Finnish–English dictionary

kuvottava

Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.

kuvotus

A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness. [from 16th c.]

kvaak

The sound made by a duck.

kvadriljoona

(dated, UK, Australia, long scale) A million trillion (logic: 1,000,0004): 1 followed by twenty-four zeros, 1024.

kvagga

A southern-African subspecies of plains zebra, Equus quagga quagga, which went extinct in 1883. The upper parts of the animal were reddish brown, becoming paler behind and beneath, while the face, neck, and fore part of the body were marked by dark stripes.

kvalifiointi

The act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc. [from 16th c.]

kvalifioitua

To compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage.

kvalitatiivinen

(chemistry) Of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound.

kvantifioida

(logic) To relate a statement (called a predicate) to a given set using a quantifier—either for all (denoted ∀) or there exists (denoted ∃).

kvantifioiminen

The act of quantifying.

kvantifiointi

The act of quantifying.

kvantitatiivinen

Of a measurements and data types: based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality.

kvantti

(physics) The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon. [from 20th c.]

kvanttori

(logic) An operator, such as the universal quantifier (written as ∀) or the existential quantifier (∃), used in predicate calculus to indicate the degree that predicate is true for a specified set.

kvarkki

(particle) In the Standard Model, one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter. They are theorized not to exist in isolation, but only in combinations in hadrons such as neutrons and protons or in quark–gluon plasmas.

kvartäärikausi

(geology) The geological period of the Cenozoic Era immediately following the Tertiary. It is subdivided into the Pleistocene and the Holocene Epochs.

kvartäärinen

Of fourth rank or order.

kvartetti

(musician) A group of four musicians who perform classical music together.

kvartsi

(mineral) The most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, SiO2. It occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous. Found in every environment.

kvasaari

(galaxy) An extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and (putatively) the most distant objects in the universe.

kvaternaarinen

Of fourth rank or order.

kvaternio

(mathematics) A type of four-dimensional hypercomplex number consisting of a real part and three imaginary parts (real multiples of distinct, independent square roots of −1 denoted by i, j and k); commonly used in vector mathematics and as an alternative to matrix algebra in calculating the rotation of three-dimensional objects.

kveekari

A believer of the Quaker faith and a member of the Society of Friends, known for their pacifist views.

kveeri

(colloquial, sometimes, pejorative) A person of any non-heterosexual sexuality or sexual identity.

kvinoa

A goosefoot (Chenopodium quinoa) native to the Andes and cultivated for its edible seeds.

kvintessenssi

(physics) A hypothetical form of dark energy postulated to explain observations of an accelerating universe.

kvintetti

(music) A group of five musicians, fit to play such a piece of music together

kvintetto

(music) A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians)

kvintiljoona

(dated, British, Australia, long scale) A million quadrillion: 1 followed by 30 zeros, 1030.

kvintti

(music) The musical interval between one note and another five scale degrees higher (the fifth note in a scale)

kvitteni

(countable) The deciduous tree bearing such fruit, native to Asia.

kybä

(countable, US, slang) A high level of intensity.

kyber-

(Internet) Relating to the Internet or cyberspace, or to computers more generally.

kyberhyökkäys

An attack or intrusion by means of a computer network such as the Internet, often for the purpose of spying.

kyberneettinen

Of or relating to cybernetics—the mathematical study of communication and control in living organisms or machines.

kyberrikollinen

A perpetrator of cybercrime.

kyborgi

(scifi) A being which is part machine and part organic.

kyfoosi

(pathology) An abnormal convex curvature of the spine in the cervical or lumbar regions of the spine.

kyhmy

Something resembling a knot in wood, such as in stone or limbs.

kykenemätön

Not in a state to receive; not receptive; not susceptible; not able to admit.

kykenemättömyys

Lack of the ability to do something; incapability.

kykenevä

Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

kykenevyys

The power or ability to generate an outcome.

kyklooppi

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A one-eyed giant from Greek and Roman mythology.

kyky

(uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

kykyjenmetsästäjä

(business) One who recruits skilled personnel, especially executive-level ones, for a company.

kylä

At the home of.

kyläily

A short visit, usually for social purposes.

kyläläinen

A person who lives in, or comes from, a village.

kylänvanhin

A leader or senior member of a tribe or community, often of considerable age, respected as an authority figure, especially in a counselling, consultative, or ceremonial role.

kyläpäästäinen

Any of several shrews in the family Soricidae, especially an Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus).

kyläpahanen

A small village or a group of houses.

kyljittäin

(nautical, aircraft) Alongside or abreast; opposite the center of the side of the ship or aircraft. [Mid 19th century.]

kyljys

A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.

kyljysrivi

Any of several cuts of meat taken from this part of an animal.

kyljysselkä

Any of several cuts of meat taken from this part of an animal.

kylki

Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.

kylkiäinen

(informal) Something which is free; a giveaway or handout.

kylkiluu

A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.

kylkipaisti

Any of several cuts of meat taken from this part of an animal.

kylkirakennus

(now, historical) A structure or annexe (especially one with a sloping roof) extending from the side of a building, sometimes as protection from the weather. [from 14th c.]

kyllä

Yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question.

kyllä herra

(informal, or, military) Used to express assent, especially to a male superior.

kyllä kiitos

An emphatic affirmative answer; of course.

kylläinen

(informal) Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete.

kylläisyys

The state of being satiated.

kylläpäs

Used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement.

kyllästää

(transitive) To cause to become pregnant.

kyllästäminen

The fact or process of imbuing or saturating with something; diffusion of some element, idea etc. through a medium or substance.

kyllästetty

(not comparable) Full; unable to hold or contain any more.

