Finnish–English dictionary

kuomukiesit

A carriage drawn by horses.

kuona

Slag from a metal furnace.

kuono

The protruding part of an animal's head which includes the nose, mouth and jaws.

kuonokoppa

A device used to prevent an animal from biting or eating, which is worn on its snout.

kuontalo

A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning.

kuontalonpidin

The part of a spinning wheel from which fibre is drawn to be spun.

kuopata

To place in the ground.

kuopia

(transitive) Of an animal, to draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.

kuoppa

A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow

kuoppainen

Rough; jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements.

kuopus

The lastborn of a family; the youngest sibling, irrespective of age.

kuore

Any smelt of species Osmerus eperlanus, common in fresh waters of northern Europe.

kuoret

(figuratively) Any form of useless, dried up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something.

kuorettaa

(transitive) To cover with a crust.

kuorettua

(intransitive) To form a crust.

kuori

(architecture) A semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east end of a church that contains the altar.

kuoria

To strip the bark from; to peel.

kuoria (herneitä)

(transitive) To remove peas from their case.

kuoriainen

Any of many similar, but more distantly related, beetles such as the biscuit weevil (Stegobium paniceum).

kuorija

A person who skims.

kuorikaapu

(liturgy) A long, loose cloak worn by a priest, deacon, or bishop when presiding over a ceremony other than the Mass.

kuorimapetkel

A barking spud; a long-handled tool for removing bark from logs.

kuorimaton riisi

Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested. [from 17th c.]

kuorimaveitsi

A thin-bladed knife intended for coring and paring (peeling) fruit such as apples as well as slicing small ingredients, especially used for precise and controlled cutting.

kuoriminen

The removal of the shell from a nut, pea etc.

kuorinta

(OOP) Automatic conversion of objects back to value types.

kuorintavoide

(countable) A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or to exfoliate.

kuoripaita

A liturgical vestment of the Christian Church in the form of a tunic of white linen or cotton material, with wide or moderately wide sleeves, reaching to the hips or knees, usually featuring lace decoration and embroidered bordures.

kuoripoika

A boy serving as an acolyte in certain forms of Christianity.

kuorittu

(of milk) Having lowered fat content.

kuoriutua

(intransitive, of young animals) To emerge from an egg.

kuoriutuminen

(biology) The emergence of an insect from the pupa case, or of a larva from the egg.

kuoriyhtiö

(business) A legal entity that has no operations.

kuorma

A heavy load.

kuorma-auto

(countable, uncountable, US, Canada, Australia) A heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods or to pull a semi-trailer designed to carry goods; (in Malaysia/Singapore) a such vehicle with a closed or covered carriage.

kuormaaja

A tractor with a scoop, for example: front-end loader, front loader, endloader, payloader, bucket loader, tracked loader, wheel loader, etc.

kuormakori

A large basket or bag fastened, usually in pairs, to the back of a bicycle or pack animal, or carried in pairs over the shoulders.

kuormalava

A portable platform, usually designed to be easily moved by a forklift, on which goods can be stacked, for transport or storage.

kuormata

To assign a duty or responsibility to; to order.

kuormausalue

An area of a street or a parking lot designated for the loading or unloading of passengers, baggage or freight, or short-term parking for that purpose.

kuormitettu

(computing) of a name, used for more than one variable or procedure etc; differentiated by the compiler based on context

kuormittaa

To load (a vehicle or vessel) with freight (cargo); also, to hire or rent out (a vehicle or vessel) to carry cargo or passengers.

kuormittaminen

(object-oriented) A type of polymorphism, where different functions, operators or variables with the same name are invoked based on the data types of the parameters passed.

kuormitus

(countable, physics) The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.

kuoro

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

kuoronjohtaja

A director of music in a chapel, the musical director of a court and/or major church's choir and/or orchestra; often also a composer.

kuoropoika

A boy chorister.

kuorrute

A thin outer layer.

kuorrutettu

Covered with icing.

kuorruttaa

(transitive) Coat (something) with a crust of solid material.

kuorrutus

(cooking) A sweet, often creamy and thick glaze made primarily of sugar, often enriched with ingredients like butter, egg whites, or flavorings, typically used for baked goods.

kuorsata

(ambitransitive) To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.

kuorsaus

The act of snoring, and the noise produced.

kuortua

(intransitive) To form a crust.

kuosi

A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.

kupari

(uncountable) A reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29.

kupariesine

(countable, dated) Any of various specialized items that are made of copper, where the use of copper is either traditional or vital to the function of the item.

kuparinen

Made of copper.

kuparinruskea

Having the reddish-brown colour/color of copper.

kuparinvärinen

Having the reddish-brown colour/color of copper.

kuparinvihreä

The color of this patina or material.

kupariraha

(slang, archaic, countable) A copper coin.

kupee

A two-seater car, normally a sports car. (variant of coupe)

kupera

Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere.

kuperkeikka

(gymnastics) A movement in which one's body is rolled forward, by putting the head on the ground and swinging the legs over the head.

kupillinen

The amount necessary to fill a cup.

kupla

(UK, Australia, NZ) A small car, the Volkswagen Beetle (original version made 1938–2003, similar models made 1997–2010 and since 2011).

kuplajuoma

(informal) Champagne.

kuplamainen

Having the characteristics of bubbles.

kuplaton

Not effervescing; not sparkling.

kupletti

(literature) A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words.

kuplia

(intransitive) To produce bubbles, to rise up in bubbles (such as in foods cooking or liquids boiling).

kuplimaton

Not effervescing; not sparkling.

kuplittaa

(transitive) To introduce bubbles into (a liquid).

kupliva

Full of bubbles.

kupo

A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.

kupoli

(architecture) A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.

kuponki

A piece of paper or other token that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services.

