Finnish–English dictionary

laskeuma

The event of small airborne particles falling to the ground in significant quantities as a result of major industrial activity, volcano eruption, sandstorm, nuclear explosion, etc.

laskeutua

Often followed by from or off: to get off an animal which one has been riding; to dismount; to descend or exit from a vehicle; hence, to complete one's journey; to stop.

laskeutua lentokoneesta

To exit a form of transportation such as a boat, ship, airplane, trolley, streetcar or spaceship.

laskeutua todella pehmeästi

(transitive, slang, aviation) To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly.

laskeutuja

A spacecraft, particularly a probe, designed to set down on the surface of another celestial body.

laskeutuminen

(rare) A sudden descent or attack.

laskeutuminen veteen

The act of landing in water, as by a space capsule or rollercoaster.

laskeutumisluotain

A spacecraft, particularly a probe, designed to set down on the surface of another celestial body.

laskeva

Moving, sloping or oriented downward.

läski

(slang) An obese person.

laskiainen

The day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday.

laskija

(historical) A person who performs mathematical calculation.

laskimo

(anatomy) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.

laskimonsisäinen

Inside the veins.

laskin

A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; sometimes, an electronic one specifically.

läskipää

(colloquial) A stupid person.

laskos

A twist or fold.

laskostaa

(transitive) To fold over so as to make two folds.

laskostettu

Having flutes or grooves, either for decoration or to trim weight.

lasku

(finance, investments) Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices will fall.

laskujoki

A river that runs out of a lake.

laskukohta

The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.

laskukone

A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; sometimes, an electronic one specifically.

laskulauta

A device used for performing arithmetical calculations; (rare) a table on which loose counters are placed, or (more commonly) an instrument with beads sliding on rods, or counters in grooves, with one row of beads or counters representing units, the next tens, etc. [from late 17th c.]

laskumarkkina

(finance) A stock market where a majority of investors are selling ("bears"), causing overall stock prices to drop. Often operationally defined as a market value drop of 20% or more on some specific stock market index.

laskuoppi

The mathematics of numbers (integers, rational numbers, real numbers, or complex numbers) under the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

laskuri

(obsolete) A set of mathematical tables.

laskusiiveke

(aviation) A hinged surface on the trailing edge of the wings of an aeroplane, used to increase lift and drag.

laskusilta

(nautical) The gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay.

laskusuhdanne

(finance) A stock market where a majority of investors are selling ("bears"), causing overall stock prices to drop. Often operationally defined as a market value drop of 20% or more on some specific stock market index.

laskusuunta

A downward tendency, especially in the price of shares etc.

laskusuuntaus

A downward tendency, especially in the price of shares etc.

laskutaito

Numerical skill.

laskutaulu

A device used for performing arithmetical calculations; (rare) a table on which loose counters are placed, or (more commonly) an instrument with beads sliding on rods, or counters in grooves, with one row of beads or counters representing units, the next tens, etc. [from late 17th c.]

laskutehtävä

(often plural) An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily limited to addition).

laskutoimitus

(computing, logic, mathematics, countable) A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).

laskuttaa

(transitive) To charge; to send a bill to.

laskuvarjo

(aviation) A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object or person, causing them to float instead of falling.

laskuvarjohyppääjä

Someone who jumps from an aircraft using a parachute, especially as a sport.

laskuvarjohyppy

The sport or activity of jumping with a parachute.

laskuvarjojääkäri

A type of soldier who is trained to enter combat zones by parachuting from aircraft.

laskuvesi

The receding movement of the tide.

laskuvirhe

An incorrect or mistaken calculation.

läsnä

Located in the immediate vicinity.

läsnäolevuus

Inclination to be mindful or aware.

läsnäolijoiden määrä

The persons or number of persons present.

läsnäolo

The act of attending; the state of being present; presence.

läsnäolo kaikkialla

The state or quality of being present in all parts of a particular thing or place.

lässähdys

A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.

lässäyttää

(figuratively) To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of

lasso

A long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle and horses.

lassota

(transitive) To catch with a lasso.

lasta

(weaving) The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.

lastaaminen

(countable, uncountable) The process by which something is loaded.

lastata

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

lastattu

Burdened by some heavy load; packed.

lastaus

(countable, uncountable) The process by which something is loaded.

lastenhoitaja

A child's nurse.

lastenhoito

(countable) A place where young children are supervised while away from their parents or guardians.

lastenkoti

A public institution for the care and protection of children whose parents have died or can no longer care for them.

lastenlääkäri

(American spelling) A physician that specializes in pediatrics; the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.

lastenleikki

(figurative) Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult.

lastenrattaat

(US, Canada, Australia) A seat or chair on wheels, pushed by somebody walking behind it, typically used for transporting babies and young children.

lastensänky

(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides.

lastentarha

(North America, Australia, India) An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school. [from 1852]

lastentarhanopettaja

(rare) A person who teaches at a kindergarten.

lastentauti

A fault, imperfection or bug especially in a new system or product; typically, they will need to be ironed out.

lastentautioppi

(American spelling, medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of children and adolescents.

lasti

Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.

lastoittaa

(medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.

lastoitus

A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.

lastu

A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.

lasuuri

A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.

lataaja

Someone who downloads files from the Internet.

lataaminen

(countable) An act or process of charging (as of a battery).

lätäkkö

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.

