation^(key): hal‧li‧tus

hallitus

1. cabinet, government, administration (group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch)

   Synonym: valtioneuvosto (official term for the Finnish government)

2. government, regime, (US) administration (state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power)
3. board, board of directors, board of trustees (of almost any organisation including corporations and associations)
4. Ellipsis of kunnanhallitus (“municipal board, board of selectmen”).
5. agency, administration, authority (government body or branch of government entrusted with administration of a defined subsector; usually a part of a ministry)

   Metsähallitus

   Opetushallitus

6. (religion) principality (rank of angel)

• (board of directors): johtokunta

• “hallitus”, 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