Finnish–English dictionary

Argyle-kuvio

a sock having this pattern

ärhäkkä

Tenacious, energetic, spunky.

ärhennellä

To act or speak in an unduly threatening manner.

ari

(added to verbs) A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun.

Ariadne

(Greek mythology) The daughter of King Minos of Crete and his queen, Pasiphae.

arianismi

(Christianity) A Christological doctrine, condemned as heretical by the First Council of Nicaea, which holds that Jesus was created by God, rather than being God himself.

arigato

(colloquial) Thank you (used in the context of, or to evoke, Japanese culture).

arina

A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.

äristä

(intransitive) To snarl or growl; to gnar.

aristava

Sensitive or painful to the touch.

aristokraatti

One of the aristocracy, nobility, or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble (originally in Revolutionary France).

aristokraattinen

Of, pertaining to, or favouring, an aristocracy

Aristoteles

An ancient Greek philosopher, logician, and scientist (382–322 BCE), student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great.

aritmetiikka

The mathematics of numbers (integers, rational numbers, real numbers, or complex numbers) under the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

ärjäistä

(transitive) To speak sharply.

ärjäisy

A long, loud, deep shout, as of rage or laughter, made with the mouth wide open.

arjalainen

(theosophy, Germanic, _, mysticism, Nazism) A member of a race defined variously as comprising people of Germanic descent, in the narrowest sense, or all non-Jewish Caucasians, in the broadest sense

ärjyä

(transitive) To speak sharply.

ärjyntä

(onomatopoeia) A low thundering, rumbling or growling sound.

arka

(often in negative constructions) Reluctant or unwilling to advance or act; shy.

arkadi

(architecture) A row of arches.

Arkadia

(figurative) An ideal region of rural and idyllic contentment; a pastoral utopia.

arkailematon

Courageous, daring.

arkaistinen

(archaeology) Belonging to the archaic period.

arkajalka

(countable, slang, sometimes, derogatory) A coward.

arkaluonteinen

Easily damaged or requiring careful handling.

arkaluontoinen

Touchy, sensitive, or delicate.

Arkansas

A state in the South Central region of the United States. Capital and largest city: Little Rock.

arkatunteinen

(of a person) Easily offended, oversensitive.

arkeologi

Someone who studies or practises archaeology.

arkeologia

The study of the past by excavation and analysis of its material remains.

arkeologinen

Relating to the science or research of archaeology.

Arkhimedes

(astronomy) A large lunar impact crater on the eastern edges of the Mare Imbrium.

arki-

(of clothing or utensils) Designed for informal or everyday use.

arkia

form of government or rule

arkiasu

(now, archaic, or, historical) Informal clothing for men, as opposed to formal or ceremonial wear.

arkijärki

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

arkikieli

Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.

arkikielinen

(of language) Reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage.

arkinen

Appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions.

arkipäivä

Any individual day of the week, except those which form the weekend or the single weekly day off; that is:

arkipäiväinen

(of writing or speaking) Straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry.

arkistaa

(transitive) To make something appear trivial

arkistoida

(transitive) To place (something) into an archive.

arkistointi

(uncountable) The practice of storing items in an archive; archiving; (countable) an instance of this.

arkistoitu

Having been placed into an archive.

arkistokokonaisuus

(information science) A group of records having shared provenance.

arkistonhoitaja

One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing and organising archives.

arkka

leading, leader

arkki

leading, leader

arkkiasemointi

(printing) Arrangement of a printed product’s pages on the printer's sheet so as to have the pages in proper order in the final product.

arkkidiakoni

(Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy) A senior administrative official in a diocese, just under the bishop, often in charge of an archdeaconry. As a title, it can be filled by either a deacon or priest.

arkkienkeli

A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity, and often seen as belonging to a particular archangelical rank or order within a greater hierarchy of angels. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel).

arkkiherttua

(historical) The son or male-line grandson of an emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

arkkiherttuatar

A daughter or granddaughter of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, or the wife of a son or grandson of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary

arkkihiippakunnallinen

Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical.

arkkihiippakunta

(ecclesiastical) The jurisdiction of an archbishop.

arkkikerettiläinen

(religion) The founder of a heresy, or a major ecclesiastical proponent of such a heresy. [from mid 16th c.]

arkkimandriitta

(Eastern Orthodoxy) The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church.

arkkipiispa

A senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of dioceses called a province (in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, etc.)

arkkitehtoninen

Pertaining to architecture.

arkkitehtuuri

The art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and decorated.

arkkityyppi

An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype. [from mid 16th c.]

arkkiveisu

The printed lyrics of a folk song or ballad; a broadsheet.

arkkivihko

(bookbinding) A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.

arkkivihollinen

A principal enemy.

arkku

A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.

arkkuvaate

A heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb; a shroud laid over a corpse.

arktinen

(geography) Pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet, characterised by extreme cold and an icy landscape. [from 16th c.]

arktinen alue

A continental region consisting of the portion of the Earth north of the Arctic Circle, containing the North Pole. [from 17th c.]

