virkailija

== Finnish == === Etymology === virkailla (“to act in an office”) (rare) +‎ -ja === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋirkɑi̯lijɑ/, [ˈʋirkɑ̝i̯ˌli(j)ɑ̝] Rhymes: -ijɑ Syllabification(key): vir‧kai‧li‧ja Hyphenation(key): vir‧kai‧li‧ja === Noun === virkailija civil servant, functionary, public employee; an employee working at a public entity, especially one not in a particularly high position clerk (any person working a non-menial job, especially at a public entity, but occasionally also of those working for a private company) Near-synonym: toimihenkilö ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “virkailija”, 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