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

  1. headwaiter (waiter who has a supervisory position over the other wait staff)
  2. 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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