Finnish–English dictionary

mennä ulos

(intransitive) To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave.

mennä uudestaan naimisiin

To marry a second or subsequent time (the same spouse or a different one) after the end of a marriage.

mennä uusiin naimisiin

To marry a second or subsequent time (the same spouse or a different one) after the end of a marriage.

mennä varikolle

(intransitive, motor racing) To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.

mennä vihreäksi kateudesta

(transitive) To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice. [from 1791]

mennä yksityiskohtiin

In speech or writing: to proceed from one matter to another; especially, to pass from more general or important to specific or less important matters to be considered.

mennä yli

(football) To pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side.

mennä ylös

(intransitive) To move upward, to fly, to soar.

menneet vuodet

(poetic) Past years; time gone by; yore.

menneisyys

(transitive, dated) To keep back, to delay, to retard.

mennessä

Not later than (the given time); not later than the end of (the given time interval).

menninkäinen

(folklore, fantasy) A generic creature, often described as a large goblin, meant to inspire fear in children.

mennyt

(idiomatic) That which happened a long time ago and not worth discussing any more.

mennyt vuosi

(rare) Last year.

meno

A departure.

menoerä

(uncountable, countable) The amount expended; expense; outlay.

menopaluumatka

(often, figurative, travel) A trip from one destination to another and then returning to the starting location.

menopaussi

The final menstrual period of a woman after which ovulation no longer occurs.

menopeli

(informal) Anything, especially a machine such as a motor car, that performs well, or operates successfully.

menora

A holy candelabrum with seven branches used in the Temple of Jerusalem.

menot

(uncountable, countable) The amount expended; expense; outlay.

menševikki

(now, chiefly, historical) A member of the gradualist or moderate wing of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party during the years preceding the Russian Revolution, when they split with the Bolsheviks; or a member of a later independent moderate-Marxist party formed in 1917. [from 20th c.]

menshevikki

(now, chiefly, historical) A member of the gradualist or moderate wing of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party during the years preceding the Russian Revolution, when they split with the Bolsheviks; or a member of a later independent moderate-Marxist party formed in 1917. [from 20th c.]

mensuraalinuottikirjoitus

(music) A 13th century system for governing rhythmic relationships in music that was a precursor to the modern use of time signatures; The use of mensural notation.

mentaalinen

(relational) Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.

mentaliteetti

A mindset; a way of thinking; a set of beliefs.

mentoli

(organic compound) A cyclic monoterpene alcohol; the major component of the essential oil of peppermint; used in pharmaceutical preparations as an antitussive and antipruritic agent, as a nasal decongestant, and in menthol cigarettes.

mentori

A wise and trusted counselor or teacher.

mentoroida

(transitive) To act as someone's mentor.

mentorointi

An arrangement by which one person mentors another.

menu

The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare.

menukortti

(old-fashioned) A written or printed enumeration of the dishes served at a banquet, or of the dishes (with prices listed) that may be ordered at a restaurant, etc.

MEP

(EU politics) Initialism of Member of the European Parliament.

meppi

(EU politics) Initialism of Member of the European Parliament.

merasin

A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.

Mercedes

A en given name, equivalent to English Mercy occasionally borrowed from Spanish.

mereen päätyvä eroosioaines

(geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.

merellä

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see at,‎ sea.

merelle

In the direction of the sea, toward the sea.

merelle päin

In the direction of the sea, toward the sea.

merelle suuntautuva

Moving away from the shore.

merellinen

(of a wind) Blowing from the sea to the land.

meren vilja

Fish, shellfish, seaweed, and other edible aquatic life.

merenalainen

Being, relating to, or made for use underwater, especially beneath the sea.

merenantimet

Fish, shellfish, seaweed, and other edible aquatic life.

merenelävä

organisms (especially fish) that live in the sea.

merenelävät

Fish, shellfish, seaweed, and other edible aquatic life.

merenkulkija

A sea explorer.

merenkulku

Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen.

merenkulullinen

Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen.