lataus

(electromagnetism, chemistry, physics, countable, uncountable) An electric charge.

latausjohto

A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash

latausohjelma

(computing) A program that prepares other programs for execution.

latauspuikko

(firearms) Device used with muzzleloaders to push the projectile up against the propellant.

latautua

(transitive) To replenish energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery) by use of an electrical device plugged into a power outlet.

lateksi

The milky sap of several trees that coagulates on exposure to air; used to make rubber.

latentti

Existing or present but concealed or inactive.

lateraaliäänne

(linguistics) A sound produced through lateral pronunciation (such as /l/ in lateral).

lateraalinen

To the side; of or pertaining to the side.

lateraalisesti

Done in a lateral manner.

lati

(British, slang, usually in the negative) Money.

latina

(uncountable) The language of the ancient Romans, other Latins and of the Roman Catholic church, especially Classical Latin.

latinalainen

Of or from Latin America or of Latin American culture.

latinalainen aakkosto

The Latin alphabet or writing system.

latinalainen kirjaimisto

The Latin alphabet or writing system.

latinalaisamerikkalainen

Of or from Latin America or of Latin American culture.

lätinkielinen

Of, from, or pertaining to Latvia, the Latvian people or the Latvian language.

latino

A person from Latin America.

lätistä

(intransitive, slang) To talk, especially excessively; to chatter.

latistaa

(figuratively) To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of

Latium

A province of Lazio, Italy.

lätkä

(North America) Ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of six players skate and try to score by shooting a puck into the opposing team's net, using their sticks.

latkia

(ambitransitive) To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.

lato

An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.

latoa

(transitive, colloquial) To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash.

latoja

(historical) A person who sets type; an employee in a printshop who manually selected pieces of movable type and assembled them for printing.

latomakone

(historical) A machine that combines type in the correct order for printing.

latriini

(India, otherwise, _, military) Any facility or device used for urination or defecation, whether toilet, lavatory, or outhouse.

Latrodectus

Any venomous spider of the genus Latrodectus (called "widows" because of the practice of sexual cannibalism observed among many of these species).

lätsähdys

(onomatopoeia) The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.

latta

(nautical) A long, narrow strip, originally of wood but now also of fibreglass, metal, etc., used for various purposes aboard a ship; especially one attached to a mast or spar for protection, one holding down the edge of a tarpaulin covering a hatch to prevent water from entering the hatch, one inserted in a pocket sewn on a sail to keep it flat, or one from which a hammock is suspended.

lattajalka

A person having the above condition.

lattari

(chiefly, US) A person, especially and usually (interpreted as) a male, from Latin America, a Hispanic person. (Compare Latina.)

latte

(figurative, informal, attributive) Affluent leftism.

lattea

(music, voice) Without variations in pitch.

latteasti

In a manner that shows no emotion.

latteus

Lack of interest or appeal.

Lätti

A country in northeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Latvia.

lattia

(countable) The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.

lattialaasti

A smooth, flat layer of concrete, plaster, or similar material, especially if acting as a base for paving stones, tiles, wooden planks, etc.

lattialauta

Any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor.

lattialuukku

A hinged or sliding door set into a floor or ceiling.

lattiamateriaali

A material used to make floors.

lättiläinen

Of, from, or pertaining to Latvia, the Latvian people or the Latvian language.

lätty

A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake.

latu

(computing) A human-readable specification for a location within a hierarchical or tree-like structure, such as a file system or as part of a URL.

laturi

A device that charges or recharges.

latva

Of, related to, pertaining to the top of a tree or trees.

latva-artisokka

(countable) A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.

Latvia

A country in northeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Latvia.

latvialainen

Of, from, or pertaining to Latvia, the Latvian people or the Latvian language.

latvian kieli

(uncountable) The official language of Latvia; Lettish.

latviankielinen

Of, from, or pertaining to Latvia, the Latvian people or the Latvian language.

latvoa

(horticulture) To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.

latvus

(archaic, or, dialect) The head of a flower, especially when picked; an ear of corn; the top branches of a tree.

latvusto

The zone of the highest foliage and branches of a forest.

lauantai

(US, Canada, informal in UK) On Saturday.

lauantai-

(US, Canada, informal in UK) On Saturday.

lauantaimakkara

A type of sausage; bologna.

laudanumi

Any of several tinctures of opium, once widely used for various medical purposes and as a recreational drug.

laudoitus

A structure made of boards.

laueta

(intransitive, often vulgar, slang) To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.

lauhasti

In a mild manner.

lauhdutin

(process engineering) A device designed to condense a gas into a liquid, either as part of a still, steam engine, refrigerator or similar machine.

lauhduttaa

(obsolete) To render temperate; to moderate

lauhkea

Mild (said of weather and similar circumstances).

lauhkeus

(now, _, rare) Mildness of weather.

lauhtua

To decrease in force or intensity; to subside. [from 14th c.]

laukaisija

A similar device used to activate any mechanism.

laukaisin

(military) A component of a nuclear weapon that produces a burst of neutrons to start the chain reaction.

laukaista

(soccer) To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.

laukaista heittoistuin

(, usually, _, intransitive) To forcefully project oneself or another occupant from an aircraft (or, rarely, another type of vehicle), typically using an ejection seat or escape capsule.

laukaisu

The discharge of a gun or other weapon.

laukaisualusta

(figuratively) A means of advancing oneself or accomplishing something without aid.