valtiovarainministeriö
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
valtiovarain (“(of) state funds”) + ministeriö (“ministry”) ~ ministry of the state funds
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑltioˌʋɑrɑi̯nˌministeriø/, [ˈʋɑ̝l̪t̪io̞ˌʋɑ̝rɑ̝i̯mˌminis̠ˌte̞riø̞]
- Rhymes: -eriø
- Syllabification(key): val‧ti‧o‧va‧rain‧mi‧nis‧te‧ri‧ö
Noun edit
valtiovarainministeriö
- Ministry of Finance; Department of the Treasury (U.S.), Her Majesty's Treasury, Treasury (UK)
Usage notes edit
- The official English term for the Finnish treasury is "Ministry of Finance".
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- “valtiovarainministeriö”, 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 2023-07-04