Finnish–English dictionary

levitä

(intransitive) To be spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.

levitä nopeasti

(ambitransitive) To increase in number or spread rapidly; to multiply.

levite

Something that has been spread.

levitellä

(intransitive) To act in a disorderly and irregular way.

levitetty

Cast or scattered widely in all directions; cast abroad.

levitin

A tool or device used to apply a fluid or semi-fluid substance to a surface.

levitoida

(intransitive) To be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity.

levittää

(transitive) To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)

levittää geeliä

(transitive) To apply (cosmetic) gel to (the hair, etc).

levittää juoruja

(intransitive) To chat idly or gossip; also, to spread rumours.

levittää lantaa

(archaic, literary) To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.

levittää lastalla

(transitive) To spread plaster over (a surface), using the tool called a float.

levittää nurmimatto

To cover with turf; to create a lawn by laying turfs.

levittää sepeliä

(transitive) To set, face, or pave (an embankment or roadway) with rubble or undressed stones.

levittäjä

A person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts; specifically, one who presents radio or television programmes (especially documentaries or news programmes); a presenter.

levittäminen

The act of physically applying or laying on.

levittäytyä

(ecology, intransitive) To spread into new habitats, migrate.

levittäytyminen

The dissemination of something to a larger area or greater number.

levitys

The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc.

levollisesti

In a calm manner; coolly.

levollisuus

(in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.

levoton

(slang) Restless, apprehensive and fidgety.

levottomasti

in an apprehensive manner; with apprehension

levottomuus

An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.

levottomuutta herättävä

Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.

levy

(dated) A vinyl phonograph/gramophone record.

levyasema

(computer hardware) An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk.

levyautomaatti

A coin-operated machine that plays recorded music, with push-buttons to make selections. [from 1939]

levyepiteeli

(uncountable) The layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.

levyke

(computing, dated) A floppy disk.

levylautanen

The hard surface of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests when being played.

levyntaivutin

A type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia.)

levyosio

(computing) A section of a hard disk separately formatted.

levypallo

(basketball, informal) A rebound.

levystö

A collection of books or other forms of stored information.

levytanko

A wide steel bar with premeasured weights affixed to either end, with the central span open for the hands of the weightlifter.

levytilavaatimus

(computing) The amount of hard drive space required for a program.

levyttää

(transitive) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).

levyttäjä

Agent noun of record; one who records.

levytys

A reproduction of sound, video, etc., stored in a permanent medium.

leyhytellä

(transitive) To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.

Lhasa

The capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

liaani

(botany) A climbing woody vine, usually tropical.

liata

(transitive) To ingrain grime or dirt which is difficult to remove into (something); also (more generally) , to make (something) dirty; to soil.

liata kuralla

To cover or splash (someone or something) with mud.

liata mudalla

To cover or splash (someone or something) with mud.

liata ravalla

To cover or splash (someone or something) with mud.

libanonilainen

Of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon or the Lebanese people.

liberaali

Widely open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions or conventions; permissive.

liberaattori

A person who frees or liberates.

Liberia

A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Liberia.

libertaari

(originally, US, politics) Relating to, or advocating, libertarianism; also, relating to a political party supporting libertarianism.

libertaarinen

(originally, US, politics) Relating to, or advocating, libertarianism; also, relating to a political party supporting libertarianism.

libertarianisti

(philosophy) A believer in the freedom of thinking beings to choose their own destiny (the doctrine of free will) as opposed to those who believe the future is predetermined (the doctrine of necessity). [from late 18th c.]

libertarianistinen

(philosophy) Relating to the doctrine of free will as opposed to the doctrine of necessity.

libertaristi

(politics) One who advocates libertarianism; also, a member of a political party supporting libertarianism.

libertaristinen

Advocating liberty; also, having a relative tendency towards liberty.

libido

(common usage) Sexual urges or drives.

libretto

(theatre) The script of a musical or opera.

Libya

(historical) Africa; that is, the part of North Africa known in classical antiquity.

libyalainen

Of, from, or pertaining to Libya.

lidokaiini

(organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) A crystalline compound C14H22N2O that is used in the form of its hydrochloride as a local anesthetic and as an antiarrhythmic agent.

Liechtenstein

A microstate in Central Europe. Official name: Principality of Liechtenstein. Capital: Vaduz.

lied

(music) An art song, usually sung solo in German and accompanied on the piano.

liehakoiva

Excessively eager and attentive to please or to obey instructions; fawning, subservient, servile.

liehitellä

(transitive, idiomatic) To talk to (someone) in a friendly, open, or casual manner, sometimes also in a charming or affected manner, usually to curry favor, and sometimes flirtatiously with the intention of establishing a romantic or sexual encounter or relationship with that person.

liehua

(intransitive) To move loosely back and forth.

liehunta

An act of moving back and forth, swinging, or waving; a flutter, a tremble.

lieju

Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.

lieka

(obsolete) A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.

liekeissä

On fire; in a blaze. [Early 19th century.]

liekinheitin

A device that projects a flame for starting fires, and sometimes also additional fuel to help ignition. Used either as a weapon or a tool.

liekki

The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat.

liekkikuvio

The white or lighter-coloured markings on a horse's face.

liekkilasi

The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.

liekkimeri

A large fire; a conflagration.

liekkipuu

The royal poinciana (Delonix regia), a showy tropical tree from Madagascar.

liekuttaa

(transitive) To rock (a baby to sleep).

liemeen säilötty

Preserved by pickling.

