Finnish–English dictionary

kontinuumi

(mathematics) The nondenumerable set of real numbers; more generally, any compact connected metric space.

kontio

A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), having shaggy fur, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae.

kontra-

(music) Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.

kontra-altto

(music) The lowest female voice or voice part, falling between tenor and mezzo-soprano. The terms contralto and alto refer to the same musical pitch range, but among singers, the term contralto is reserved for female singers; the equivalent male form is counter-tenor. Originally the contratenor altus was a high countermelody sung against the tenor or main melody.

kontrafaktuaalinen

Contrary to known or agreed facts; untrue.

kontraktio

(biology, medicine) A stage of wound healing during which the wound edges are gradually pulled together.

kontrapunkti

(music) A melody added to an existing one, especially one added to provide harmony whilst each retains its simultaneous identity; a composition consisting of such contrapuntal melodies.

kontrasti

(countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts.

kontrastinappula

(countable) A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.

kontrolloida

(transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.

kontrolloimaton

Not able to be controlled, contained or governed.

kontrolloimattomasti

In an uncontrollable manner; without being subject to control.

kontrolloitu

(medicine, science, research) Resulting from a comparison with control samples; including a comparison (control) group. (describing clinical trials)

konttaaja

A child who is able to creep using its hands and knees but is not able to walk.

könttäsumma

A relatively large single payment of money often paid and received instead of, or in addition to, a sequence of smaller payments.

konttaus

The act of moving slowly on hands and knees, etc.

kontti

A basket fitted with a strap or straps to allow it to be carried on the back with the carrier's arms free.

konttori

A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work, particularly:

konttoristi

One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.

konttuuri

A small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the kitchen, dedicated to shelf-stable food storage or storing kitchenware, like a larder, but smaller.

köntys

(derogatory) A clumsy or uncouth person.

konurbaatio

A continuous aggregation of built-up urban communities created as a result of urban sprawl.

konvehti

(countable) A single, small piece of confectionery made from chocolate.

konvektio

(physics) The transmission of heat in a fluid by the circulation of currents.

konventikkeli

A secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meeting.

konventio

A meeting or gathering.

konventionaalinen

Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.

konventionalismi

(uncountable) Adherence to social conventions; conventional behavior.

konventti

A gathering of people lasting several days for the purpose of discussing or working on topics previously selected.

konvergenssi

The act of moving toward union or uniformity.

konvergoitua

(intransitive) (said of two or more entities) To approach each other; to get closer and closer.

konvertteri

A person or thing that converts.

könytä

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

köö

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.

kooda

(music) A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.

koodari

(computing) A programmer (computer programmer).

koodata

(computing) To write software programs.

koodaus

(computing) The way in which symbols are mapped onto bytes, e.g. in the rendering of a particular font, or in the mapping from keyboard input into visual text.

koodi

A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation.

koodin purkaja

A person who decodes secret messages

koodinvaihto

(linguistics) The phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages or language varieties.

koodisto

A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation.

kookas

Being large in size, mass, or volume; big, fat or muscular.

kookoskuitu

The fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut, used chiefly in making rope, matting and as a peat substitute.

kookospähkinä

(uncountable) The edible white flesh of this fruit.

koolata

(tennis) To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit).

koolla

At the same time, in the same place; in close association or proximity.

koolle

Into one place; into a single thing; combined.

koollekutsuminen

The act of calling or assembling by summons.

kooma

A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.

koomainen

In a coma: unconscious.

koomikko

An entertainer who performs in a humorous manner, especially by telling jokes.

koominen

Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre. [from 16th c.]

koontaa

To reduce to a code, to arrange into a code.

koontiversio

(computing, countable) Any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users.

Kööpenhamina

The capital city of Denmark.

koordinaatio

The ability to coordinate one's senses and physical movements in order to act skillfully.

koordinaatisto

(physics) A set of axes which enable an observer to measure the position and motion of all bodies in some system relative to the reference frame.

koordinaatti

(mathematics, cartography, astronomy, geography) A number representing the position of a point along a line, arc, or similar one-dimensional figure.

koordinaattiviiva

(geography) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.

koordinaattori

One who, or that which, coordinates.

koordinoida

(ambitransitive) To synchronize (activities).

koordinoimaton

(of a group or body etc.) Having components that act independently of each other.

koordinointi

The act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.

kööri

A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.

koossa

At the same time, in the same place; in close association or proximity.

koostaa

(transitive) To make something by merging parts. [from later 15th c.]

koostaja

One who compiles.

koostaminen

The act of collecting together, of aggregating.

kooste

The state of being collected into a mass, assemblage, or (aggregated) sum.

koostua

(archaic, intransitive) To exist or be compatible.

koostumus

The degree of viscosity of something.

koota

(transitive) To put together.

koota yhteen

(transitive) To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum.

koottu

Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts.

kootut teokset

The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.

kopata

(transitive, informal) To do something quickly in the limited time available.

kopaus

(countable) A sharp blow with something hard.

kopauttaa

Of a bell, a drum, etc.: to make a sharp noise, often as a signal.

kopautus

A soft tap or blow; a blow or peck from a bird's beak; an aimed blow.

kopea

Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.

kopeilla

(intransitive, slang) To assume false or disingenuous appearances.

kopeloida

To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the hands, when one can not see.

