Finnish–English dictionary

laukaisukeskus

A site for launching spacecraft.

laukat

Any of various plants, mostly of the genus Allium, that are more or less similar to Allium cepa.

laukata

(transitive) To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.

laukaus

(military) The time of firing of the morning gun or the evening gun.

laukeaminen

(geology) A breaking up of a natural dam, usually made of ice, by a river and the ensuing rush of water.

laukkaneilikka

(countable) Any of various plants of the genus Armeria, particularly Armeria maritima.

laukkarata

A horse racing course.

laukkaratsastaja

One who rides racehorses competitively.

laukku

(countable, uncountable) In certain phrases: money.

laukkuvaras

A thief who steals from others' purses or pockets in public.

laukoa

(transitive) To forcibly direct (something).

laulaa

(intransitive, slang) To confess under interrogation.

laulaa (uneen)

(transitive) To soothe with singing.

laulaa hiljaa

(ambitransitive, Shetland, singing) To hum or sing (a tune) at a low pitch or volume.

laulaa karaokea

(intransitive) to perform karaoke

laulaa möristen

(ambitransitive, Shetland, singing) To hum or sing (a tune) at a low pitch or volume.

laulaa oikein

(transitive) To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.

laulaja

A person who sings, often professionally.

laulajatar

A female singer.

laulaminen

The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing.

laulelma

(broadcasting, advertising, music) A memorable short song, or in some cases a snippet of a popular song with its lyrics modified, used for the purposes of advertising a product or service in a TV or radio commercial.

laulu

A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.

laulukaskas

Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.

laululintu

A bird having a melodious song or call.

lauluntekijä

(music) A musician who composes songs; especially writing the song's lyrics and/or creating a melody or a tune for the song.

lauma

(countable, rare) The collective noun for a group of ferrets.

laumasielu

(figuratively) Any member of a group given to conformity or groupthink, especially a group poised to follow a leader off a cliff.

laumasieluisuus

A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.

laumassa elävä

(zoology) Of animals that travel in herds or packs.

laumautua

(intransitive) To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company.

Laura

A en given name.

Lauri

A en given name.

lause

(grammar) A group of words that contains a subject and a verb; it may be part of a sentence or may constitute the whole sentence, depending on the syntax in each instance.

lauseenjäsen

(grammar) A functional element of a phrase or clause

lauseenjäsennys

(computing, linguistics) An act of parsing; a parsing.

lauseke

(grammar) A verb along with its subject and their modifiers. If a clause provides a complete thought on its own, then it is an independent (superordinate) clause; otherwise, it is dependent (subordinate). (Independent clauses can be sentences; they can also be part of a sentence. Dependent clauses can only be part of a sentence.)

lauseoppi

(computing, countable) The formal rules of formulating the statements of a computer language.

lausua

(transitive) To articulate, pronounce.

lausua kohteliaisuus

(ambitransitive) To pay a compliment (to someone); to express a favourable opinion (of someone).

lausuminen

(uncountable) The quality, clarity, or sharpness of speech; the movement within the mouth that allows for those things.

lausunnonantaja

(legal) A person who makes a formal declaration or statement

lausunta

The mode of utterance or pronunciation, especially with regards to the fullness and distinctness of articulation.

lausuntatapa

The effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice and expression.

lausunto

(business, finance) The process, performed by accountants or auditors, of providing independent opinion on published financial and other business records of an enterprise, public agency, or other organization.

lauta

A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.

lautailija

Someone who pays for meals and lodging in a house rather than a hotel.

lautakunta

A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.

lautamiehistö

(law) A group of individuals chosen from the general population to hear and decide a case in a court of law.

lautamies

(law) A member of a jury.

lautamiesten puheenjohtaja

(Christianity) A senior record keeper of a cathedral; a senior legal officer for a bishop or diocese in charge of hearing cases involving ecclesiastical law.

lautanen

The top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped.

lautapasianssi

Ellipsis of Réunion solitaire (Raphus solitarius, now Threskiornis solitarius), an extinct bird formerly believed to be related to the dodo.

lautasantenni

(telecommunication) A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl.

lautasellinen

A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.

lautaset

(uncountable) Such dishes collectively.

lautasliina

A serviette; a (usually rectangular) piece of cloth or paper used at the table for wiping the mouth and hands for cleanliness while eating.

lautta

(watercraft) A boat or ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.

lautturi

A man who operates a ferry.

lautuma

(countable) A livid area of skin, such as a bruise, or as is often found on cadavers.

lautuneisuus

(uncountable) The state or quality of being livid.

lautunut

Having a dark, bluish appearance.

lava

(US, Canada, automotive) The platform of a truck, trailer, wagon, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled.

lava-auto

(chiefly, North America, Singapore) A light truck with an open cargo bed.

lavastaa

To prepare (a set) by installing the props, scenery, etc.

lavaste

A side scene of the stage in a theater or the space between the side scenes.

lavastus

A stage setting; scenery; set; backdrop.

lavea

Everywhere or throughout everything; not focused or concentrated.

laveeraus

(arts) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.

laventaa

(transitive, arithmetic) To multiply both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same (non-zero) number (which yields a fraction of equal value).

laventeli

A lavender plant of the species Lavandula angustifolia.

laventelinsininen

A pale bluish purple colour, like that of the lavender flower.

laverrella

(intransitive) To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle.

lavertelija

Someone who babbles.

lavetti

A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.

lävikkö

A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food that has been cooking in water, such as pasta.

lävistää

(transitive) To make a hole in, especially a cask of liquor, and put in a tap in order to draw the liquid.

lävistää sarvillaan

(transitive, of an animal) To pierce with a horn or tusk.

lävistäjä

(geometry) A line or plane at an oblique angle to another.

lävistävä

(geometry) Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron).

lävistetty

Pinned to something by piercing.

lävistin

(countable) A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface.

lävistys

The act of penetrating something. [from 15th c.]

lavuaari

A basin used for washing, (now) particularly a permanently installed sink, fitted with a water supply and a drain, for washing the hands and face.

lazi

A Kartvelian language of Turkey and Caucasian Georgia, related to Georgian, Mingrelian, and Svan.