kyllästyä

(UK, informal) To become very angry; to become frustrated or distraught: see spare.

kyllästyminen

(physics) The condition in which, after a sufficient increase in a causal force, no further increase in the resultant effect is possible; e.g. the state of a ferromagnetic material that cannot be further magnetized.

kyllästynyt

Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.

kyllästyttää

(transitive) To make stale; to cause to go out of fashion or currency; to diminish the novelty or interest of, particularly by excessive exposure or consumption.

kyllästyttävä

Tedious, repetitious, or lacking in variety.

kylliksi

Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate.

kyllin

Sufficiently.

kylmä

(figurative) Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.

kylmäarkku

A chest or compartment for keeping food cold; refrigerator

kylmähermoinen

(of a person) Not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.

kylmäkäsittely

(horticulture) stratification by means of exposing seeds to cold

kylmäkiskoinen

Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.

kylmäkontti

(colloquial, chiefly, _, US) A refrigerated, insulated trailer, ship or shipping container.

kylmälaukku

An insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping.

kylmänkestävä

Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships.

kylmänperhonen

Any of various butterflies of the genus Oeneis. [from 20th c.]

kylmärekka

(colloquial, chiefly, _, US) A refrigerated, insulated trailer, ship or shipping container.

kylmäsäilytys

Refrigerated storage.

kylmäsavulohi

(US) Salmon that is cured in brine and then smoked at a low temperature so that the flesh remains uncooked.

kylmästi

In a cold or uncaring manner; indifferently.

kylmäsydämisyys

The quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference.

kylmät väreet

An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold.

kylmäverisyys

The quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference.

kylmentäminen

The process of transferring heat from an object in order to cool it.

kylmentyä

(intransitive) To become cold.

kylmetä

(figuratively) To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.

kylmettyä

(intransitive) To become cold.

kylmiltään

Completely unprepared; without introduction.

kylmyys

(uncountable) A condition of low temperature.

kylpeä

(intransitive) To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.

kylpeminen

The act of taking a bath.

kylpijä

One who bathes (cleans oneself with water, for example in a bathtub).

kylppäri

(chiefly, US, South Africa, Canada, Philippines, Australia, euphemism) A lavatory (area where one washes or bathes): a room containing a toilet and (typically but not necessarily) a bathtub.

kylpy

The act of bathing; an instance of this; the taking of a bath.

kylpyamme

A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.

kylpyhuone

A building or area where bathing occurs.

kylpylä

A building or area where bathing occurs.

kylpytakki

A robe usually made of terrycloth intended to be worn when one is still damp from bathing or when there is no immediate need to dress fully.

kylpyvesi

The water used in a bath (bathtub).

kyltti

(transport) A sign or symbol, usually containing numbers and sometimes letters, identifying a highway route.

kyltymätön

Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very greedy.

kylvää

(transitive) To engender; to generate; to set the germ of.

kylvää riviin

(transitive) To sow (seeds) by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row.

kylvää vakoon

(transitive) To sow (seeds) by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row.

kylväminen

A sowing of seed; the act of inseminating.

kylvettää

(transitive, Commonwealth) To wash a person or animal in a bath.

kylvö

A sowing of seed; the act of inseminating.

kylvökone

A machine used to broadcast or spread seeds, fertilizer, etc.

kylvövirvilä

Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods.

kymmen

(in plural) An inexact quantity, typically understood to be between 20 and 100.

kymmenen

(as plural only, always followed by of) A large, unspecified number of, comfortably estimated in small multiples of twelve, thus generally implied to be significantly more than ten or twelve, but less than perhaps one or two hundred; many.

kymmenennes

(machining) A tenth of a mil; a ten-thousandth of an inch.

kymmenes

Any one of the ten subsets or groups so divided.

kymmenesosa

One of ten equal parts (1/10, ⅒, 0.1).

kymmenikkö

A period of ten years [from 17th c.], particularly such a period beginning with a year ending in 0 and ending with a year ending in 9. [from 19th c.]

kymmenjärjestelmä

(countable) A number expressed in the base-ten system, (particularly) a fractional numeral written in this system.

kymmenkertainen

Ten times as much or as many.

kymmenkertaisesti

By ten times as much.

kymmenkertaistaa

To increase to ten times as much; to multiply by ten.

kymmenkulmio

(geometry) A polygon with ten sides and ten angles.

kymmenluku

(poker slang) A pair of tens.

kymmenosainen

Containing ten parts.

kymmenottelija

(athletics) An athlete who competes in the decathlon.

kymmenottelu

An athletic contest consisting of ten events which includes sprinting, hurdling, jumping, and throwing over a span of two days.

kymmensenttinen

(US, Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar.

kymmenykset

(historical) The tenth part of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses; a tax taking ten percent of land or stock profits, used for religious or charitable purposes.

kymmenys

A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture. [from 13th c.]

kymppi

(US) A perfect score on a school exam.

kymppipari

(poker slang) A pair of tens.

Kymri

One of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality.

kymrin kieli

(uncountable) The Welsh language. [from 10th c.]

kymrinkielinen

Of or pertaining to the Celtic language of Wales. [from 16thc.]

kynä

(zoology) The hollow basal part of a feather.

kynäilijä

(figurative) A writer, or their style.

kynäillä

(transitive) To write (an article, a book, etc.).

kynäniska

(countable, British, informal) A puny person; one who has little physical strength.

kynänkärki

The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper.

kynäruisku

A miniature, handheld paint sprayer, powered by compressed air or other gas, used for delicate, artistic painting, or sometimes retouching of photographs.

kyniä

(transitive) To remove feathers from (a bird).

kynnäs

(landforms) A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula.