Finnish–English dictionary

lurjustelu

An unprincipled action; deceit.

lurkata

(Internet slang) To read an Internet forum without posting comments or making one's presence apparent.

lusikallinen

The amount that a spoon will hold, either level or heaped.

lusikka

An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.

lusikkahaarukka

An eating utensil shaped like a spoon, the bowl of which is divided into tines like those of a fork, and so has the function of both implements; some sporks have a serrated edge so they can also function as a knife.

lusikoida

To serve using a spoon; to transfer (something) with a spoon.

lusmu

(obsolete) An idler, a lout.

lusmuilla

(transitive, or, reflexive) To gain something for oneself by clever or devious means.

lusmuta

(transitive, figurative) To evade doing something, especially something considered a responsibility.

lutakko

A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.

luterilainen

Lutheran (of or pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or its followers)

lutetium

A chemical element (symbol Lu) with an atomic number of 71, a silvery-white metal which resists corrosion in dry air.

Luther

Martin Luther, German monk and theologian whose teaching inspired the Reformation.

Lutherus

Martin Luther, German monk and theologian whose teaching inspired the Reformation.

lutka

(slang, pejorative) A woman who is evil, scheming, shameless, or immoral.

lutunen

Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.

luu

A bone of a fish; a fishbone.

luufinni

(dermatology) A keratin-filled cyst that can appear just under the epidermis or on the roof of the mouth.

luuhauki

(especially, US, Canada) Any of several North American fish of the family Lepisosteidae that have long, narrow jaws.

Luukas

(biblical) The Gospel of St. Luke, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the third of the four gospels.

luukato

(pathology) A disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.

Luukkaan evankeliumi

(biblical) The Gospel of St. Luke, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the third of the four gospels.

luukku

(architecture) A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.

luukuttaa

(intransitive, slang) To travel very fast.

luukuttaja

A person who accepts stolen goods. [from 14th c.]

luulla

(transitive) To assume; to suppose.

luulosairas

Related to, or affected by hypochondria.

luulotella

(transitive, obsolete) To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise.

luultava

Probable; having a greater-than-even chance of occurring.

luultavasti

As can be supported or proven by sound logical deduction, evidence, and precedent, but without absolute certainty.

luumainen

Resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone; osseous.

luumen

(physics) In the International System of Units, the derived unit of luminous flux; the light that is emitted in a solid angle of one steradian from a source of one candela. Symbol: lm.

luumu

(comparable) Of a dark bluish-red colour.

luumunpunainen

(comparable) Of a dark bluish-red colour.

luumupuu

An edible, fleshy stone fruit of Prunus domestica (European plum), often of a dark red or purple colour. [from 8th c.]

luunmurtuma

(medicine) A break in bone or cartilage.

luunvalkoinen

An off-white colour, like the typical colour of bone.

luupää

(pejorative) A person who is deficient in intelligence.

luuppi

(algebra) A quasigroup with an identity element.

luuranko

(anatomy) The internal skeleton of an animal, which in vertebrates is composed of bone and cartilage.

luuri

The part of a landline telephone containing both receiver and transmitter (and sometimes dial), held in the hand.

luurit

A pair of cushioned speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound.

luuseri

An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure, has failed at something or incapable of success.

luuska

(British, slang) An unattractive person, ugly woman.

luuta

(countable) A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.

luutia

(transitive, intransitive) To sweep with a broom.

luutnantti

A military grade that is junior to the grade the adjective modifies: lieutenant colonel, lieutenant general, lieutenant commander.

luuton

(US, humorous) Without pizza crust; without pizza bones

luuttu

A fretted stringed instrument, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.

luutunkieli

(music) One or more strings on some musical instruments (such as the guitar, lute or vihuela): if multiple, then closely spaced, tuned in unison or octaves and intended to be played together.

luutunut

Firmly established in a behavior seen as bad; unlikely to change one's ways; inveterate.

luututa

(transitive) To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.

luuvata

(ambitransitive, nautical) To steer (a vessel) closer to the wind.

luuydin

(anatomy) The fatty vascular tissue that fills the cavities of bones, being the place where new blood cells are produced.

luvake

The authorization granted by a company to sell or distribute its goods or services in a certain area.

luvaketoiminta

The establishment, granting, or use of a franchise.

luvakkeenottaja

A business operating under such authorization, a franchisee.

luvallinen

Not forbidden by formal or informal rules.

luvata

(intransitive) To guarantee or promise (to do something).

luvata lahjoittaa

(intransitive) To contribute or promise to contribute money to a common fund.

luvata puolisoksi

(archaic) Often of a parent or guardian: to promise that (two people) be married to each other; specifically and chiefly, to promise that (a woman) be given in marriage to a man; to affiance.

luvaton

Breaking social norms.

luvaton kulku

unauthorized entry to private property

luvaton poissaolo

(military) Absence without proper authority from the properly appointed place of duty, or from unit, organization, or other place of duty at which one is required to be at the time prescribed.

luvaton tunkeutuminen

unauthorized entry to private property

luvattomasti poissaoleva

(specifically) Of a student: absent from school without permission.

luvullinen

(grammar, of a noun) Freely usable with the indefinite article and with numbers.

luvun ottaminen

Performing a headcount; the counting of people.

luvuton

(grammar, of a noun) That cannot be used freely with numbers or the indefinite article, and therefore usually takes no plural form. Example: information.

Luxembourg

A province of Wallonia, Belgium.

Luxemburg

A province of Wallonia, Belgium.