Lea

(biblical character) The elder daughter of Laban, sister to Rachel, and first wife of Jacob.

leasingsopimus

A contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel, or space on a vessel.

LED

Initialism of light-emitting diode.

ledi

Initialism of light-emitting diode.

lee

(nautical) The side of the ship away from the wind.

leegot

(colloquial, by extension) The front teeth regarded collectively.

Leena

A en given name.

leenpuoleinen

On the side sheltered from the wind; in that direction.

leesio

(medicine) An infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such on a patch of skin.

leffa

(countable) A movie theatre, a movie house

legaatti

(law) Money or property bequeathed to someone in a will.

legato-jakso

(music) A set of notes that are played legato, without separate articulation.

legato-kaari

(music) The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie).

legenda

A story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events.

legendaarinen

Made known by fables or reputation; legendary, famed.

legi

(nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward.

legioona

(military, Ancient Rome) The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.

legioonalainen

A member of a legion, such as the American Legion, or of any organization containing the term legion in its title (e.g. the French Foreign Legion).

legitiimi

In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements.

legitimiteetti

The quality or state of being legitimate or valid; validity.

legitimoida

(transitive) To make legitimate.

lego

Any of several small, coloured, plastic bricks, often made by the Lego Company, that can be made to join together and be taken apart, used to construct toy buildings, vehicles, etc.

leguaani

(colloquial) In America and the Pacific, any of several members of the lizard family Iguanidae.

lehahtaa

(intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.

lehdenjakaja

A boy who delivers newspapers to houses on a paper round.

lehdet

(uncountable) Newspaper or news stories.

lehdetön

(heraldry, of a, tree, bush, etc) Whose branches bear no leaves; leafless.

lehdistö

(uncountable, collective) The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).

lehdistö-

Related to journalism or journalists.

lehdykkä

(botany) One of the components of a compound leaf.

lehdykkäsoitin

(countable, music) Part of an aerophone musical instrument, comprising a thin piece of wood or metal, which vibrates to produce sound when air passes through it.

lehmä

(loosely, or, informal) Any member of the species Bos taurus that is not of a bucking breed or fighting breed, regardless of sex or age, including bulls and calves.

lehmänrokko-

(immunology) Of or pertaining to cowpox as a source of material for vaccination against smallpox; also, of or pertaining to such material used for vaccination.

lehmänrokosta tehty isorokkorokote

(historical) The material taken from cowpox pustules used for vaccination against smallpox.

lehmityttö

A woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.

lehmus

(US) Any of several trees of the genus Tilia; the lindens, especially Tilia americana, the American basswood.

lehtensä pudottava

(botany) Of or pertaining to trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season.

lehteri

An accessible structure overlooking a stage or the like.

lehti

Pertaining to trees with relatively broad, flat leaves as opposed to needles, or woodlands made up of such trees.

lehti-

Of or relating to leaves.

lehtiä

To add numbers to (a folio or leaf, or all the folios or leaves, of a book); also, to add numbers to the folios or leaves of (a book); to folio, to page, to paginate.

lehtiensyöjä

(biology) A herbivore that eats mostly foliage.

lehtijuurikas

(uncountable, culinary) An edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste.

lehtikaali

A form of Brassica oleracea, sometimes called Brassica oleracea var. acephala or Brassica oleracea var. viridis, similar to kale, that is a popular food in the rural southern United States.

lehtikanta

(botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.

lehtikate

(agriculture, horticulture) Any material used to cover the top layer of soil to protect, insulate, or decorate it, or to discourage weeds or retain moisture.

lehtikioski

An open stall, often on a street, where newspapers and magazines are on sale to the public.

lehtikoju

An open stall, often on a street, where newspapers and magazines are on sale to the public.

lehtikorvake

(botany) A basal appendage of a typical leaf of a flowering plant, usually appearing paired beside the petiole although sometimes absent or highly modified.

lehtikulta

(uncountable) Gold leaf.

lehtikuvaaja

A freelance photographer who sells photographs of celebrities to the media, especially one who pursues celebrities and attempts to obtain candid photographs.

lehtilapa

(biology) The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell.

lehtileike

(countable, journalism) An article clipped from a newspaper (especially) or from a magazine.

lehtimäinen

(geometry) Of a curve: having two infinite branches with a common asymptote, and a leaf-shaped loop.

lehtimangoldi

(uncountable, culinary) An edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste.

lehtimies

One whose occupation is journalism, originally only writing in the printed press.

lehtiö

A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.

lehtiruoti

(botany) A vein in a leaf; a grain in wood.

lehtisaha

A thin-bladed saw for cutting wood into curved shapes.

lehtisalaatti

An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green or purple leaves.

lehtisarvinen

Any species of beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.

lehtisuoni

(botany) In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle.

lehtitina

(informal) Aluminium foil.

lehtivihannes

Green vegetables; edible plants or plant parts that contain chlorophyll.

lehtivihreä

(biochemistry) Any of a group of green pigments that are found in the chloroplasts of plants and in other photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria.

lehtokurppa

A medium-small wading bird, (Scolopax rusticola)