Finnish–English dictionary

lyödä lentolyönti

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

lyödä lukkoon

(transitive) To set or fix (a price or value).

lyödä maahan

(transitive) To knock down or lay low.

lyödä maila vinossa

(cricket) To hit (a ball) with a bat held in a slanted manner; also, to play such a stroke against (the bowler).

lyödä nyrkillä

(transitive) To strike with the fists; to punch.

lyödä ohi

(US, chiefly, sports) Especially in baseball or golf: to completely miss hitting a ball; hence (baseball) , of a batter: to strike out; to fan.

lyödä päähän

Of a forest fire or bushfire, to spread to the crowns of the trees and thence move from tree to tree independent of the surface fire.

lyödä pitch

(transitive, golf) To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.

lyödä pitkä kiekko

(transitive, ice hockey) To shoot the puck the length of the playing surface, causing a stoppage in play called icing.

lyödä rahaa

To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.

lyödä reikään

(transitive) To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball or golf ball.

lyödä ritariksi

To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.

lyödä säpäleiksi

(transitive) To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.

lyödä vetoa

(transitive, ditransitive) To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager.

lyöjä

(baseball) The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.

lyömäsoitinryhmä

(music) The section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group; in bands, may be separate from drum kits.

lyömäsoittaja

A trained musician who plays percussion instruments, as opposed to a drummer who lacks formal training.

lyömäsoittimet

(music) The section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group; in bands, may be separate from drum kits.

lyömätön

That cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome

lyöminen

(originally, military) The act of completely defeating an army or other enemy force, causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; (by extension) in politics, sport, etc.: a convincing defeat; a thrashing, a trouncing.

lyönti

(sewing) Cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc.

lyönti maila vinossa

(cricket) A stroke in which the ball is hit with a bat held in a slanted manner.

lyöntiääni

(countable) The collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound.

lyöntijärjestys

(cricket) The sequence in which a side’s batsmen bat; the batting order.

lyöntilevy

(piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.

lyöntipinta

(golf) The part of a golf club that hits the ball.

lyöntivirhe

(numismatics) A coin that is defective, having been incorrectly minted, often prized by collectors.

lyöntivuoro

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

lyöttäytyä yhteen

(intransitive, slang, followed by with) To form an association (with) someone.

lyöttymä

(countable) A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitted or ill-adjusted saddle; a saddle sore.

lyöty

(figuratively) Emotionally devastated.

lypsää

(transitive) To express a liquid from a creature.

lypsäjä

A person who milks.

lypsävä

(dated, of a mammal) Currently producing milk for its offspring.

lypsy

(dated, of a mammal) Currently producing milk for its offspring.

lypsyeläin

An animal, such as a dairy cow, kept for the milk it produces.

lypsylehmä

Any breed of cow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk, from which dairy products are made; an individual cattle beast of such a breed; especially, a female cow who has calved and lactated.

lyriikka

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lysähdys

A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.

lysähtää

(intransitive) To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint.

lystätä

(intransitive, ergative) To desire; to will; to be pleased by.

lystikäs

Oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish.

lytätä

(transitive) To criticise severely.

lyttäys

Strong adverse criticism.

Lyydia

A en given name.

lyyhistyä

(intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.

Lyyli

A en given name.

Lyyra

(constellation) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a lyre. It includes the bright star Vega and the Ring Nebula.

lyyraturska

Either of two lean, white marine food fishes, of the genus Pollachius, in the cod family.

lyyrinen runo

A lyric poem.

Łódź

The capital city of Lodz Voivodeship, Poland, also spelled Łódź.

ma

Abbreviation of Monday.

Maa

The third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live.

maa-alue

An expanse of land.

maa-asetus

(computing) The set of settings related to the language and region in which a computer program executes. Examples are language, currency and time formats, character encoding etc.

maa-asetusto

(computing) The set of settings related to the language and region in which a computer program executes. Examples are language, currency and time formats, character encoding etc.

maadoitettu

(electricity, North America) Of or pertaining to an electrical conductor which is connected to earth; earthed.

maadoittaa

(UK, transitive) To connect electrically to the earth.

maadoittamaton

Not electrically earthed.

maadoitus

(British) A connection electrically to the earth ((US) ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner.

maagi

(chiefly, fantasy) A magician, wizard, sorcerer, witch, warlock or mystic.

maaginen

Having supernatural talents, properties or qualities attributed to magic. [from 14th c.]

maagisesti

In a magical manner; by magic, or as if by magic.

maahan

(sentence substitute, imperative) Get down.

maahanmuuttaja

A non-native person who comes to a country from another country to permanently settle there.

maahanmuutto

The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence.

maahantunkeutuminen

A military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory or altering the established government.

maahantuoja

One who, or that which, imports: especially a person or company importing goods into a country.

maahantuonti

(uncountable) The practice of importing.

maahinen

(Germanic mythology) A supernatural being or spirit associated with illness, mischief, and harmful or dangerous magical influence; in later Norse sources, sometimes divided into benevolent light elves (inhabiting Álfheimr) and malevolent dark elves.

maailma

Concerning all parts of the world.

maailmallinen

Worldly or earthly; temporal.

maailman herra

One who rules the world.

