porvari

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish borgare, using Finnish suffix +‎ -ri (“-er”), from French bourgeois.

Noun

porvari

1. (historical) A merchant or shopowner.
2. (politics, leftist terminology) A capitalist.
3. (politics) A person having bourgeois opinions.
4. As a determiner in compound terms (porvari-), right-wing, non-socialist, conservative.

Declension

Declension of porvari (type paperi) singular plural nominative porvari porvarit genitive porvarin porvarien porvareiden porvareitten partitive porvaria porvareita porvareja accusative porvari porvarin porvarit inessive porvarissa porvareissa elative porvarista porvareista illative porvariin porvareihin adessive porvarilla porvareilla ablative porvarilta porvareilta allative porvarille porvareille essive porvarina porvareina translative porvariksi porvareiksi instructive – porvarein abessive porvaritta porvareitta comitative – porvareineen

Derived terms

• poroporvari
• porvarienemmistö = a non-socialist majority
• porvarihallitus = a right-wing government
• porvarillinen
• porvaripuolue = a conservative party
• porvaristo