Arktis

A continental region consisting of the portion of the Earth north of the Arctic Circle, containing the North Pole. [from 17th c.]

arkunkantaja

Someone who helps carry the coffin or a dead body during a funeral procession.

arkuus

Shyness; a feeling of unease in social situations.

armahdettu

Forgiven for wrongdoing.

armahdus

An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.

armahtaa

(transitive) To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

armahtavaisuus

The state of being merciful; mercy.

armeija

A large flock of anything.

armeijakunta

(military) A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.

armeijaryhmä

(historical) A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.

armeinalainen

Of, from, or pertaining to Armenia, the Armenian people, the Armenian language, or the Armenian alphabet.

armeliaisuus

In general, an attitude of kindness and understanding towards others, now especially suggesting generosity.

armelias

Lenient or merciful; charitable.

Armenia

(historical) Ancient kingdom in the Armenian Highland southeast of Black Sea and southwest of Caspian Sea; area now divided between Turkey, Republic of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Iran.

armenialainen

Of, from, or pertaining to Armenia, the Armenian people, the Armenian language, or the Armenian alphabet.

armo

The gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy; compassion in judging or punishing.

armollinen

Showing mercy.

armomurha

The practice of intentionally killing a human being or animal in a humane way, especially in order to end suffering.

armopala

(informal, often, derogatory) A gift of money or material assistance to the needy or poor.

armoton

(informal) Ruthlessly acquisitive or competitive; of a business or other set of circumstances, trying to succeed at the expense of other people.

armottomasti

In an inexorable manner; without the possibility of stopping or prevention.

aro

The grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia. [from 1671]

arokierijä

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.

aromaattinen

Fragrant or spicy.

aromaattinen yrtti

A fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it.

aromaterapia

(alternative medicine) The use of selected fragrances in lotions and inhalants in an effort to affect mood and promote health.

aromi

A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one.

aromikas

Fragrant or spicy.

arpajaiset

(Australia, New Zealand) A raffle run to raise money for a charity.

arpajaisvoitto

A prize in a lottery.

arpakuutio

An isohedral polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and thrown in games of chance.

arpapeli

(figuratively) Something decided by chance.

arpeutua

(transitive) To heal a wound through scarring (by causing a scar or cicatrix to form).

arpi

A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.

arpoa

(intransitive) To draw lots.

arpomalla ennustaminen

Witchcraft, magic, especially as a means of making decisions or predictions.

ärrä

The name of the Latin-script letter R/r.

ärrävika

A uvular "r" sound, or (by extension) an accent characterized by this sound.

arroganssi

The state of being arrogant; a type of extreme or foolish pride in which someone feels much superior to another.

arroganttius

The state of being arrogant; a type of extreme or foolish pride in which someone feels much superior to another.

arseeni

A toxic grey brittle nonmetallic chemical element (symbol As) with an atomic number of 33.

arseenitrioksidi

Arsenic trioxide.

arsenaali

(figuratively) A ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons.

arsenikki

Arsenic trioxide.

ärsyke

An external phenomenon that has an influence on a system, by triggering or modifying an internal phenomenon; for example, a spur or incentive that drives a person to take action or change behaviour.

ärsyttää

(now, rare) To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify. [from 16th c.]

ärsyttäminen

The act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences.

ärsyttävä

Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.

ärsytys

(archaic, countable, uncountable) Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.

ärsyyntyä

(intransitive, figurative) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.

ärsyyntynyt

Troubled, irritated by something unwanted or unliked (an annoyance); vexed.

artefakti

An object made or shaped by human hand or labor.

Artemis

(Greek god) The Greek goddess of the hunt, wild animals, and wilderness; the daughter of Leto and Zeus; the sister of Apollo. (Compare Diana.)

artesaani

A skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft.

artikkeli

A piece of nonfiction writing such as a story, report, opinion piece, or entry in a newspaper, magazine, journal, encyclopedia, etc.

artikla

A section of a legal document, bylaws, etc. or, in the plural, the entire document seen as a collection of these.

artikulaatio

(uncountable) The quality, clarity, or sharpness of speech; the movement within the mouth that allows for those things.

artikuloida

(ambitransitive) To speak clearly; to enunciate.

artikulointi

(uncountable) The quality, clarity, or sharpness of speech; the movement within the mouth that allows for those things.

artisokka

(countable) A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.

artistinen

Relating to or characteristic of art or artists.

Artturi

A en given name.

ärtyisä

Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset.

ärtyminen

(uncountable) The action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; (countable) an instance of this.

ärtymys

(literary, archaic) A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes.

ärtyneisyys

(uncountable) The state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; annoyance, irritation; also, disappointment, discontentment, unhappiness; (countable) an instance of this.

ärtynyt

(chiefly, British, Ottawa Valley) Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.

ärtyvä

Capable of being irritated.

Aruba

An island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea.

arvaamaton

(comparable) Of a person's mood or character, etc.: impossible to predict.

arvaamattomuus

(uncountable) The state of being unpredictable.

arvailla

(ambitransitive) To assume or assert tentatively on uncertain grounds.

arvailu

An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.

arvanveto

Witchcraft, magic, especially as a means of making decisions or predictions.

arvata

(transitive) To guess or discover (something) through intuition or insight.

arvaus

(formal) A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess.

arvella

(transitive) To assume; to suppose.

arvelu

(formal) A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess.

arveluttava

Suspicious, or of dubious character.

Arvi

(rare) A en given name.