presidentti

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpresidentːi/, [ˈpre̞s̠iˌde̞n̪t̪ːi]
• Rhymes: -entːi
• Syllabification^(key): pre‧si‧dent‧ti
• Hyphenation^(key): pre‧si‧dent‧ti

presidentti

1. president (head of state or chairperson)

   Synonyms: johtaja, pressa (colloquial)

2. (Finland) President (title afforded to a president of Finland)

   Synonyms: pressa (colloquial), resitentti (colloquial)

In Finland, presidentti is a lifelong title, while the position of the President of Finland is officially referred to as tasavallan presidentti (“President of the Republic”). That is, there is only one tasavallan presidentti at a time, but all presidents, current and former, are addressed as presidentti.

• “presidentti”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• presidentit