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neuvos
neuvos
Finnish
Noun
neuvos
- (no officially accepted English translation)[1] 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)
Declension
| Inflection of neuvos (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | neuvoksin | |
| abessive | neuvoksetta | neuvoksitta | |
| comitative | — | neuvoksineen | |
Usage notes
In formal contexts, neuvos is always used with a modifier which specifies the field on which the title has been earned. Due to the culture-specific and hardly translatable nature of the title neuvos, the Prime Minister's Office of Finland does not recommend any translations thereof.[1] However, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs is the only branch where the titles are translated, e.g. ulkoasiainneuvos is translated to Counsellor for Foreign Affairs.[2][3] A list of honorary titles (not necessarily complete) may be found in Finnish Wikipedia article Arvonimi.
Derived terms
Related terms
Compounds
- hallintoneuvos
- kanslianeuvos
- kauppaneuvos
- ministerineuvos
- neuvoskunta
- neuvosmies
- poliisineuvos
- valtioneuvos
- vuorineuvos
See also
References
- 1 2 “ARVONIMIÄ EI KÄÄNNETÄ”, in (Please provide the title of the work) (PDF, in Finnish), Prime Minister's Office, 2008-05-08, retrieved 2013-09-11
- ↑ “Uusia suurlähettiläsnimityksiä”, in (Please provide the title of the work) (in Finnish), Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, 2013-02-27, retrieved 2013-09-11
- ↑ “New Ambassadors appointed”, in (Please provide the title of the work), Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, 2013-02-28, retrieved 2013-09-11