presidentti

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

presidentti

  1. president (head of state or chairperson)

Usage notes

When talking about presidents of Finland, the title presidentti on its own is used of a former president, while the title of the current president is tasavallan presidentti. This is not entirely rigorous, and occasionally presidentti is used as the title for the current president as well, especially in e.g. headlines to make them shorter.

Declension

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)

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