Finnish–English dictionary

kriittinen ajattelu

The application of logical principles, rigorous standards of evidence, and careful reasoning to the analysis and discussion of claims, beliefs, and issues.

kriketinpelaaja

A person who plays cricket.

kriketti

A variant of the game of darts. See Cricket (darts).

krilli

Any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca.

Krimin

Denoting, of, or related to Crimea, a peninsula on the north of the Black Sea, separating it from the Sea of Azov.

kriminaali

A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.

kriminalisoida

(transitive) To make (something) a crime; to make illegal under criminal law; to ban.

kriminologia

The study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour.

krinoliini

(historical) A hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women's dresses; a hooped petticoat.

Krista

A en given name.

kristallinkirkas

Resembling crystal in being clear and transparent.

Kristiina

A en given name.

kristikunta

The Christian world; Christ's Church on Earth. [from 14th c.]

kristillinen

(not comparable) Of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians.

kristinusko

An Abrahamic religion originating from the community of the followers of Jesus Christ.

kristitty

(not comparable) Of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians.

Kristuksen tuleminen

(Christianity) The period or season of the Christian church year between Advent Sunday and Christmas: the period of the advent (approaching) of Christmas.

kriteeri

A standard, test, or requirement by which individual things or people may be compared and judged; a gauge.

kriteeristö

(education) A set of scoring criteria for evaluating student work and for giving feedback.

kritiikitön

Lacking critique or critical examination; undiscriminating.

kritiikki

(uncountable) The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed

kritisoida

(transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.

kritisoiva

Inclined to find fault or criticize.

kroaatti

An inhabitant of Croatia, or a person of Croatian descent.

Kroatia

A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Croatia. Capital and largest city: Zagreb. Part of Yugoslavia until 1991.

kroatialainen

Of or pertaining to Croatia, the Croatian people or their language.

kröhöm

(onomatopoeia) The sound of a quiet cough or of clearing one's throat.

kroissantti

A flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent.

krokantti

A confection of caramelized sugar and nuts.

krokata

(transitive, games) To play a shot in the game of croquet in which the striker's ball and another ball are moved by hitting the striker's ball when they have been placed in contact following a roquet.

kroketti

(uncountable, games) A game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoops (wickets).

krokkaus

(countable, games) A shot in this game in which the striker's ball and another ball are moved by hitting the striker's ball when they have been placed in contact following a roquet.

krokoiitti

(mineral) A rare red mineral; lead chromate, PbCrO4.

krokotiili

Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes the alligators, caimans and gavials.

krokotiilieläin

Any reptile of the order Crocodilia; a crocodile, alligator, caiman or gavial.

kromata

(transitive) To plate with chrome.

kromatografia

(analytical chemistry) Any of various techniques for the qualitative or quantitative separation of the components of mixtures of compounds; all characterized by the use of a mobile phase (gas or liquid) moving relative to a stationary phase (liquid or solid) – the differences between the rates of migration of the compounds between the two phases affect the separation.

kromi

A chemical element (symbol Cr) with an atomic number of 24: a steely-grey, lustrous, hard and brittle transition metal.

kromosomi

Of or relating to chromosomes.

kronikka

A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.

kronikoitsija

A writer of annals; a chronicler; a historian.

kronografi

A combination of a watch and a stopwatch.

kronologinen

(films, shows, books, etc) Relating to the arrangement of events in the order in which they occur within a story, rather than the order in which they are released.

kronometri

A device for measuring time, particularly a precision mechanism for measuring time of day.

krookus

A perennial flowering plant (of the genus Crocus in the Iridaceae family). Saffron is obtained from the stamens of Crocus sativus.

kroolaaja

(sports) A crawl swimmer.

kroolari

(sports) A crawl swimmer.

kroolata

(intransitive, transitive) To swim using the crawl stroke.

krooli

A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.

kroppa

(slang, metonymic) Body; self.

krossi

Twelve dozen = 144.

krotti

An angler fish, Lophius piscatorius.

krottikala

Any fish of the bony fish order Lophiiformes, which have an outgrowth they wiggle to lure and catch their prey.

krouvi

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television.

kruisaileminen

Driving around without an exact destination, as a social activity.

kruisailla

(ambitransitive, colloquial) To actively seek a romantic partner or casual sexual partner by moving about a particular area; to troll.

kruisailu

Driving around without an exact destination, as a social activity.

krupieeri

The person who collects bets and pays out winnings at a gambling table, such as in a casino.

krusifiksi

An ornamental or symbolic sculptural representation of Christ on a cross, often worn as a pendant or displayed in a Christian church.

kruuna

One side of a coin:

kruunajaiset

(specifically, also, attributively) An act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign's consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty, on or shortly after their accession to the sovereignty.

kruunata

To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc.

kruunaus

(literally, also, attributively) An act of investing with a crown; a crowning.

kruunu

The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.

kruununperijä

(usually, monarchy) Someone who will definitely inherit if surviving the one whose property is to be inherited.

kruununperillinen

One who inherits, or has been designated to inherit, a hereditary title or office.

kruununperimys

A passing of royal powers.

kruununtavoittelija

A claimant to a throne or the office of a ruler; originally in a neutral sense, but now always applied to a claimant who is held to have no just title.

kruunupäinen

Wearing a crown.

kruusattu

Very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner.

kruusaus

(countable) Ornament; decoration; especially, excessive decoration; showy clothes; jewels.

krymppääntyä

(intransitive) Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle. [from 19th c.]

krypta

An underground vault.

kryptata

To conceal information by means of a code or cipher.

kryptattu

Being in code; having been encrypted.

kryptografia

The discipline concerned with communication security (eg, confidentiality of messages, integrity of messages, sender authentication, non-repudiation of messages, and many other related issues), regardless of the used medium such as pencil and paper or computers.

