Finnish–English dictionary

koukeroinen

(informal) Not straight; wavy and irregular.

koukistaa

To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.

koukkaaminen

(ice hockey, bandy, floorball) The penalized action of using one's stick to restrain an opponent.

koukku

(usually, of a, nose) Curved inward, hooked.

koukkumainen

Shaped like a hook.

koukkuselkä

(derogatory) A person with kyphosis, a spinal deformity that causes a hunched over appearance.

koukkuselkäinen

Having a hump on the back, either naturally or due to a medical condition.

koukussa

Addicted; unable to resist or cease doing.

koukut

(uncountable, slang) The police.

koukuttaa

(transitive) To make (someone) become devoted to a given thing or activity; to cause to be addicted. [from 17th c.]

koukuttava

Enjoyable, so that one comes back for more.

koulu

Of or relating to school; academic

koulua edeltävä

Of or relating to the years of early childhood before attendance at primary school.

kouluja käymätön

Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education.

koulukaveri

A person who was a fellow attendee at one's school.

koulukunta

An art movement, a community of artists.

koululainen

A young person attending school or of an age to attend school.

koulumaksu

(North American, Philippines) A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a private school, boarding school, university, or college).

koulumestari

A male teacher in charge of a school, usually a small one.

koulun laulu

A school’s anthem or song.

koulunkäyminen

The action of the verb to study.

koulupoika

A boy attending school.

koulurakennus

A building housing a school, especially a small or single-room one.

koulureppu

A bag for holding books for school.

koulutalo

A building housing a school, especially a small or single-room one.

koulutettu

Having attained a level of higher education, such as a college degree.

koulutoveri

A person who was a fellow attendee at one's school.

kouluttaa

(transitive) To instruct or train.

kouluttaja

One who instructs; a teacher.

kouluttamaton

Not skilled.

koulutus

(uncountable) The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.

koulutyö

Work done for school, including both in class and as homework.

koulutyttö

A girl attending school.

koura

A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward.

kourallinen

That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once.

kouria

To touch (another person) closely and (especially) sexually.

kouriintuntuva

Capable of being touched, felt or handled; touchable, tangible.

kouristaa

(transitive) To take hold of; to grasp.

kouristella

(intransitive) To spasm or shake violently.

kouristelu

A spasmodic shaking.

kouristus

(medicine) An intense, paroxysmal, involuntary muscular contraction.

kouru

A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.

koussi

(nautical) A metal ring which a cable or rope intended for attaching to other things is looped around as a protection against chafing.

kova

Bold, daring, and tough.

kova huume

(slang) An addictive drug.

kova onni

Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.

kova toffee

A hard candy made from butter, brown sugar, syrup and vanilla.

kova tuuli

A strong wind.

kova työ

Something requiring much effort to accomplish, either physical, mental or emotional; labor; toil. (This entry is a translation hub.)

kova tyyppi

(countable) Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport.

kovaa

(manner) With much force or effort.

kovaääninen

(of a person, thing, event, etc.) Noisy.

kovajuottaminen

A method of joining metals by using heat and a filler

kovakallo

One who is practical or hardheaded.

kovakantinen

(publishing, informal) A hardcover binding on a book.

kovakourainen

(pejorative) Clumsy; awkward.

kovakuoriainen

Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.

kovalevy

(computer hardware) Ellipsis of hard disk.

kovanaama

A violent, aggressive, or truculent person.

kovankypsä

(of pasta, vegetables, rice, beans, etc.) Firm to the bite, cooked just right.

kovaonninen

Very unlucky; ill-fated.

kovasin

A sharpening stone; a hard stone or piece of synthetically bonded hard minerals that has been formed with at least one flat surface, used to sharpen or hone an edged tool.

kovasti

(manner) With much force or effort.

kovasydäminen

Without sympathy, feeling or compassion; callous or heartless.

kovatuulinen

Accompanied by strong wind.

koventaa

(transitive) To make tough.

koventua

(intransitive) To become tough.

kovera

Curved like the inner surface of a sphere or bowl.

koverre

(entomology) The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.

koverrin

A chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves, or holes in wood, stone, etc.

kovertaa

(transitive) To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge.

kovete

Something which hardens.

kovettaa

(transitive, ergative) To make something hard or harder.

kovettaa vatsaa

(ambitransitive) To cause constipation in, render costive.

kovettaminen

The process by which something hardens.

kovettua

(intransitive) To become hard.

kovettuma

A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use.

kovettuminen

An act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health after a disease, or to soundness after injury.

kovettunut

(anatomy, or, pathology) Having or relating to sclerosis; hardened.

kovettunut laava

Hardened volcanic lava. [from 19th c.]

kovettuva

Capable of being cured.