Kopernikus

Nicolaus Copernicus, a mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe.

kopeus

The state of being arrogant; a type of extreme or foolish pride in which someone feels much superior to another.

kopio

(by extension) Any duplicate.

kopioida

(transitive) To produce an object identical to a given object.

kopiointi

(music) The transfer of recorded music from one medium to another.

kopioitsin

(computing) Software that extracts content from files or storage media.

kopiokone

A machine that copies graphical material; a duplicator.

kopisti

A person who copies documents.

kopittelu

(uncountable) The game of catching a ball.

koplaus

(countable) The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.

köpöttää

(intransitive) To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run.

koppa

The part of anything which resembles (either closely or abstractly) the human belly in protuberance or in concavity; often, the fundus#Noun (innermost part).

koppari

(cricket, baseball) A player that plays in the outfield, which is the outer portion of the field.

koppava

(informal) Impertinent, bold: brazen.

koppavuus

(usually, in the plural) Pretension; snobbishness; pretence that one is better than others.

koppi

A boxlike room or enclosure just big enough to accommodate one standing person, such as a phone booth or polling booth.

kopra

(uncountable) The edible white flesh of this fruit.

kopsata

(transitive) To produce an object identical to a given object.

kopsu

(countable, informal) A carbon copy.

kopteri

(informal) A helicopter.

kopukka

(countable) A weak horse, which is therefore unfit to breed from.

koputella

(intransitive) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.

koputtaa

(intransitive) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.

koputtelu

(medicine) The tapping of the body as an aid to medical diagnosis.

koputus

An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.

koraali

(Christianity) A form of Lutheran or Protestant hymn tune.

korahdella

(intransitive) To make a croak sound.

korahtaa

(intransitive) To make a croak sound.

korallinen

Made of coral.

korallinpala

(countable) A fragment of coral.

kore

(arts, sculpture) An Ancient Greek statue of a woman, portrayed standing, usually clothed, painted in bright colours and having an elaborate hairstyle.

kore-veistos

(arts, sculpture) An Ancient Greek statue of a woman, portrayed standing, usually clothed, painted in bright colours and having an elaborate hairstyle.

Korea

A geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country.

korealainen

Of or relating to the Asian Peninsula comprising North Korea and South Korea.

korean kieli

(uncountable) Official language of the people residing on the Korean Peninsula, and language of approximately 60 million people, in Asia, North America, and elsewhere.

koreileva

Showy; visually impressive, attention-getting, or appealing.

koreografi

A person who choreographs.

kori

The outer shell of a car (or any similarly sized motor vehicle), as opposed to the chassis.

korianteri

(US) The stems and leaves of the coriander plant, Coriandrum sativum, used as a seasoning and garnish in cooking.

Korintti

A port city in Greece.

Korinttolaiskirje

(biblical) Either of the two books in the New Testament of the Bible that are written as epistles to the people of Corinth and which are attributed to Paul the Apostle, Sosthenes and Timothy.

korion

(anatomy, biology) The protective and nutritive membrane in higher vertebrates that attaches the fetus to the uterus.

koripaju

(countable, uncountable) Long, pliable twigs of this plant, or of other similar plants.

koripallo

(countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.

koripalloilu

(countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.

koris

(US, slang) Basketball.

koriskenkä

(informal, usually, in the plural) a Chuck Taylor All-Stars shoe.

korista

To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.

koristaa

(transitive) To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.

koristaa kennokuviolla

To riddle (something) with small holes, especially in a pattern resembling a honeycomb (noun sense 1); also, to cause (something) to become hollow or weakened in this way.

koristaa skottiruuduin

To apply a tartan pattern to (something).

koristaa stalaktiittiholvein

To riddle (something) with small holes, especially in a pattern resembling a honeycomb (noun sense 1); also, to cause (something) to become hollow or weakened in this way.

koriste

(art) Something in a work of art without being indispensably necessary, for example solely ornamental parts.

koriste-

(of a plant, fish, etc.) Bred for aesthetic or decorative purposes.

koriste-esine

An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns.

koristeellinen

Ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.

koristehile

A shiny, decorative adornment, sometimes sprinkled on glue to make simple artwork.

koristekarppi

Ornamental domesticated varieties of the Amur carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus), of Japan and eastern Asia with red-gold or white coloring.

koristekuvio

An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines, often in relief.

koristelematon

Having no additional decoration or embellishment; plain and simple

koristelista

(architecture) A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface and to conceal joints, especially between unlike materials.

koristella

(transitive) To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.

koristella helyin

(transitive, rare) Often followed by out: to adorn (someone or something) with trinkets (noun sense 1).

koristella joulukoristein

(transitive, informal) To decorate (a place) with Christmas.

koristella saarilla

(transitive) To set, dot (as if) with islands.

koristella seinävaattein

(transitive, intransitive) To decorate with tapestry, or as if with a tapestry.

koristella viuhkakuviolla

(architecture) To decorate (an architectural feature, as an arch or window) with foils.