Finnish–English dictionary

kompetenssi

(countable) The quality or state of being able or suitable for a particular task; the quality or state of being competent for a particular task or skill.

kömpiä

(intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.

kompleksi

A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.

kompleksinen

Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.

kompleksoida

(chemistry, intransitive) To form a complex with another substance.

komplementaarinen

Acting as a complement; making up a whole with something else.

komplementti

(computing) A bit with the opposite value to the given one; the logical complement of a number.

komplementtiväri

(optics) The color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black (for mixing pigments) or white (for mixing light). [from 19th c.]

komponentti

A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.

komponoida

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

komposiitti

A mixture of different components.

komposiitti-

Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.

kompositio

(object-oriented programming) Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones.

komposti

The decayed remains of organic matter that has rotted into a natural fertilizer.

kompostimulta

The decayed remains of organic matter that has rotted into a natural fertilizer.

kompostoida

To produce compost, let organic matter decay into fertilizer.

kompotti

A dessert made of fruit cooked in sugary syrup.

komppania

(military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion.

komppi

(music) A part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass.

kompressoida

(transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.

kompressoitua

(transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.

kompressori

A machine for generating compressed air, typically for use by air-powered tools or paint sprayers.

kompromissi

(intransitive) To come to terms of agreement; to settle by a compromise.

kompuroida

To stumble.

Komsomol

(historical) Young Communist League, the former youth wing of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

kondensaatio

The state of being condensed.

kondensaatti

(physics) A liquid that is the product of condensation of a gas, i.e. of steam.

kondensaattori

(physics, countable) An element of an electrical circuit exhibiting capacitance.

kondensoida

(transitive, chemistry) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.

kondensointi

The act or process of condensing or of being condensed

kondensoitua

(intransitive, chemistry) To be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state.

kondensoituminen

The act or process of condensing or of being condensed

kondiittori

A manufacturer of or dealer in confections (sweets, candies, sweet pastries, and other sweet food items).

kondiksessa

(British, Irish, slang) Good; acceptable; decent.

kondis

A particular state of being.

konditionaali

(grammar) The conditional mood.

konditionaalilause

(grammar) A conditional sentence; a statement that depends on a condition being true or false.

konditoriatuotteet

(uncountable) Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.

kondomi

A condom.

konduktööri

(rail transport) A person who takes tickets on public transportation and also helps passengers.

kone

On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car. [from ca. 1350—1470]

koneellinen

Done by machine.

koneellisesti

In a mechanical manner, mindlessly, thoughtlessly, automatically, without thinking.

koneellistaminen

The use of machinery to replace human or animal labour, especially in agriculture and industry.

koneenkäyttäjä

A person who operates machinery.

koneenrakennus

Related to mechanics (the design and construction of machines).

koneenrakentaja

A constructor of machines and engines; someone knowledgeable about machines.

koneensuunnittelija

A constructor of machines and engines; someone knowledgeable about machines.

koneeseen nouseminen

The act of people getting aboard a ship aircraft, train, bus, etc.; embarkation.

koneet

The machines constituting a production apparatus, in a plant etc., collectively.

konehuone

(nautical) A compartment on a ship in which the engine machinery is located.

koneistaa

To make by machinery.

koneistaja

A person skilled in the use of machine tools for fashioning metal parts or tools out of metal.

koneistaminen

The use of machinery to replace human or animal labour, especially in agriculture and industry.

koneisto

(mathematics) A way in which each element of some algebraic structure transforms some other structure or set, in a way which respects the structure of the first. Formally, this may be seen as a morphism from the first structure into some structure of endomorphisms of the second; for example, a group action of a group G on a set S can be seen as a group homomorphism from G into the set of bijections on S (which form a group under function composition), while a module M over a ring R can be defined as an abelian group together with a ring homomorphism from R into the ring of group endomorphisms of M (which is also called the action of R on M).

koneistus

The act or process of machining, of manufacturing or finishing by machine.

konekielelle kääntäjä

(programming, countable) A program that reads source code written in assembly language and produces executable machine code, possibly together with information needed by linkers, debuggers and other tools.

konekielen takaisinkääntäjä

(computing) A computer program that examines another computer program and attempts to generate assembly language source code that would, in theory, reproduce the target program.

konekieli

(computing) Ellipsis of assembly language.

konekielikääntäjä

(programming, countable) A program that reads source code written in assembly language and produces executable machine code, possibly together with information needed by linkers, debuggers and other tools.

konekirjoittaja

Someone who keyboards; a typist.

konekirjoitus

The act of typing on a keyboard.

konekoppa

A thin protective covering over all or part of an engine; also cowling.

konemainen

(figurative) As if performed by a machine: lifeless, mindless, thoughtless, automatic.

konepelti

(Australia, British, NZ, South Africa, Commonwealth, automotive) The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car, also known as a hood in chiefly Canada and the US.

konfederaatio

A union or alliance of states or political organizations.

konfetti

Small pieces or strips (streamers) of colored paper or other material (metal, plaster, etc) generally thrown about at festive occasions, especially at weddings and in victory celebrations.

konfiguraatio

(countable, physics, chemistry) The arrangement of electrons in an atom, molecule, or other physical structure like a crystal.

konfiguroida

(transitive) To set up or arrange something in such a way that it is ready for operation for a particular purpose, or to someone's particular liking

konfigurointi

(uncountable, computing) The process of customizing a computing environment in this way.

konfirmaatio

A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches.

konfirmoida

To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.

konfirmoitu

(Christianity) Having received the rite of confirmation.

konflikti

A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.

konformisti

Someone who tries to conform to the mainstream.

konformistinen

Conforming to established customs, etc.

konfrontaatio

The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face to face.

