Finnish–English dictionary

kolmelle

Designed for three users.

kolmen kimppa

An instance of sexual activity involving three people.

kolmen numeron ryhmä

A grouping of three digits in a number, especially when delimited by commas or periods:

kolmen pisteen heitot

(basketball) Three point shots.

kolmen vuoden ikä

The age of three; three years old.

kolmenkeskinen

Done by three parties (as an agreement).

kolmenvälinen

Done by three parties (as an agreement).

kolmesti

(somewhat, dated, outside, Asia, Canada, Australia, &) Three times.

kolmetoista

The cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen: ten and three.

kolmi-

Three.

kolmiapila

The trefoil leaf of any small clover, especially Trifolium repens, or such a leaf from a clover-like plant, commonly used as a symbol of Ireland.

kolmijako

Division or separation into three groups or pieces.

kolmijalka

A stand with three short legs, especially for cooking over a fire.

kolmikantainen

Having three elements or parties; trilateral, tripartite.

kolmikärki

A trident emblem representing Ukraine. [from mid 20th c.]

kolmikko

A group of three people or things.

kolmikon jäsen

One of a group of three, particularly

kolmikulmainen

Having a triangle as a base; as, a triangular prism, a triangular pyramid.

kolmilehti

A symbol having the shape of such leaves, especially when used as an architectural ornament.

kolminainen

Of or pertaining to the Trinity (the three persons of the Godhead) or to the doctrine of Trinity.

kolminaisuus

(Christianity) In Christian belief, the three persons of the Godhead: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

kolminkertainen

Three times as great.

kolminkertaisesti

By a factor of three.

kolminkertaistaa

(transitive, dated) To multiply by three; to make into three parts, layers, or thrice the amount.

kolminkertaistua

To become three times as large.

kolmio

A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water.

kolmioliina

A kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported.

kolmiomainen

(botany, of leaves) Of a triangular or roughly triangular shape and attached to the stem via the side.

kolmiomittaus

(uncountable, surveying) A technique in which distances and directions are estimated from an accurately measured baseline and the principles of trigonometry; (countable) an instance of the use of this technique.

kolmiosainen

Consisting of three names or parts or terms.

kolmipäinen lihas

(anatomy) Any muscle having three heads.

kolmipyörä

A car, cycle or motorbike having three wheels.

kolmisointu

(music) A chord consisting of a root tone, the tone two degrees higher, and the tone four degrees higher in a given scale OR any chord with three notes.

kolmitasoinen

Folded in three; composed of three layers.

kolmiulotteinen

Of a pair of images: one depicting the view as would be seen from one eye and the other from the other eye, so that when viewed appropriately, they combine to give an impression of three dimensions.

kolmivaljakko

A Russian carriage drawn by a team of three horses abreast.

kolmivuorotyö

A mode of employment in which sets of workers are rotated to maintain a continuous 24/7 operation; usually, with a system of three 8-hour shifts (24 ÷ 3 = 8): first shift, second shift, and third shift.

kolmivuotias

A person who is three years old.

kolmiyhteinen

Of or pertaining to the Trinity (the three persons of the Godhead) or to the doctrine of Trinity.

kolmiyhteys

(Christianity) In Christian belief, the three persons of the Godhead: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

kolmonen

(baseball) The base after second base in a counter-clockwise path around a baseball infield.

kolmoset

(countable) Three of the same cards held in one hand; three of a kind.

kolmospari

The age of three; three years old.

Köln

The largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, on the Rhine River.

kölninvesi

Any of a family of fresh, citrus-based fragrances distilled using extracts from citrus, floral, and woody ingredients, said to have been developed in the early 18th century in Cologne, Germany.

kolo

A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.

koloaminen

The act of indenting or state of being indented.

koloinen

Characterized by having notches.

kolonia

(historical) A colony established thus.

kolonialismi

The policy of a country seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of economic dominance.

kolonialisti

One who supports or advocates colonialism.

kolonialistinen

Of or pertaining to colonialism.

kolonisaatio

The process of establishing a colony.

kolonna

A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.

kolonni

(chemistry) An instrument used to separate the different components of a liquid or to purify chemical compounds.

kolonoskopia

(medicine) The examination of the colon using a colonoscope.

kolopallo

(sports) A ball game played by individuals competing against one another in which the object is to hit a ball into each of a series of (usually 18 or nine) holes in the minimum number of strokes.

Kolorado

A state in the western United States, the 38th state. Capital and largest city: Denver.

kolostomia

(surgery) An incision into the colon to allow for drainage; the opening produced in such incision.

kolota

(transitive) To groove; indent.

kolottaa

(intransitive, stative) To be painful.

kolottava

Causing sharp pain; stinging.

koloverkosto

A system of burrows in which rabbits live.

kolpakko

A large drinking vessel, sometimes of pewter, sometimes with a glass base, with one handle and often a hinged cover.Tankard

kolttonen

A practical joke or mischievous trick.

kolttostella

(US) To engage in mischief.

kolumbaario

A building, a vault or a similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains.

Kolumbia

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Colombia. Capital: Bogotá.

kolumbialainen

Of, from or relating to Colombia.