krypton

(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol Kr) with an atomic number of 36. It is a colourless, odourless noble gas that only reacts with fluorine. It is one of the rarest gases in the Earth's atmosphere.

kryptoniitti

(figuratively) The one weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable.

kryptovaluutta

A digital currency based on a cryptographic system, usually having no central issuing or regulating authority.

krysanteemi

Any of many flowering perennial plants, of the genus Chrysanthemum, native to China, that have showy radiate heads.

ksenofilia

A preference for the products, styles, or ideas of a different culture or nationality.

ksenofobia

A fear, antipathy, or hatred of strangers or foreigners.

ksenofobinen

Exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers, foreigners, or extraterrestial life.

ksenon

The chemical element (symbol Xe) with an atomic number of 54. It is a colorless, odorless, unreactive noble gas, used notably in camera flash technology.

Kserkses

A king of Persia, later identified with Xerxes.

Kserkses I

(historical) Xerxes I, a Persian king of the Achaemenid dynasty who reigned 485-465 BC.

Kserkses II

(historical) Xerxes I, a Persian king of the Achaemenid dynasty who reigned 485-465 BC.

ksii

The 14th letter of Classical and Modern Greek. The 15th in Ancient and Old Greek.

ksylofoni

(percussion instrument) Any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives.

ktooninen

Dwelling within the underworld. [from late 18th c.]

kubitti

(quantum computing) A quantum bit; the basic unit of quantum information described by a superposition of two states; a quantum bit in a quantum computer capable of being in a state of superposition; A binary qudit.

kude

(weaving) The horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric.

kudelanka

(weaving) The yarn used for the weft; the fill.

kudettaa

(transitive) To induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn.

kudonnainen

(countable) A piece of such material.

kudos

(metaphoric) Substance or essence; the whole of something complex.

kudoskuolio

(pathology) An area of dead tissue caused by a loss of blood supply; a localized necrosis.

kudosneste

(physiology) A solution found in tissue spaces that inundates and moistens cells in multicellular animals.

kudosta muodostava

(biology) Capable of producing new tissue.

kudottu metalliverkko

A thin woven metal or plastic mesh.

kuherruskuukausi

A trip taken by a newly married couple during this period.

kuhertaa

to stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness

kuhilas

A pile or bundle, especially of straw.

kuhista

(intransitive) To buzz, be busily active like a beehive

kuhmu

(obsolete) One of the protuberances on the cranium which, in phrenology, are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind. Also (dated, metonymically) the faculty itself

kuhmuinen

Of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots.

kuhnailija

One who lags behind; one who takes more time than is necessary or than the others in a group.

kuhnailla

(transitive) To put off; to delay (something).

kuhnailu

A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.

kuhnuri

A male ant, bee, or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen.

kuihduttaa

(transitive) To blight or wither.

kuihtua

(intransitive) To slowly become limp; to bend gradually.

kuihtuminen

The act of wilting or the state of being wilted.

kuihtunut

Shrivelled, shrunken or faded, especially due to lack of water.

kuihtuva

Diminishing rapidly.

kuikelo

(informal) A tall, thin person.

kuikka

Gavia arctica, a medium-sized member of the loon or diver family that breeds in Eurasia, with grey head, black throat, white underparts and chequered black-and-white mantle.

kuilu

Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

kuin

(formal, somewhat, dated) For example; for instance. (Compare such as.)

kuin ihmeen kaupalla

Difficult to believe; strange but true.

kuin ihmeen kautta

Contrary to what had been thought possible.

kuin salama kirkkaalta taivaalta

(idiomatic) Unexpectedly; without warning or preparation.

kuinka

In any manner in which; in whatever way; however.

kuinka tahansa

(degree) To whatever degree or extent.

kuiskaaja

(theater) The person who does the prompting.

kuiskailu

(usually, in the plural) A rumor.

kuiskata

To speak briefly with a quiet voice.

kuiskata hiljaa

(transitive) To whisper quietly.

kuiskaus

The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially without vibration of the vocal cords.

kuiskia

(transitive) To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an undertone; to spread, as a report, by whispers or secretly.

kuiskutella

(transitive) To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an undertone; to spread, as a report, by whispers or secretly.

kuiskuttaa

(transitive) To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an undertone; to spread, as a report, by whispers or secretly.

Kuisma

A en given name.

kuisti

(architectural element) A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.

kuitata

(transitive) To own as genuine or valid; to assent to (a legal instrument) to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form.

kuitenkin

(idiomatic) anyway, in any case; indicates a statement is true regardless of other considerations; used to reinforce or explain a point.

kuittaus

Endorsement; approval; acceptance; acquiescence.

kuitti

the part of a cheque that is retained in the chequebook as a record; a stub

kuitu

Substances, generally of plant origin, consisting mostly of complex carbohydrates which are undigested when eaten by humans, and which therefore help the passage of food and waste through the alimentary tract.

kuitu-

Of or pertaining to fibre.

kuitukipsi

(uncountable) A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.W

kuiva

Very dry.

kuivaa

(transitive, figurative) To exhaust; to cause to run dry.

kuivaaminen

A method of food preservation by removing water.

kuivaamo

A heated room for drying greenware.

kuivahiiva

A compressed cake or dried granules of this substance used for mixing with flour to make bread dough rise.

kuivain

(most often) Short for clothes dryer, tumble dryer

kuivakka

(American spelling) Lacking humor or levity; serious; not funny, amusing, amused, or lighthearted.

kuivaliha

Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun.

kuivata

(transitive) To remove moisture from; to dry; (sometimes) to dry to an extreme degree. [from late 16th c.]