Finnish–English dictionary

lakritsi

Licorice in confectionery form.

lakritsikasvi

(countable) A plant of species Glycyrrhiza glabra, or sometimes in North America, the related American licorice plant Glycyrrhiza lepidota.

laksatiivi

Having the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation.

laksatiivinen

Having the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation.

Lakshmi

The Hindu goddess of wealth, the consort of Vishnu and married to Rāma (in her incarnation as Sita) and Krishna (as Radha and Rukmini).

läksy

A learning task assigned to a student; homework.

läksyt

(literally, now, _, rare) Any work that is done at home; housework.

läksyttää

(transitive) To chide or scold vehemently.

läksytys

(informal) an angry reprimand, castigation or telling off

laktaatti

(chemistry) Any salt or ester of lactic acid.

laktoosi

(carbohydrate) The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C12H22O11, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds.

laku

Licorice in confectionery form.

lälläs lää

(slang, childish) An interjection generally used when gloating about a perceived cause of humiliation or inferiority for the person being addressed, often when disagreeing with a statement considered incorrect or irrelevant.

lallatus

(music) A syllable or sound without specific meaning, used together with or in place of actual words in a song.

lama

(economics) A period of major economic contraction.

lamaannus

A state of being unable to act.

lamaannuttaa

(transitive, figurative) To cripple; to incapacitate; to disable. [from 1640s]

lamaantuminen

Inactivity.

lamaantuneisuus

Inactivity.

lamaantunut

Emotionally unable to feel or respond in a normal way.

lamakausi

(economics) A period of major economic contraction.

lamaute

(pharmaceutical drug) A pharmacological substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity.

lamauttaa

(transitive) To render unable; to take away an ability of, as by crippling.

lambda

The eleventh letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabet, the twelfth of the Old Greek alphabet.

lamee

(uncountable) A fabric made from gold or silver threads and silk, wool or cotton.

lamia

(Greek mythology) A monster preying upon human beings, who sucked the blood of children, often described as having the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent.

laminaatti

Material formed of thin sheets glued together. [from 1939]

laminiitti

(veterinary medicine) A disease of the digital laminae of the hoof

laminoida

(transitive) To assemble from thin sheets glued together to make a thicker sheet.

laminoitu

Made by lamination.

lammas

A female sheep, as opposed to a ram.

lammasmainen

Having the characteristics of a sheep, as meekness, shyness, or docility.

lammaspaimen

(countable) A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.

lämmetä

(ditransitive with to) To cause (someone) to favour (something) increasingly.

lammikko

A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.

lämmin

(usually not comparable) Made warm or hot by some means.

lämminvesivaraaja

A device consisting of a heat source and a tank for storing hot water, typically for space heating, domestic hot water etc., disregarding the source of heat.

lämmitellä

(transitive) To keep warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat.

lämmitellä auringonpaisteessa

(transitive) To warm or dry in the sunshine.

lämmitettävä kasvihuone

A heated greenhouse.

lämmitetty

(usually not comparable) Made warm or hot by some means.

lämmitin

(countable, British) A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).

lämmittää

(intransitive, dated) To work as a fireman, one who keeps the fire under a steam boiler on a steam-powered ship or train.

lämmittäjä

A person who stokes, especially one on a steamship or steam train, who stokes coal in the boilers.

lämmittäminen

The act of making something hot.

lämmittävä

Causing heat.

lämmittelyottelu

A relatively minor contest that precedes a major one, especially in boxing

lämmitys

A system that raises the temperature of a room or building. Compare heater.

lämmitysjärjestelmä

A system that raises the temperature of a room or building. Compare heater.

lämmityskattila

A device consisting of a heat source and a tank for storing hot water, typically for space heating, domestic hot water etc., disregarding the source of heat.

lämmityslaite

(countable, British) A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).

lämmitysuuni

(US, Canada) A device that provides heat for a building.

lamosalali

Gaultheria procumbens (eastern teaberry or checkerberry), or its fruit.

lampaan maksamato

Either of the two lobes of a whale's or similar creature's tail.

lampaanliha

The meat of sheep used as food.

lampetti

A candlestick (holder for a candle, especially a circular tube, with a brim, into which a candle is inserted), either with a handle for carrying, or with a bracket for attaching to a wall.

lampi

An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.

lämpimästi

In a hearty manner.

lämpiö

A lobby, corridor, or waiting room, used in a hotel, theater, etc.

lampipolyyppi

(biology) Any of several small freshwater polyps of the genus Hydra and related genera, having a naked cylindrical body and an oral opening surrounded by tentacles.

lämpö

Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.

lämpöenergia

(uncountable) Thermal energy.

lämpöinen

(colloquial) Warm and comforting.

lämpölaajeneminen

The fractional change in unit length per unit length per unit temperature change.

lämpömäärä

(uncountable) Thermal energy.

lämpömittari

An apparatus used to measure temperature.

lämpönielu

(thermodynamics) A structure or environment into which waste heat can be transferred

lämpöoppi

(physics) The science of the conversions between heat and other forms of energy.

lämpöpatteri

(of buildings) A finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room.

lämpösisältö

(thermodynamics, physical chemistry) A measure of the heat content of a chemical or physical system.

lämpöydin-

Of, or relating to the fusion of atomic nuclei at high temperatures.

lampsia

To move or walk lackadaisically.

lampunvarjostin

A cover over a lamp to either diffuse the light or to block it in certain directions to avoid glare in the eyes.