Luzern

The capital city of Lucerne canton, Switzerland.

lyhde

The contents of such a container.

lyhenne

(linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase used to represent the whole, using omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @. [Late 16th century.]

lyhennelmä

(linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase used to represent the whole, using omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @. [Late 16th century.]

lyhennemerkki

(by extension) A shorthand symbol indicating an omission for the purpose of brevity.

lyhennetty

(obsolete, as a participial adjective) Abbreviated, abridged, shortened. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the late 17th century]

lyhennös

(linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase used to represent the whole, using omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @. [Late 16th century.]

lyhennys

(linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase used to represent the whole, using omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @. [Late 16th century.]

lyhennyserä

(banking, finance) Any of a series of portions of a debt or sum of money, which portions may or may not be equal in amount (depending in part on whether the interest rate is fixed or variable), and payment of which takes place at regular intervals toward satisfaction of the total. Payments are generally mensual, quarterly, triannual, biannual, or annual.

lyhennysmerkki

(music) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers.

lyhennysvapaus

(legal) An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments. [from 19th c.]

lyhentää

(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

lyhentämätön

Not abbreviated

lyhentäminen

(linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase used to represent the whole, using omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @. [Late 16th century.]

lyhentyä

(transitive) To make shorter; to abbreviate.

lyhentynyt

(biology) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]

lyhetä

(transitive) To make shorter; to abbreviate.

lyhin reitti

(mining, chiefly, historical) A dynamite fuse made with a small quantity of dynamite powder along its length, so that the spark travels quickly and at a specific known rate.

lyhty

The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to and winds it on the bobbin

lyhtypylväs

The pole that holds up a light so it can illuminate a wide area, such as holds up a streetlight.

lyhyeen

Abruptly, curtly, briefly.

lyhyeksi leikattu

Cut short; cut very short.

lyhyeksi rajattu

Cut short; cut very short.

lyhyeksimyynti

(commerce, finance) The practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess.

lyhyesti

(manner) In a brief manner, summarily.

lyhyesti sanottuna

(idiomatic) In summary; briefly or simply.

lyhyt

Of short duration; happening quickly. [from 15th c.]

lyhyt äänne

(phonetics) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.

lyhyt muoto

(followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).

lyhyt tavu

(phonetics) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.

lyhyt tukka

A short haircut.

lyhyt vokaali

(phonetics) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.

lyhytaalto

(of radio equipment) Capable of transmitting or receiving signals at such a wavelength.

lyhytaaltoinen

(of radio waves) Having a wavelength of approximately 10 to 100 meters.

lyhytaikainen

Of short duration; happening quickly. [from 15th c.]

lyhytaikaisuus

(uncountable) The quality of being brief in duration.

lyhytkasvuinen

(medicine) Of a person: shorter than usual for one's age.

lyhytkestoinen

Alive or existent for only a short period of time.

lyhytkestoisuus

(uncountable) The quality of being brief in duration.

lyhytnäköinen

(figuratively) Unable to see long-term objectives; lacking foresight.

lyhytnäköisyys

(figurative) A lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning.

lyhytsanainen

Concise; taking few words. [from 15th c.]

lyhytsanaisesti

In a concise manner, briefly, without excessive length.

lyhytsanaisuus

(uncountable) Succinctness; conciseness.

lyhyys

(uncountable) The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief.

lyijy

(transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.

lyijykatto

(countable) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.

lyijykukka

(botany) A plant of the genus Plumbago; leadwort. [from 17th c.]

lyijykynä

A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper. [from 16th c.]

lyijylevy

Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.

lyijynharmaa

Dull; darkened with overcast.

lyijypaino

A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.

lyijytyöntekijä

(dated) One who works in or with lead.

lykätä

(intransitive) To delay, to wait.

lykätty

Done later than originally planned; delayed.

lykättynä

Suspension; temporary suppression; dormant condition. [Mid 17th century]

lykkäys

Suspension; temporary suppression; dormant condition. [Mid 17th century]

lykkiä

(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.

lykky

Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence.

lykkyä tykö

Used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement; a benediction or valediction.

lymfa

(physiology) A colourless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets.

lymfaattinen

(anatomy) Pertaining to lymph or the lymphatic system.

lymfooma

(oncology, pathology) A malignant tumor that arises in the lymph nodes or in other lymphoid tissue.

lymyillä

To move in a stealthy or furtive way; to come or go while trying to avoid detection.

lynkata

(transitive) To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob.

lynkkaus

Execution of a person by mob action without due process of law, especially by hanging.

lynkkysuoli

(anatomy) Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the rectum. (Because the colon is the largest part of the large intestine (constituting most of it), it is often treated as synonymous therewith in broad or casual usage.)

lyödä

Any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.

lyödä aivot pihalle

(transitive) To dash out the brains of; to kill by smashing the skull.

lyödä ällikällä

(transitive, now, rare) To strike (someone) with awe; to make (someone) awestruck.

lyödä hukki

(cricket, golf, basketball) To play a hook shot.

lyödä ilmasta

(sports, transitive) To hit the ball before it touches the ground

lyödä ilmat pihalle

(countable, uncountable) The ability to breathe easily.

lyödä iskulyönti

(volleyball) To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.

lyödä kaaripallo

(intransitive, baseball) To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).

lyödä kierre

(cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.

lyödä koukku

To strike a heavy blow upward.

lyödä kunnari

(US, baseball) To hit a homer; to hit a home run.

lyödä laimin

(intransitive, finance) To fail to fulfill a financial obligation.