Estonian edit

Etymology edit

From esi- +‎ mees.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈesimeːs/, [ˈesʲimeːs]
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Noun edit

esimees (genitive esimehe, partitive esimeest)

  1. chairman, chairperson, chair, president (man or person of unspecified gender presiding over a meeting or organization)

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Further reading edit

  • esimees”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • esimees”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • esimees in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)