Lancelot

(Arthurian legend) One of the Knights of the Round Table, a lover of Guinevere.

lanciers-katrilli

A traditional dance for eight or sixteen couples, originating from a 19th century quadrille.

landepaukku

(colloquial) An unsophisticated person from the rural area of a particular country.

langalla kiinnitetty

Reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire.

langalla vahvistettu

Reinforced, supported, tied or bound with wire.

langallinen

Equipped with wires, so as to connect to a power source or to other electric or electronic equipment; connected by wires.

langanpää

A pulled thread or yarn, as in cloth.

langaton

(uncountable, networking) Wireless connectivity to a computer network.

langennut

Having lost one's chastity.

länget

A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.

langeta

To come down to a humbler or less fortunate, or a worse or less virtuous, rank or state; to abase or lower oneself; to condescend or stoop to something.

langeta uudelleen

(intransitive) To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.

langettaa

To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.

langettaa (kirous)

To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).

langettava

Condemning.

langettava tuomio

(countable) A judgement of guilt in a court of law.

längittää

(transitive) To place a collar on, to fit with one.

langobardi

(historical) A member of a Germanic people who invaded Italy in the 6th century.

langoittaa

(transitive) To pass a thread through the eye of a needle.

lanka

(Internet) A series of posts or messages, consisting of an initial post and responses to it, generally relating to the same subject, on a newsgroup, Internet forum, or social media platform.

lankakerä

A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.

lankalinja

A fixed telephone communications cable; originally, one run over land, as opposed to a submarine cable.

lankapuhelin

(by extension) A telephone connected by such a fixed wire that allows multiple phones to operate simultaneously on the same phone number, specifically not wireless/mobile.

lankata

(transitive) To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.

lankeaja

A person or creature that slips.

länkkäri

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lankkaus

The act of polishing shoes.

lankku

Made of deal.

lankonki

(nautical) A board or plank used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside or any gap such as scaffolding.

lankous

A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister).

lankuttaa

(transitive) To cover something with planking.

lankutus

A series of planks; a group of planks.

lanne

(anatomy) The area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks on one side of a human, primate, or quadruped animal, especially one that can sit on its hindquarters.

lännenfilmi

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lännenplataani

A species of large tree native to eastern North America and planted elsewhere, Platanus occidentalis

lännensananjalka

(uncountable, countable) Any of several coarse ferns, of the genus Pteridium, that form dense thickets; often poisonous to livestock.

lännentarina

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lännenvarpuspöllö

The mountain pygmy owl, Glaucidium gnoma, a small owl of the western United States.

lannevaate

(historical, now only, _, in the plural, or, attributive) A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks. [from 11th c.]

lannistaa

To bring down (someone) mentally or physically; to lower (someone) in status. [14th–17th c.]

lannistava

That causes discouragement.

lannistua

To bow down; hence, to be abased or humbled. [14th–17th c.]

lannistumaton

Incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished.

lannistumattomuus

(psychology, neuroscience) The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.

lannoite

Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.

lannoittaa

(transitive) To fertilize with dung.

lannoitus

The act or process of rendering fertile.

lanseerata

(transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation

lanseeraus

The act by which something is launched; a launch.

länsi

The western world; i.e. Western Europe, the US and Canada (sometimes includes Latin America), and Australia and New Zealand.

Länsi-Eurooppa

(historical) The Western Bloc (the non-communist nations of Europe and America).

länsimaalainen

From the West; occidental.

lanssi

An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital. [1854]

lanta

(usually, in the plural) A piece of animal excrement; dung. [late 16th C.]

lantaani

(uncountable) A chemical element (symbol La) with an atomic number of 57: a soft, ductile, silvery-white metal that tarnishes slowly when exposed to air.

lantakakku

A dried piece of dung, often used as fuel.

lantakouru

A large groove (commonly behind animals) in a barn used for the collection and removal of animal excrement.

länteen päin

Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.

lanteiden pyöritys

(dance) A rotating of the hips.

läntinen

Of or pertaining to the west; western.

lantinheittäjä

Someone who flips in any other sense, for example throwing a coin.

lantio

Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pelvis

lantiorengas

(anatomy) The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs in hominids.

lanttu

(countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.

lao

(countable) A Tai ethnic group native to Southeast Asia.

laon kieli

Synonym of Lao (“the official language of Laos”).

laonkielinen

Of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the Lao people or their Kra-Dai Lao language.

laonnostokela

(agriculture) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.

Laos

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Capital: Vientiane.

laosilainen

Of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the Lao people or their Kra-Dai Lao language.

laota

(transitive) To cause to flatten, as grass or grain.

Laotse

(Chinese history) An honorific title for the legendary Taoist philosopher Li Er, who supposedly lived in the 6th and 5th centuries BC and (Chinese mythology) has subsequently been worshipped as a Taoist god.

laottaa

(transitive) To cause to flatten, as grass or grain.

lapa

The flat functional end or piece of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, chisel, screwdriver, skate, etc.

läpäisemätön

Not allowing passage, especially of liquids; waterproof.

läpäisevä

(by extension) Allowing the passage of persons, information, or other things, especially when such passage occurs despite hopes or expectations otherwise.

läpäistä

(idiomatic) To withstand; to stand up to; to survive.