hovimestari
Finnish
(index ho)
Etymology
From Swedish hovmästare ("headwaiter"), compound of hovi (“court”) + mestari (“master”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈho̞ʋiˌme̞stɑri]
- Hyphenation: ho‧vi‧mes‧ta‧ri
- Rhymes: -ɑri
Noun
hovimestari
- headwaiter (waiter who has a supervisory position over the other wait staff)
- butler, majordomo (chief male servant of a household)
Declension
| Inflection of hovimestari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hovimestari | hovimestarit | |
| genitive | hovimestarin | hovimestarien hovimestareiden hovimestareitten | |
| partitive | hovimestaria | hovimestareita hovimestareja | |
| illative | hovimestariin | hovimestareihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | hovimestari | hovimestarit | |
| accusative | nom. | hovimestari | hovimestarit |
| gen. | hovimestarin | ||
| genitive | hovimestarin | hovimestarien hovimestareiden hovimestareitten | |
| partitive | hovimestaria | hovimestareita hovimestareja | |
| inessive | hovimestarissa | hovimestareissa | |
| elative | hovimestarista | hovimestareista | |
| illative | hovimestariin | hovimestareihin | |
| adessive | hovimestarilla | hovimestareilla | |
| ablative | hovimestarilta | hovimestareilta | |
| allative | hovimestarille | hovimestareille | |
| essive | hovimestarina | hovimestareina | |
| translative | hovimestariksi | hovimestareiksi | |
| instructive | — | hovimestarein | |
| abessive | hovimestaritta | hovimestareitta | |
| comitative | — | hovimestareineen | |
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