Finnish–English dictionary

maanomistaja

A person who owns land.

maanosa

Each of the traditional main regions into which the Earth’s land surface is divided, including both an extent of mainland and various conventionally associated islands, etc; namely, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australasia/Oceania, North America, South America, and Antarctica.

maanpäällinen

On or above the surface of the ground.

maanpako

The state of being banished, exile.

maanpakolainen

(countable) Someone who is banished from his home or country.

maanpakolaisuus

(uncountable) The state of being banished from one's home or country.

maanparannus

The act or process of rendering fertile.

maanparannusaine

Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.

maanpetos

Criminal disloyalty to one's country or a sovereign.

maanpetturi

(pejorative) A traitor who collaborates with the enemy. [from 1940]

maanpinnan kohoaminen

The process of being heaved upward, especially the raising of part of the earth's crust.

maanpinta

(geology, biology, chiefly with a modifier) The bottom surface of a natural structure, entity, or space (e.g. cave, forest, ocean, desert, etc.); the ground (surface of the Earth).

maanpuolustus

(government, military, euphemism) Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.

maantie

A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane. [from 16th c.]

maantiede

The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them.

maantiekarhu

A machine used to sort food by size or quality.

maantiepyörä

(cycling) A bicycle, or tricycle, adapted for common roads, rather than for the racing track, usually of classic style and steel-framed construction.

maantierosvo

(historical) A person, usually mounted on horseback, who robbed travelers on public roads.

maantieteellinen

Of, or relating to geology or a geologic time scale.

maantieteellinen tietosanakirja

(geography) A dictionary or index of geographical locations.

maantieteellisesti

In terms of geography.

maantieto

The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them.

maanvaiva

(countable) A cause of misery or ruin.

maanviljelijä

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

maanviljely

The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock.

maanviljelys

Of, or relating to, the ownership, tenure and cultivation of land.

maanvyöry

A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.

maanvyörymä

A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path.

maaoikeus

(US, historical) A specific grant of ownership of a piece of real property; a land patent.

maaöljy

Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.

maaomaisuus

A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use.

maaorava

Any of the subtribe Tamiina of small, striped rodents; they are found in North America, with the exception of the Siberian chipmunk which is found primarily in Asia.

maaorja

A partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, attached like a slave to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights.

maaottelu

(sport) A place on a national team; an international appearance.

maapähkinä

A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.

maapallo

The planet Earth.

maaperä

Soil, earth.

maaperäkaira

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

maapuu

Branches and twigs fallen from trees and shrubs.

määrä

Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample. [First attested in the late 19th century.]

määräaikainen

Existing only for a short time or short times; transient, ephemeral.

määräaikainen työntekijä

One serving for a limited time; a short-term employee, especially in an office.

määräala

A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land.

määräämätön

(mathematics) Being an integral without specified limits.

määrääminen

The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.

määräävä

That which directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide.

määräävä tekijä

A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something.

määrähetki

(rare) An assigned end; a conclusion.

määräilevä

Having a commanding style.

määräinen

(linguistics) Designating an identified or immediately identifiable person or thing, or group of persons or things

määräkohteinen pelko

An irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fear (of something).

määrällinen

Of a measurements and data types: based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality.

määrällistää

(logic) To relate a statement (called a predicate) to a given set using a quantifier—either for all (denoted ∀) or there exists (denoted ∃).

määränpää

(rare) An assigned end; a conclusion.

määräraha

An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.

määrätä

(transitive) To assign or designate as a task or for a purpose.

määrätä ennalta

(transitive) To define in advance.

määrätä lentokieltoon

(transitive) To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.

määrätä maksu

(ambitransitive) To levy a toll on (someone or something).

määrätä tahti

To set the speed in a race.

määrätä vero

(transitive) To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.

määrätietoinen

Decided; resolute, possessing much determination; dogged.

määrätietoisesti

In a determined manner.

määrätietoisuus

The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decisive character; resoluteness; fortitude.

määrätty

Having distinct limits.

määräys

A command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request; now usually in the phrase at the behest of and at one's behest. [from 12th c.]

määräys sammuttaa tulet yöksi

(historical) A regulation in feudal Europe by which fires had to be covered up or put out at a certain fixed time in the evening, marked by the ringing of an evening bell.

määräystenmukaisuus

(uncountable) The state of being compliant.

määräysvalta

The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority.

määre

(grammar, linguistics) A word or group of words that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object. [from 19th c.]

määri

A group of Slavic dialects spoken in the Moravia region, considered by some linguists to compose a language separate from Czech.

määrite

A characteristic or quality of a thing.

määritellä

(transitive, idiomatic) To specify, especially in detail.

määritelmä

The act of defining; determination of the limits.

määriteosa

(grammar) A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase. (It may be any of the following: an adjective phrase, an adverb phrase, a prepositional phrase, a noun phrase, or a subordinate clause.)

määrittää

(transitive) To determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate; to estimate.

määrittää arvo

To determine or estimate the value of; to judge the worth of.

määrittää genotyyppi

(transitive) To determine the genotype of.

määrittää ikä

(transitive) To determine the age of something.

määrittää isyys

(transitive, said of an illegitimate child) To fix the paternity of

määrittää sukupuoli

(zoology, transitive) To determine the sex of (an animal).

määrittää tarkemmin

(transitive) To identify or locate (someone or something) precisely or with great accuracy.