liemessä

(slang) In trouble or in strife, screwed.

liemi

(uncountable) Water in which food (meat, vegetable, etc.) has been boiled.

liemipohja

(cooking) Brown residue in pans from cooking meats and vegetables.

liennytys

The state of being appeased; the policy of giving in to demands in order to preserve the peace.

liereä

Shaped like a cylinder.

lieriö

(geometry) A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve.

lieriön muotoinen

Shaped like a cylinder.

liero

A traitor or hypocrite, such as a co-worker or friend assumed trustworthy but who figuratively attacks when one's back is turned.

liesi

(chiefly, UK, Ireland, except in compounds) An appliance or utensil for cooking food.

lieska

(figuratively) An individual point of flame from a fire.

liestyä

(also, figuratively) To rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction; also, to irritate (something) through chafing or rubbing; to chafe.

liete

Pertaining to the soil deposited by a stream.

lietekivi

(petrology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds. [from 18th c.]

lietelanta

(agriculture) A mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water, stored in a slurry pit and used as fertilizer; also used in combination, as pig slurry, etc.

lietsoa

To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.

lietsoja

(figurative) A person promoting something, especially an undesirable thing.

lietsova

(figurative) Intentionally stirring up strife, riot, rebellion.

liettää

To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.

Liettua

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

liettualainen

Of or relating to Lithuania.

lievä

(of pain etc) Not intense; felt indistinctly or only slightly.

lievä kiinnostus

(figurative) A slight show of interest in something, such as a commercial opportunity or a proposal.

lievä rikos

(law, criminology, historical, _, in, _, UK) A lesser criminal act in most common law legal systems, generally punished less severely than a felony.

lievästi kehitysvammainen

(psychology, dated, originally) A person of mild mental subnormality in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50–70.

lieve

The flap at the back of a coat that hangs down, sometimes below the waist.

lieveneminen

(medicine) An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease; a period where the symptoms of a disease are absent.

lievennys

The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression. [First attested from 1340 to 1470.]

lieventää

(transitive) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.

lieventäminen

A reduction or decrease of something harmful or unpleasant.

lieventävä

That serves to mitigate.

lieventyä

(intransitive) To lessen in intensity.

lievittää

(transitive) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.

lievittävä

Giving relief.

lievitys

(figuratively) A source of relaxation or comfort.

lievyys

The quality of mercy or forgiveness, especially in the assignment of punishment as in a court case.

liftari

A person or thing that hitchhikes.

ligatuuri

(countable) A cord or similar thing used to tie something; especially the thread used in surgery to close a vessel or duct.

ligeerata

(transitive) To bind with a ligature or bandage.

liha

The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul. [from 13th c.]

lihaa syövä

Predatory or flesh-eating.

lihahakkelus

(cooking) An emulsion of fat and comminuted meat (which has been subject to puréeing, grinding, sieving, chopping finely) optionally mixed with other flavour carriers and either served up alone or used as a stuffing.

lihahyytelö

A meat or fish jelly.

lihaisa

Similar to, or tasting like beef.

lihaisuus

One of the five basic tastes, the savory taste of foods such as seaweed, cured fish, aged cheeses and meats.

lihakauppias

A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).

lihakirves

A squarish, heavy knife used by butchers for hacking through bones, etc.

lihaksensisäinen

Inside a muscle or the muscles.

lihakset

Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.

lihaksi tullut

(traditionally postpositive, now frequently prepositive) Embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form; personified.

lihaksikas

Characterized by brawn; muscular, thewy; strong.

lihakulli

(slang) A man whose penis is close to its full (erect) size when flaccid, or the penis itself. [from 1990s]

lihaleikkeleet

(uncountable) Cured meat that is ready to be eaten, especially pork.

lihaliemi

(uncountable) Water in which food (meat, vegetable, etc.) has been boiled.

lihallinen

Of or relating to the body or flesh.

lihallistunut

(traditionally postpositive, now frequently prepositive) Embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form; personified.

lihamureke

A dish of ground meat (usually made from ground beef, although lamb, pork, veal, venison, poultry and seafood are also used) formed into a loaf shape, mixed with egg and breadcrumbs, then baked or smoked, and usually served in slices.

lihamylly

A place or event likened to a slaughterhouse, because of great carnage or bloodshed.

lihanjalostus

(uncountable) The practice of cooking and preparing ready-to-eat meat products, especially pork.

lihanleikkaaja

A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).

lihansyöjä

An organism that feeds chiefly on animals; an animal that feeds on meat as the main part of its diet.

lihapulla

(colloquial, pejorative) Someone who is overweight.

lihapyörykkä

A ball of minced or ground meat, seasoned and cooked.

lihas

(usually, in the plural) A well-developed physique, in which the muscles are enlarged from exercise.

lihaskimppu

(informal) An attractive man, especially one who is muscular.

lihaskramppi

A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled; (sometimes) a similar pain even without noticeable contraction.

lihasmaha

A specialized organ constructed of thick muscular walls found in the digestive tract of some animals, including archosaurs (including crocodilians and birds), earthworms, some gastropods, some fish, and some crustaceans, and used for grinding up food, often aided by particles of stone or grit.

lihasmassa

Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.

lihassupistus

(biology, medicine) A shortening of a muscle during its use; specifically, a strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth.

lihasvoima

Physical strength; muscularity.

lihava

(typography, of, _, typefaces) Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.

lihavoida

(typography) To format (text) in boldface.