neuvos

neuvo (“advice”) +‎ -s, an indirect calque of Swedish råd (“counselor”); Swedish råd also means 'advice', in Finnish neuvo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈneu̯ʋos/, [ˈne̞u̯w(ː)o̞s̠]
• Rhymes: -euʋos
• Syllabification^(key): neu‧vos
• Hyphenation^(key): neu‧vos

neuvos

1. An honorary title granted by the President of the Republic of Finland to highly merited citizens.
2. (in compounds) A term used in the name of a large number of similar honorary titles.
3. councillor/councilor/counselor (the title of the holder of certain high positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland)

• There is no official English translation for the honorary title neuvos, nor any similar honorary titles.^[1]
• In formal contexts, the honorary title neuvos is always used with a modifier which specifies the field in which it has been earned. Due to the culture-specific nature of these titles, the Prime Minister's Office of Finland recommends to not translate them.^[1] However, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs is the only branch where the titles are translated, e.g. ulkoasiainneuvos is translated as counsellor for foreign affairs.^[2][3] A list of many Finnish honorary titles is found in the Finnish Wikipedia article Arvonimet Suomessa.

• neuvosto

• kansleri

• “neuvos”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[4] (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