vahtimestari

== Finnish == === Etymology === vahti (“guard”) +‎ mestari (“master”); compare German Wachtmeister, Swedish vaktmästare. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋɑhtiˌmestɑri/, [ˈʋɑ̝xt̪iˌme̞s̠tɑ̝ri] Rhymes: -estɑri Syllabification(key): vah‧ti‧mes‧ta‧ri Hyphenation(key): vahti‧mesta‧ri === Noun === vahtimestari caretaker, janitor, concierge (someone who looks after the maintenance of a building, e.g. of a school, apartment building, office building or public facility) Synonym: vaksi (colloquial) porter, doorkeeper, doorman, usher Synonyms: ovenvartija, ovimies, portieeri ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “vahtimestari”, 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 4 July 2023