Konfutse

An influential Chinese philosopher who lived 551 B.C.E. – 479 B.C.E.; personal name Kong Qiu (孔丘).

köngäs

A waterfall or series of small waterfalls.

konglomeraatti

(business) A corporation formed by the combination of several smaller corporations whose activities are unrelated to the corporation's primary activity.

Kongo

A major river in Central Africa which flows for about 4,380 km (2,720 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, at times forming the border with the Republic of the Congo and Angola.

Kongojoki

A major river in Central Africa which flows for about 4,380 km (2,720 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, at times forming the border with the Republic of the Congo and Angola.

kongoni

A type of grassland antelope, Alcelaphus buselaphus, native to parts of Africa.

kongressi

A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Stonehenge, No. 73, Saskatchewan, Canada.

kongressin jäsen

A male member of congress.

kongruentti

(mathematics) Having a difference divisible by a modulus.

koni

A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired. [from 16th c.]

konjakki

A brandy distilled from white wine in the region around Cognac in France.

konjugaatio

(grammar) In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs according to what inflections they take.

konjugaatti

Any entity formed by joining two or more smaller entities together.

konjunktio

(astronomy) The conjunction of two celestial objects.

konjunktuuri

A combination of events or circumstances; a conjunction; a union.

konkaavi

Curved like the inner surface of a sphere or bowl.

konkari

(idiomatic) A person who is experienced at a certain activity.

konkordanssi

(chiefly, _, Bible) An alphabetical verbal index showing the places in the text of a book where each principal word may be found, with its immediate context in each place.

konkreetio

(petrology) A rounded mass of a mineral, sometimes found in sedimentary rock or on the ocean floor.

konkreettinen

Capable of being touched; tangible or palpable.

konkretisoiminen

The action of making something concrete or the result of such an action.

konkretisoitua

(usually, transitive) To solidify: to change from being abstract to being concrete (actual, real).

konkretisoituminen

The action of making something concrete or the result of such an action.

konkurrenssi

(legal) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.

konkurssi

(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.

konkurssihallinto

(legal, business) A form trusteeship of bankruptcy administration in which a receiver is appointed to run the company for the benefit of the creditors.

konkurssissa

(finance, of a person, company, etc.) In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay outstanding debts or meet financial obligations; specifically, having been legally declared insolvent. [from 1565]

konmarittaa

(transitive) To tidy up using the methods advocated by Marie Kondo, especially keeping only those things that tokimeku (spark joy).

konna

A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.

konnektiivi

(logic) A function that operates on truth values to give another truth value.

konnetaabeli

(historical) An officer of a noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal).

Konni

A en given name.

konnotaatio

(semantics) A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.

Konrad

A en given name.

konsensus

General agreement among the members of a given group or community, each member of which exercises some discretion in decision-making and follow-up action.

konsentraatti

A substance that is in a condensed form.

konsepti

Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept).

konsepti-

Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception.

konseptuaalinen

Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception.

konseptualistinen

Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception.

konserni

A business, firm or enterprise; a company.

konsertto

(music) A piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra.

konservatiivinen

Based on pessimistic assumptions, and on the low side.

konservatiivisuus

A political philosophy that advocates traditional values.

konservatismi

The political principles of the Tories.

konservatorio

(music) A music academy.

konsessio

(rhetoric) An admission of the validity of an opponent's point in order to build an argument upon it or to move on to another of greater importance; an instance of this.

konsoli

Abbreviation of video game console.

konsolidoida

(transitive) To concentrate; consolidate, reinforce.

konsonanttiklusteri

(phonetics) A pronounceable group of consonants that occur together: a consonant cluster.

konsonanttiyhtymä

(phonetics) A pronounceable group of consonants that occur together: a consonant cluster.

konsortio

An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.

Konsta

A en given name.

konstaapeli

(UK, law) A police officer or an officer with equivalent powers.

Konstantinopoli

(historical) The former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that.

Konstantinus

A en given name.

konsti

A ploy or strategy used to attract attention or gain traction.

konstikas

Having a great deal of fine detail or complexity.

konstikkuus

The state or quality of being intricate or entangled.

konstruktori

(object-oriented programming) A class method that creates and initializes each instance of an object.

konstruoida

(transitive, geometry) To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.

konsuli

(by extension) An official residing in major foreign towns to represent and protect the interests of the merchants and citizens of their country.

konsultaatio

The act of consulting.

konsultatiivinen

That gives advice or consultation; advisory.

konsultoida

(intransitive) To work as a consultant or contractor rather than as a full-time employee of a firm.

konsultoiva

That gives advice or consultation; advisory.

konsumerismi

An economic theory that increased consumption is beneficial to a nation's economy in the long run.

kontakti

The act of touching physically; being in close association.

kontata

(intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.

kontata läpi

(transitive) To move over (an area) on hands and knees.

konteksti

The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence.

kontiainen

Any of several small, burrowing, insectivorous mammals of the family Talpidae.

kontingenssi

(countable) A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses. [from 1610s]