kovin

To a great extent or degree.

kovis

(slang) A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.

kovitettu

(obsolete) Physically hardened, toughened.

kovuus

The state of being severe.

kowtow-kumarrus

The act of kowtowing.

köyhä

A person suffering from extreme poverty.

köyhäintalo

A charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged.

köyhät

The poor or underprivileged, contrasted with those who have possessions, power or wealth: the haves.

köyhdyttää

(transitive) To make a beggar of someone; impoverish.

köyhtyä

(transitive) To make a beggar of someone; impoverish.

köyhyys

Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.

köykäinen

Lacking in earnestness, ability, or profundity.

köynnös

Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping, especially a climbing plant of the genus Parthenocissus.

köynnöskasvi

(botany) A plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support.

köyriä

(vulgar, slang, transitive, intransitive) To have sex (with).

köyristää

(transitive) To form into an arch shape.

köyry

Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.

köysikiipeillä

(intransitive) To climb by means of a rope or ropes.

köysipidin

(nautical) A device to quickly affix a line or rope, and from which it is also easy to release.

köytös

Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope.

köyttää

(transitive) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.

krääsä

Small ornaments and other miscellaneous display items of little value.

kraateri

(landforms) A round crater (or similar) in the ground.

kraatteri

The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb. [from 1839]

krakata

(transitive, chemistry) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.

kraken

(Norse mythology) A colossal sea monster that attacks ships and sailors, often portrayed as a giant octopus or squid.

krakkaamo

The final section of certain whips, which is made of a short, thin piece of unravelled rope, or which is a short piece of twisted string tied to the end of the whip, which produces a distinctive cracking sound when the whip is cracked.

krakkaus

(organic chemistry, petrochemistry) The thermal decomposition of a substance, especially that of crude petroleum in order to produce petrol / gasoline.

krakkautua

(transitive, chemistry) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.

kräkki

(computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.

Krakova

A city on the Vistula River, the capital of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland and the former capital (until 1596) of Poland as a whole.

krampata

(intransitive) (of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.

kramppi

A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled; (sometimes) a similar pain even without noticeable contraction.

kränä

An argument or objection based on an ambiguity of wording or similar trivial circumstance; a minor complaint. [from 17th c.]

kranaatinheitin

(countable, military) A relatively lightweight, often portable indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate and is designed to lob explosive shells at very steep trajectories. [from 20th c.]

kranaatti

A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket.

kränkkä

A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.

kranssi

An ornamental circular band made, for example, of plaited flowers and leaves, and used as decoration; a garland or chaplet, especially one given to a victor.

krappi

A dye made from the plant.

krapula

(obsolete or literary) Sickness or indisposition caused by excessive eating or drinking.

krapulainen

Suffering physically from the consequences of excessive eating or drinking.

kravatti

A strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front.

kreationistinen

Of or relating to creationism.

kredenssipöytä

(religion, countable) A small table or credenza used in certain Christian religious services.

krediitti

A nominal unit of value assigned outside of a currency system.

kreemi

Cream used by confectioners to make pies, etc.

Kreeta

An island in the Mediterranean, and the largest in Greece.

kreetalainen

Of or relating to Crete or its inhabitants.

kreikan kieli

The language spoken by people of Greece, particularly, depending on context, Ancient Greek or Modern Greek.

kreikankielinen

Of or relating to Greece, its people, its language, or its culture.

Kreikka

A country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Hellenic Republic. Capital and largest city: Athens.

kreikkalainen

Greek, often in reference to ancient Greece.

kreivi

The male ruler of a county.

kreivikunta

(historical) A territory (principality, province, etc.) ruled and administered by a count.

kreivitär

A woman holding the rank of count or earl in her own right; a female holder of an earldom.

krematoida

(transitive) To incinerate a dead body (as an alternative to burial).

krematorio

A place where the bodies of dead people are cremated.

Kreml

The Moscow Kremlin; a fortified complex in Moscow, Russia that serves as the official residence of the President of the Russian Federation.

kreoli

A descendant of European settlers who is born in a colonized country. [from 17th c.]

kreolikieli

(linguistics) A language formed from two or more languages which has developed from a pidgin to become a first language.

kreosootti

A similar brown liquid obtained from coal tar used as a wood preservative.

krepata

(transitive) To crease (paper) in such a way to make it look like crepe paper

kreppi

A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface.

kreppikangas

A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface.

kretiini

(medicine, archaic) A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism. [from 1779]

kriisi

(only, _, in the singular) Denouement; crisis.

kriisiapu

Assistance (especially from a professional) in the resolution of personal difficulties.

kriitikko

(countable) A specialist in judging works of art.

kriittinen

Inclined to find fault or criticize.