Finnish–English dictionary

maite

A legendary plant eaten by the Lotophagi of the Odyssey that caused drowsiness and euphoria.

maiti

The semen of a male fish.

maitiaisneste

A digestive fluid containing fatty droplets, found in the small intestine.

maito

(medicine) Of or pertaining to milk, or the secretion of milk.

maito-

Of, relating to, or derived from milk.

maitoinen

Resembling milk in color, consistency, smell, etc.; consisting of milk.

maitokahvi

A light coffee colour.

maitokauppa

(uncountable) (also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk.

maitokiisseli

(by extension) A similar sauce made from milk and cornflour or custard powder (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat.

maitomies

A man who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses early in the morning.

maitopoika

(American spelling) A person who completely abstains from alcoholic beverages.

maitopullo

A glass bottle traditionally used for doorstep delivery of fresh milk.

maitorahka

A soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow's milk, originating from and eaten throughout central, northern, eastern, and southeastern Europe, as well as the Low Countries.

maitorauhanen

(anatomy) A gland that secretes milk for suckling an infant or offspring.

maitosokeri

(carbohydrate) The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C12H22O11, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds.

maitotuote

(uncountable) (also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk.

maitse

Over, across, or by land.

maittava

Pleasing to the taste, tasty.

maja

A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials.

majailla

(intransitive, now, rare) To live habitually; to stay, to remain.

majakka

A tower or other structure exhibiting a light or lights to warn or guide sailors.

majapaikka

A place to live or lodge.

majatalo

A private house in which paying residents are provided with accommodation and meals.

majatalon isäntä

The person responsible for the running of an inn, usually the proprietor.

majava

(countable) A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet, native to the Northern Hemisphere.

majavahattu

A hat made from the fur of the beaver.

majavanhausta

The bitter exudate of the castor sacs of mature beavers, used as a scent mark, and as a tincture in some perfumes.

majavannahka

The fur of the beaver.

mäjäys

(US, slang) An attempt, a chance, a turn, a go, originally an attempt to beat someone or something.

mäjäyttää

To hit, slap or strike.

majesteetti

a term of address for royalty and imperiality

majesteettinen

Very grand or fine.

majesteettisuus

The quality of being impressive, great, dignified, powerful, sovereign, or any combination thereof.

majoite

A temporary shelter constructed generally for a few nights.

majoittaa

(transitive) To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.

majoittua

(transitive) To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money.

majoitus

A place to live or lodge.

majoitusmääräys

A written order to quarter soldiers.

majoitusmestari

(military rank) An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies. Master of quartering.

majuri

(military ranks) A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel.

makaaberi

Representing or personifying death.

makaaminen

The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground.

makaava

Chiefly followed by on or upon: leaning, or lying, reclining, or resting, on something else.

makaava kuu

(heraldiccharge) The emblem of the waxing moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants.

makadamia

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

mäkärä

Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae.

mäkäräinen

Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae.

makaroni

(uncountable) A type of pasta in the form of short tubes, typically boiled and served in soup, with a sauce, or in melted cheese; a dish of this. [from 18th c.]

makasiini

A city, port, or other place where merchandise is sent for import, processing, distribution, and/or export, especially one where such merchandise is exempt from some customs duties; hence, a commercial centre.

makea

(archaic) Sweet to the taste.

makean veden

Living in fresh water.

makean veden vesistö

(countable) A body of fresh water

makeanveden simpukka

A freshwater mussel, usually edible, of the order Unionida in subclass Palaeoheterodonta.

makeasti

In a sweet or pleasant manner.

makeat herkut

A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.

makeavetinen

Consisting of fresh water.

makedonia

Of or pertaining to Macedonia or its people or language.

makedonialainen

Of or pertaining to Macedonia or its people or language.

makee

(informal, of a person) Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.

makeilija

A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage, or an obsequious, servile lackey or minion.

makeilu

Cloying sentimental speech.

makeinen

A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.

makeus

(figuratively) Something sweet or desirable.

makeutettu

(wine) Retaining a portion of sugar.

makeutusaine

A food additive that replicates the sweetness of sugar but is not sugar.

mäki

(archaic, _, outside, _, Northern England, Scotland) A rocky ridge or chain of mountains, particularly in the British Isles or Fennoscandia.

makimainen puoliapina

Any of the genus Lemur, represented by the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).

mäkimeirami

The leaves of these plants used in flavouring food.

mäkinen

(of a landscape) Abundant in hills; having many hills.

mäkinen rata

A railway track on which there are steep ascents and descents, a train moving partially or fully by the force of gravity using the momentum generated when descending to travel up an ascending part of the track; especially (Britain, dated) , such a track built for fun rides at an amusement park; a type of rollercoaster.

mäkitupa

An enclosed piece of land, usually small and arable and used for small-scale food production, and often with a dwelling next to it; in particular, such a piece of land rented to a farmer (a crofter), especially in Scotland, together with a right to use separate pastureland shared by other crofters.

mäkitupalainen

(historical) A peasant who performed labour in exchange for the right to live in a cottage.

makkara

(British, NZ, Australia, food, slang) A sausage.

makoisa

Pleasing to the taste, tasty.

makrilli

Certain smaller edible fish, principally true mackerel and Spanish mackerel in family Scombridae, often speckled,

makro

(programming) A comparatively human-friendly abbreviation of complex input to a computer program.

makromolekyyli

(organic compound, biochemistry) A very large molecule, especially used in reference to large biological polymers (e.g. nucleic acids and proteins).

makroskooppinen

Visible to the unassisted eye.

