luutnantti

Borrowed from archaic Swedish lutenant, originally from French lieutenant, from lieu + tenant.

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːtnɑntːi/, [ˈluːt̪n̪ɑ̝n̪t̪ːi]
• Rhymes: -uːtnɑntːi
• Syllabification^(key): luut‧nant‧ti
• Hyphenation^(key): luut‧nant‧ti

luutnantti

1. (military) lieutenant (in the Finnish Army and the Finnish Air Force, or of equivalents in other militaries) (commissioned officer rank, NATO: OF-1 shared with yliluutnantti and vänrikki, outranked by the former but outranks the latter)
2. (military) lieutenant junior grade (in the Finnish Navy, or of equivalents in other militaries, e.g. UK sub-lieutenants) (commissioned officer rank, NATO: [OF-1 shared with yliluutnantti and aliluutnantti, outranked by the former but outranks the latter)
3. (military, loosely) lieutenant
   1. used as a modifier in the military ranks of everstiluutnantti and kenraaliluutnantti
4. lieutenant (an aide)

• sotilasarvo
• luti

• “luutnantti”, 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 3 July 2023

• tilantuntu