määrittää veriryhmä

To determine the blood type of.

määrittäjä

Someone or something that determines, or helps to determine, something else.

määrittäminen

The act of determining, or the state of being determined.

määrittelemätön

That which defies description; indescribable.

määrittely

(countable, computing) The way a computing environment (physical or software) is set up or customized to the needs of its users.

määrittelyalue

(computing) A collection of information having to do with a domain, the computers named in the domain, and the network on which the computers named in the domain reside.

määrittelyjoukko

(computing) A collection of information having to do with a domain, the computers named in the domain, and the network on which the computers named in the domain reside.

määritys

(countable, computing) The way a computing environment (physical or software) is set up or customized to the needs of its users.

maasälpä

(mineral) Any of a large group of rock-forming aluminosilicate minerals containing potassium, sodium, or calcium that, together, make up about 60% of the Earth's outer crust.

maaseutu

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

maaseutumainen

Country-styled or pastoral; rural.

maaseutumaisema

A rural landscape.

maasika

The nocturnal, insectivorous, burrowing, mammal Orycteropus afer, of the order Tubulidentata, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa. [from late 18th c.]

maasilta

(Ireland, British, travel) Travel by ferry from one country, via another country by road, then by another ferry crossing to a third country. An example is from Ireland by ferry to the UK, by road to the opposite coast, then ferry to France.

maassa

(figuratively) Emotionally devastated.

maastamuuttaja

Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country.

maastamuuttaja-

Living outside of one's own country.

maastamuuttajat

A body of emigrants; emigrants collectively.

maastamuutto

The act of emigrating; movement of a person or persons out of a country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.

maastaviejä

One who, or that which, exports: especially a person who or organization that exports or sells goods made in one country for delivery in another country.

maasto

(in combination) A place suited to a specified activity.

maastoesitys

A detailed graphic representation of the surface features of a place or object.

maastohiihto

Of or relating to cross-country skiing.

maastokuvio

(textiles) A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.

maastomittaus

The surveying of the features.

maaston kohouma

A hillock or similar raised area of terrain.

maastopalo

A rapidly spreading fire, especially one occurring in a wildland area.

maastopuku

(textiles) A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.

maasulku

(technology) An abnormal connection within an electric circuit.

maata

(intransitive) To go to bed; to put oneself to sleep.

maata kasvoillaan

To cause to lie down, to flatten.

maata pitkällään

To cause to lie down, to flatten.

maata vatsallaan

To cause to lie down, to flatten.

maatalo

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

maataloudellinen

Of or pertaining to agriculture.

maatalous

The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock.

maatalous-

Of or pertaining to agriculture.

maatalousbisnes

(uncountable) Business (especially big business) connected to agriculture, either owning or operating large-scale farms, or catering to those who do. [from 1950s]

maatalousliiketoiminta

(uncountable) Business (especially big business) connected to agriculture, either owning or operating large-scale farms, or catering to those who do. [from 1950s]

maataloustiede

(rare) A subdiscipline of agronomy (the science of utilizing animals, plants, and soils) and of soil science which addresses the influence of edaphic (soil-related) conditions on crop production for optimizing it. [from mid 19th c.]

maataloustieteellinen

Of or pertaining to agronomy.

maatamo

(astronomy) Reflected earthlight visible on the Moon's night side.

maate pitkin

Over, across, or by land.

maatiaisrotu

(often, attributive) Any local variety of a domesticated animal or plant species that has adapted over time to its ecological and cultural environment (including, in some cases, its work). [from late 19th c.]

maatila

(countable) A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.

maatilkku

(specifically) A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground.

maattaa

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

maatto

(electrical engineering) The interconnecting metal chassis or frame of a device, appliance, machine, or metal raceway via a designated conductor to earth at the service panel. It may be bare or covered, and does not carry current in normal operation.

maatua

(ergative) To (cause to) decay, to decompose.

maauimala

(British) An outdoor swimming pool.

maavalli

Any structure made from earth, especially an embankment used for fortification or flood control.

maavarsi

A whole rhizome of ginger.

maavoimat

(figuratively) A large group of people working toward the same purpose.

maca

Any of species Lepidium meyenii, an Andean medicinal herb, or an extract of the root of this plant.

macadamia

An evergreen tree, of the genus Macadamia, native to Australia and cultivated in Hawaii.

Macao

A city, special administrative region, and peninsula in China, west of Hong Kong.

macaron

Any of various confections made with almond and egg white, traditionally made in France.

macaron-leivos

A soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough.

Mach

(physics, uncountable) A ratio of the speed (of an object, etc.) to the speed of sound in the fluid or other medium through which the object travels. Usually used to describe supersonic speeds; always precedes the Mach number.

machiavellilainen

Attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods, especially in politics.

machiavellimainen

Attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods, especially in politics.

macho

(informal) Masculine in an overly assertive or aggressive way.

machoilu

exaggerated masculinity

Madagaskar

An island and country off the east coast of Africa. Official name: Republic of Madagascar. Capital: Antananarivo.

madagaskarinmangusti

Any of several species of generalist predatory carnivores in the family Herpestidae; the various species range in size from rats to large cats. Indian mongooses are predators of venomous snakes, though other mongoose species have similar habits.

madaltaa

(transitive) To make lower in tone

madaltua

(intransitive, of a male voice) To become deeper at puberty.

mädännäisyys

(uncountable) Corruption in official life.