kuppa

(disease) A disease spread via sexual activity, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum.

kuppainen

Covered with filth; very dirty.

kuppakruunu

(pathology) A manifestation of secondary syphilis, consisting of papular lesions along the hairline, often bordering the scalp in the manner of a crown.

kuppaussarvi

(medicine, historical) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.

kuppi teetä

(countable, Commonwealth, northern, _, US) A cup or (East Asia, Southern, _, US) glass of any of these drinks, often with milk, sugar, lemon, and/or tapioca pearls.

kuppikakku

A small cake baked in a usually paper container shaped like a cup, often with icing on top.

kuppikunta

A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal.

kuppila

(countable, informal) A cafeteria.

kupru

A bubble, as on a painted surface.

kupsahtaa

(intransitive) To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.

kupu

(physics) A region of maximum amplitude situated between adjacent nodes of a vibrating body, such as a string.

kura

A mixture of water and soil or fine grained sediment.

kuraantua

(also, figuratively) Sometimes followed by up: to become covered or splashed with mud; to become dirty or soiled.

kuraattori

A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.

kurainen

Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud.

kuramainen

Of or relating to mud; also, having the characteristics of mud, especially in colour or taste.

kurare

A substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine, used historically as a muscle relaxant during surgery.

kurarupi

Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis.

kurassa

Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud.

kurassa elävä

(archaic) Of an animal or plant: growing or living in mud.

kuratiivinen

(grammar) of a verb, conveying the meaning "the agent makes a patient do something"

kuravesi

(by extension) Any disgusting or distasteful liquid.

kurdi

A member of the linguistically and culturally distinct people who speak Kurdish and mainly inhabit those parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria sometimes known as Kurdistan.

kurdilainen

Of, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family.

kurdin kieli

Family of Indo-Iranian languages of Kurdistan (in the Mesopotamia region, from the Zagros of mid-western Iran to the eastern extension of the chain of the Taurus Mountains).

Kurdistan

A cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds, encompassing parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria.

kurdit

A member of the linguistically and culturally distinct people who speak Kurdish and mainly inhabit those parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria sometimes known as Kurdistan.

kurenauha

A string or cord, encased in a fabric tube, with one or more small openings into the tube, on a bag or garment, allowing the item to be closed (as with a bag) or tightened (as with sweatpants or a bathing suit).

kuri

A control; a limit or stop.

kuriiri

A person who delivers messages.

kuriiriyritys

A company that transports goods.

kurimus

(frequently, figurative) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space. [First attested in the late 16th century.]

kurina

(by extension) The rumbling sound made by a human's hungry stomach.

kurinalainen

Possessing mental discipline.

kurinpalautus

Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement.

kurinpito

A systematic method of obtaining obedience.

kuriositeetti

A strange and interesting object; something that evokes curiosity.

kurista

(intransitive) To make a low, heavy, continuous sound.

kuristaa

(transitive) To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.

kuristaja

One who operates the choke of an engine during ignition.

kuristin

(countable, electricity, electronics) device used for stabilizing current in an electric circuit (e.g. in a tube lamp supply circuit)

kuristua

(intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).

kuristusote

(sports) In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.

kuristustauti

(pathology) An infectious illness of the larynx, especially in young children, causing respiratory difficulty.

kuriton

Stubbornly defiant; disobedient; resistant to authority or control (whether in a noisy manner or not).

kurittaa

(military, WW2 air pilots' usage) To repeatedly bomb a military target or targets.

kurittaminen

(figuratively) Any harsh treatment or experience; rough handling.

kurittomuus

(archaic, rare) Lack of self-control; excess, intemperance; also, irregular or unruly behaviour.

kuritus

The act of chastising; rebuke; punishment.

kurja

Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean.

kurjasti

In a miserable manner.

kurjenmiekka

Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, Iris pseudacorus.

kurjenpolvi

Any flowering plant of the genus Geranium found throughout the temperate zone.

kurjuus

Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.

kurki

Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.

kurkihirsi

(architecture, engineering) The construction that gives shape and strength to a roof, generally a truss of timber or iron; or, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing.

kurkistaa

(informal) To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.

kurkistusaukko

A small hole, opening, or piece of glass, especially in a door, through which one can look without being seen.

kurkistusleikki

(games) A game for a small child in which one covers one's face, then suddenly reveals it, saying "Boo!" or "Peekaboo!".

kurkistusluukku

A small hole, opening, or piece of glass, especially in a door, through which one can look without being seen.

kurkistusreikä

A small hole, opening, or piece of glass, especially in a door, through which one can look without being seen.

kurkku

(vegetable) The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh.

kurkkua myöten täynnä

(informal, idiomatic) Frustrated, annoyed, or tired, to the limit of one's endurance, especially by something that one has experienced for too long. [with with or (British English) of]

kurkkukasvi

(obsolete) Any of the climbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae, which includes watermelon, pumpkins, and cucumbers.

kurkkulappu

A patch of colour around an animal's upper breast and throat.

kurkkumainen

Shaped like a cucumber; having the form of a cylinder tapered and rounded at the ends, and possibly curved.

kurkkumätä

(pathology) A serious infectious disease leading to inflammation of mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.

kurkkuote

(martial arts, wrestling) A grappling hold around a person's neck, especially one in which the neck is grasped tightly from behind with an arm, cutting off the flow of blood to the brain and restricting breathing.

kurkkupastilli

A small tablet (originally diamond-shaped) or medicated sweet used to ease a sore throat.

kurkottaa

(UK, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, intransitive) To perform the act of reaching or stretching; stretch oneself; reach for or try to obtain something

kurkottaa (kaulaansa)

(ambitransitive) To extend (one's neck).

kurkuma

A yellow to reddish-brown dye extracted from the turmeric plant.