neuvos
Finnish
Etymology
neuvo + -s, an indirect calque of Swedish råd (“counselor”); Swedish råd also means 'advise', in Finnish neuvo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈneu̯ʋos/, [ˈne̞u̯w(ː)o̞s̠]
- Rhymes: -euʋos
- Syllabification(key): neu‧vos
Noun
neuvos
- An honorary title granted by the President of the Republic of Finland to highly merited citizens.
- councillor/councilor/counselor (the title of the holder of certain high positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland)
Usage notes
- There is no official English translation for the honorary title neuvos, nor any similar honorary titles.[1]
- In formal contexts, the honorary title neuvos is always used with a modifier which specifies the field in which it has been earned. Due to the culture-specific nature of these titles, the Prime Minister's Office of Finland recommends to not translate them.[1] However, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs is the only branch where the titles are translated, e.g. ulkoasiainneuvos is translated as counsellor for foreign affairs.[2][3] A list of many Finnish honorary titles is found in the Finnish Wikipedia article Arvonimet Suomessa.
Declension
| Inflection of neuvos (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | neuvos | neuvokset | ||
| genitive | neuvoksen | neuvosten neuvoksien | ||
| partitive | neuvosta | neuvoksia | ||
| illative | neuvokseen | neuvoksiin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | neuvos | neuvokset | ||
| accusative | nom. | neuvos | neuvokset | |
| gen. | neuvoksen | |||
| genitive | neuvoksen | neuvosten neuvoksien | ||
| partitive | neuvosta | neuvoksia | ||
| inessive | neuvoksessa | neuvoksissa | ||
| elative | neuvoksesta | neuvoksista | ||
| illative | neuvokseen | neuvoksiin | ||
| adessive | neuvoksella | neuvoksilla | ||
| ablative | neuvokselta | neuvoksilta | ||
| allative | neuvokselle | neuvoksille | ||
| essive | neuvoksena | neuvoksina | ||
| translative | neuvokseksi | neuvoksiksi | ||
| abessive | neuvoksetta | neuvoksitta | ||
| instructive | — | neuvoksin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Derived terms
Compounds
Related terms
See also
References
- “Arvonimiä ei käännetä”, in vnk.fi (PDF, in Finnish), Prime Minister's Office, 2015-03-20, retrieved 2017-01-26
- “Uusia suurlähettiläsnimityksiä”, in formin.finland.fi (in Finnish), Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, 2013-02-27, retrieved 2013-09-11
- “New Ambassadors appointed”, in formin.finland.fi, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, 2013-02-28, archived from the original on 2013-05-09
Further reading
- “neuvos”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
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