Kolumbus

A person who makes a great discovery.

kolumni

A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.

koluta

To search for something, especially in an unorganized way

koma

(astronomy) A cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet.

komatoosinen

In a coma: unconscious.

kombinaatio

(mathematics) One or more elements selected from a set without regard to the order of selection.

kombinaatti

An industrial conglomeration in a socialist country, particularly in the former Soviet bloc.

kombo

(video games) An action composed of a sequence of simpler actions, especially a composite attacking move in a fighting game.

komea

Pleasing or appealing to the senses, especially of a potential romantic partner.

komeasti

In a graceful manner.

komedia

(drama) the genre of such works

komedia-

(archaic) Originally, relating to comedy.

komeetta

The fifth reindeer of Santa Claus.

komeilu

Pretension in appearance; looking overly and distastefully adorned.

komeljanttari

(informal, dated) A person who is stylish, fancy, or elegant.

komendantti

(military) A commanding officer, usually of a specific force or division.

komennella

(transitive) To exercise authoritative control over; to tell (someone) what to do, often repeatedly.

komennus

(military, law enforcement) A temporary unit or assignment.

komennuskunta

(military) A quota of troops.

komentaa

(transitive) To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.

komentaja

One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.

komentajakapteeni

A naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain.

komenteleva

Tending to impose one's demands upon others as if one were an authority.

komento

An order to do something.

komentoalue

(historical) The smallest division of a manor under the control of a commander of an order of knights, originally only the Knights Hospitaller.

komentojono

(computing) A brief and simple program.

komentorivi

(computing) An operating system software user interface, whose primary purpose is to launch other programs and control their interactions; the user's command interpreter. Shell is a way to separate the internal complexity of the implementation of the command from the user. The internals can change while the user experience/interface remains the same.

komentosarja

(computing) A brief and simple program.

komentosauva

(military) A ceremonial staff of a field marshal or a similar high-ranking military office.

komentosilta

(nautical) An elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck.

komentotulkki

(computing) A computer program that reads lines of text entered by a user and interprets them in the context of a given operating system or programming language.

komero

A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.

komiikka

(drama) the genre of such works

komissaari

(historical, early, _, Soviet Union) The head of a commissariat.

komissio

A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.

komistaa

(transitive) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify.

komistus

(slang) Someone or something who is remarkably good-looking.

komitatiivi

The comitative case, or a word in this case.

komitatiivinen

(grammar) Of, or relating to the grammatical case that is used in some languages to indicate accompaniment.

komitea

A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.

kömmähdys

(film, informal) A filmed or videotaped outtake that has recorded an amusing accident or mistake.

kommandopipo

A type of warm headgear covering the neck, head, and often part of the face, with apertures left as necessary, often made out of wool.

kommari

(pejorative, slang) A communist; a person with communist sympathies; a supposed communist infiltrator.

kommellus

A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.

kommensaalinen

(ecology) Of a form of symbiosis in which one organism derives a benefit while the other is unaffected.

kommentaari

A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work.

kommentaattori

A person who makes a commentary, particularly

kommentoida

(transitive) To add annotation to.

kommentointi

The process of writing such comment or commentary.

kommentti

A critical or explanatory commentary or analysis.

kommitti

(programming) The submission of source code or other material to a source control repository.

kommodori

A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.

kommunikaatio

The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.

kommunikoida

(transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. [from 16th c.]

kommunikointi

The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.

kommunikointivirhe

An interaction between two parties in which information is/was not communicated as desired.

kommunismi

(rare) Readiness to share scientific findings (the first of the Mertonian norms).

kommunisti

Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.

kommunistinen

Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.

kommutoida

(intransitive, mathematics) Of an operation, to be commutative, i.e. to have the property that changing the order of the operands does not change the result.

kommutointi

(electronics) The reversal of an electric current.

kommuuni

A small community, often rural, whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour; the members of such a community.

komorbiditeetti

(medicine, uncountable) The presence of one or more disorders (or diseases) in addition to a primary disease or disorder.

kompa

A difficult question or riddle, especially one using a play on words in the answer.

kompakti

Closely packed or densely constituted; having much material in a small volume.

kompakysymys

A difficult question or riddle, especially one using a play on words in the answer.

komparaatio

(grammar) A feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages whereby adjectives and adverbs are inflected to indicate the relative degree of the property they define exhibited by the word or phrase they modify or describe.

komparatiivi

(grammar) The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing two entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the comparative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -er or the word more (e.g. bigger, more fully); the comparative of equality, by adding the word as (e.g. as big, as fully); the comparative of inferiority, by adding the word less (e.g. less big, less fully).

kompassi

A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).

kompassisuunta

(mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that supports another part or reduces friction.

kompastella

To stumble.

kompastua

(intransitive, especially, of horses) To fall; to stumble and go lame.

kompastuminen

A stumble or misstep.

kompastus

A fall, trip or substantial misstep.

kompata

(transitive) To compose (a visual design); to make a composite.

kömpelö

Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments.

kömpelyys

A lack of coordination or elegance; the condition or quality of being clumsy.

kompensaatio

The act or principle of compensating.

kompensaatiokauppa

(international trade) A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within a set time frame products of a certain value from the buying country. This kind of agreement may be used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales.

kompensoida

(ambitransitive) To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.

kompensointi

The relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature for provision of air or water to contained rooms or spaces for the purpose of efficient heating. In building control systems, the compensation curve is defined to a compensator for this purpose.