maailmankaikkeus

Our universe, the sum of everything that exists in the cosmos, including time and space itself.

maailmankansalainen

A person regarded as part of the global citizenry; specifically, one who takes the view that they belong to no particular country or state.

maailmankatsomus

Doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group.

maailmankausi

(US, informal, hyperbole) A long period of time.

maailmanlaajuinen

Concerning all parts of the world.

maailmanlaajuisesti

Over the entire planet.

maailmanloppu

(countable, biblical) The written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet.

maailmanmiesmäinen

Sophisticated, especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world.

maailmanpalo

A large fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.

määintä

The characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat.

maajohdin

(electricity) An electrical conductor connected to the earth, or a large conductor whose electrical potential is taken as zero (such as a steel chassis).

maajussi

A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm#Noun.

maakaira

A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study.

maakerros

(geology) A layer of sedimentary rock having approximately the same composition throughout.

määkiä

To make the characteristic cry of a sheep.

maakieriäinen

Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots once dry, forming a light, rolling mass which is driven by the wind from place to place; as Russian thistle, wild indigo, witch grass, Amaranthus albus, etc.

maakilpikonna

Any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of the family Testudinidae (chiefly, North America) or the order Testudines (chiefly, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, India) , whose body is enclosed in a shell (carapace plus plastron). The animal can withdraw its head and four legs partially into the shell, providing some protection from predators.

määkiminen

The characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat.

maakosketus

(rugby) A try (scoring play of grounding the ball in the opposing team's in-goal).

maakrapu

(nautical, pejorative) Someone unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship, especially a novice seaman.

maakunnallinen

Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province.

maakunta

An administrative or geographical region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and 47 of the 50 United States (excluding Alaska, Connecticut, and Louisiana).

maalaaminen

an illustration or artwork using paint

maalailu

Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.

maalainen

(Australia, NZ, slang, derogatory stereotype) An unsophisticated person from a working class background.

maalais-

From or in the countryside, connected with it, or typical of it.

maalaisjärki

Ordinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made.

maalaisjuntti

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

maalaismainen

Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province.

maalaismaisema

A rural landscape.

maalaismaisuus

The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners.

maalaistalo

A house that was once a farmer's residence albeit today lived in by residents whose occupation is not farming.

maalaistollo

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

maalaisuus

The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners.

maalari

An artist who paints pictures.

maalata

To earn points in a game.

maalata vihreäksi

(transitive) To make or turn (something) green or greener.

maalauksellinen

Resembling a painting

maalaus

an illustration or artwork using paint

maalausteline

An upright frame, typically on three legs, for displaying or supporting something, such as an artist's canvas.

maali

The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.

maalialue

(ice hockey, handball) The area in front of each goal.

maalinauha

(sports) A finish line of a racetrack.

maalinpoistoaine

A chemical or tool used to remove paint, sheathing, etc. from something.

maalintekijä

(football) A person who scores a goal, or scores goals

maalinteko

The process of winning points in a sport or contest.

maaliskuu

The third month of the Gregorian calendar, following February and preceding April, containing the northward equinox.

maalisyöttö

(baseball) A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout.

maalitaulu

A mark to be shot at; a target.

maalitolppa

(sports) One of the two vertical side poles of a goal.

maalivahdin alue

(lacrosse) The circle around the goal, which no offensive players may enter during play, unless after scoring.

maalivahti

(sports) A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.

maallikko

(Buddhism, Hinduism) A layperson, lay devotee, gahapati, grihastha.

maallinen

Worldly or earthly; temporal.

maallistaa

(transitive) To make carnal; to reduce the spiritual nature of.

maamassa

(geography) A large, continuous area of land surrounded by sea or contiguous with another landmass.

maamerkki

A high hill or other easily distinguishable object near the shore which can serve as guidance for seafarers.

maamyyrä

Any of several small, burrowing, insectivorous mammals of the family Talpidae.

maan alla

Below the ground.

Maan asukas

(chiefly, science fiction) An inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet; specifically, a sentient member of any species native to Earth. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

maan luovutus

(Canadian) A concession road: a narrow road between tracts of farmland, especially in Ontario, from their origin during the granting of concessions (see above).

maan suola

(idiomatic) A person or group of people considered to represent the most decent and admirable parts of humanity.

maanalainen

Lying beneath, or conceived as lying beneath, the Earth’s surface.

maanantai

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

maanantaikappale

(slang) A defective or inadequate item or individual.

maanantaina

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

maanikko

An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania.

maanitella

(transitive) To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.

maankaltainen

Similar to, or resembling the Earth

maankohoaminen

The rise of the lithosphere in areas which were depressed by the weight of a continental ice sheet during the last ice age.

maankuulu

Widely known; famous; stereotypical.

maanläheinen

(idiomatic) Practical; realistic; pragmatic.

maanmies

Somebody from one's own country.

maanmittari

a professional who measures land, delineates property boundaries, etc.

maanmittaus

(sciences, geography) The discipline which deals with the measurement and representation of Earth, its gravitational field and geodynamic phenomena (polar motion, Earth tides, and crustal motion) in three-dimensional, time-varying space

maannos

(uncountable) The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.

maannousu

(geology) An upward movement of part of the Earth's crust.