makrotaloustiede

The study of the entire economy in terms of the total amount of goods and services produced, total income earned, the level of employment of productive resources, and the general behavior of prices.

maksaa

(intransitive, poker, proscribed) To match the current bet amount, in preparation for a raise in the same turn. (Usually, players are forbidden to announce one's play this way.)

maksaa (jostakin)

(transitive, obsolete, rare) To pay for; to atone for.

maksaa alkupanos

To pay the ante in poker. Often used as ante up.

maksaa ennakkoa

To provide (money or other value) before it is due, or in expectation of some work; to lend. [from 16th c.]

maksaa ennakkoon

(transitive, colloquial) To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.

maksaa jäsenmaksu

To pay money to be a member of an organization.

maksaa kerralla

(transitive, finance, law) To pay, or arrange to pay, in advance, in a lump sum instead of part by part.

maksaa lunnaat

To pay a price to set someone free from captivity or punishment.

maksaa luotolla

To call to account; to challenge.

maksaa luottokortilla

To call to account; to challenge.

maksaa pois

To settle the financial affairs of (a corporation, partnership, or other business) with the aim of ceasing operations, by determining liabilities, using assets to pay debts, and apportioning the remaining assets if any; to wind up.

maksaa samalla mitalla

(figuratively) To avenge, to exact revenge.

maksaa takaisin

(figuratively) To avenge, to exact revenge.

maksaa takuut

To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.

maksaa velkansa

(finance, transitive) To pay to the extent of what is claimed or due.

maksaja

(legal) The party directed to pay the amount of a draft or cheque.

maksalohko

(anatomy) A clear division of an organ that can be determined at the gross anatomy level, especially one of the parts of the brain, liver or lung. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

maksamakkara

Spreadable sausage made with liver.

maksamato

Either of the two lobes of a whale's or similar creature's tail.

maksamaton

Owed as a debt.

maksamatta jättäminen

The failure to make a payment.

maksaminen

(poker) The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.

maksasammal

A type of bryophyte with a leafy stem or leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage and a lack of stomata on the sporophyte stage of the life cycle.

maksatulehdus

Inflammation of the liver, sometimes caused by a viral infection.

maksava

Having dues and fees paid up to date for a club or society.

maksettava

Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.

maksettu apuri

A person paid to endorse a product while pretending to be impartial.

maksi-

Denotes a larger than usual version of an item.

maksiimi

A precept; a succinct statement or observation of a rule of conduct or moral teaching.

maksimaalinen

Largest, greatest (in magnitude), highest, most.

maksimi

To the highest degree.

maksimiarvo

(statistics) The largest value of a batch or sample or the upper bound of a probability distribution.

maksimipiste

A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.

maksimoida

(transitive) To make as large as possible.

maksu

The amount of money levied for a service.

maksuaika

The time given for payment for something sold on trust.

maksuerä

(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.

maksukehotus

The noting by a notary public of an unpaid or unaccepted bill.

maksukyky

(Australia, finance) The ability of an individual to make repayments on a loan.

maksukykyinen

(finance) Able to pay all debts as they become due, and having no more liabilities than assets.

maksukykyisyys

(Australia, finance) The ability of an individual to make repayments on a loan.

maksukyvytön

Unable to pay one's bills as they fall due.

maksukyvyttömyys

(finance) The condition of failing to meet an obligation.

maksullinen

(rare) Not free, not free of charge, that costs money, that must be paid for, that must be purchased; paid (as in paid service); pay (as in pay channel); cash (as in cash bar); paywalled (as in paywalled content).

maksullinen moottoritie

(chiefly, US) A toll road, especially a toll expressway.

maksullinen tie

(chiefly, US) A toll road, especially a toll expressway.

maksumääräys

(archaic) An order for money to be paid; the document that states it: a cheque, note, bond, bill of exchange, money order, or IOU.

maksunpalautus

Repayment; compensation for loss or injury.

maksuosoitus

(banking, finance) A directive to pay a prespecified amount of money from prepaid funds, making it a more trusted method of payment than a check.

maksupalautus

An amount of money returned.

maksuton

Not requiring any payment.

maksuväline

Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.

maksuvalmius

(finance) Availability of cash over short term: ability to service short-term debt.

maku

(anatomy) Pertaining to the palate.

makuaine

Flavoring, a substance used to produce a taste.

makuaisti

(figuratively) A person's ability to distinguish between and appreciate different flavors. [from 14th c.]

makupala

(countable) A small piece of tasty food, a tidbit.

makuu

The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground.

makuuhuone

A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.

makuulta

(military, video games) Shooting from a position while lying down.

makuusali

A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.

makuusija

A prepared spot in which to spend the night.

malaiji

Of or relating to the Malays, a people living in Brunei, on the eastern coast of Sumatra, the islands of Bangka and Belitung, the Riau archipelago and the coastal areas of Kalimantan in Indonesia, in most of Malaysia (states where they are politically dominant), in Singapore and in the southernmost provinces of Thailand.

malaijinkielinen

Of or relating to the Malays, a people living in Brunei, on the eastern coast of Sumatra, the islands of Bangka and Belitung, the Riau archipelago and the coastal areas of Kalimantan in Indonesia, in most of Malaysia (states where they are politically dominant), in Singapore and in the southernmost provinces of Thailand.

malajalam

A Dravidian language spoken in the states of Kerala and Lakshadweep, India.

Malakia

(book of the bible) A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.

Malakian kirja

(book of the bible) A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.

Malakias

A en given name.

malaria

(disease) A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.

Malawi

A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Malawi.

Malé

The capital city of the Maldives.