merenlahti

(geography) A body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline.

merenneito

A mythological creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish.

merenpohja

The floor or bottom of the sea or ocean.

merenpuoleinen

Being in or facing towards the sea, as opposed to the land.

merenrannikko

The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake. [from 14th c.]

merenranta

The coastal land bordering a sea or an ocean.

merenranta-

Related to a seaside.

merensininen

Of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish color like that of the pigment (noun sense 1).

merentakainen

Across a sea; to or in an area across a sea.

meri

In, or found while in, a vessel at sea or on another body of water.

meriahven

Any of various large food and game fishes of the subfamily Epinephelinae, especially the genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca, which inhabit warm seas.

meriantura

A common sole (Solea solea).

meridiaani

(geography, astronomy) Any imaginary line perpendicular to the equator and part of a great circle passing through the North Pole and South Pole.

merienkeli

A member of the unusual genus Squatina of sharks with flattened bodies and broad pectoral fins resembling skates or rays. There are approximately 16 known species, which are the only members of their taxonomic genus, family and order. They occur worldwide in temperate and tropical seas.

merihätä

Serious danger.

merijalkaväen sotilas

(military, nautical) A soldier, normally a member of a marine corps, trained to serve on board or from a ship.

merikadetti

(nautical) An officer of the lowest rank in several navies; especially, a trainee officer.

merikarhu

(slang, countable) A sailor (also old salt).

merikelpoinen

(of a boat) Seaworthy; in a navigable state; steerable.

merikokki

Any of the small perciform marine fish of the families Callionymidae and Draconettidae (slope dragonets) found mainly in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific, the family containing approximately 186 species in 18 genera.

merikortti

A navigator's map.

merikorva

(North America, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl. [mid 19th c.]

merikrotti

Any anglerfish of the family Lophiidae.

merilevä

Any of numerous marine algae, such as a kelp.

merimerkki

(nautical) A signal, buoy, post, or other conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners, particularly to warn vessels of danger.

merimetso

Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae which dive into water for fish and other aquatic animals, found throughout the world except for islands in the centre of the Pacific Ocean; specifically, the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).

merimies

(nautical) A seaman in a warship.

meripihka

A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight. [from 15th c.]

meripihkan värinen

A yellow-orange colour.

meripihkanvärinen

Of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber.

meripioneeri

A member of this force.

meripioneerit

A member of this force.

merirosvo

(nautical) Any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the Spanish Main and in the Pacific in the 17th century, who were similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation.

merirosvolaiva

An armed ship or vessel that sails for the purpose of plundering other vessels.

merirosvolippu

The traditional flag used on European and American pirate ships, and, more recently, by submarine crews, often pictured as a white skull and crossbones on a black field; the blackjack. [from early 18th c.]

merirosvous

(crime, nautical) Robbery at sea, a violation of international law; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it.

meriruoka

Fish, shellfish, seaweed, and other edible aquatic life.

merisairaus

Nausea, dizziness etc caused by the motion of a ship; a form of motion sickness.

merisatama

A town or harbour with facilities for seagoing ships to dock and take on or discharge cargo.

meriselitys

A written declaration, usually by the master of a ship, stating the circumstances attending loss or damage of ship or cargo, etc.

merisimpukka

A saltwater mussel, usually edible, of the order Mytilida in subclass Pteriomorphia.

merisotilas

(nautical) A seaman in a warship.

meritähti

Any of various echinoderms (not in fact fish) with usually five arms, many of which eat bivalves or corals by everting their stomach.

meritokratia

Rule by merit and talent.

merivesi

The sea or ocean; the water of the sea.

merivoimat

(nautical) Of or relating to a navy.

merivoimien esikunta

(military) The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally.

merkantilismi

(historical, economics) The theory that a nation must always have a positive balance of trade, in the manner that a merchant would operate a shop. Typically this model presupposes protectionism.

merkata

(board games) In checkers, to stack two checkers to indicate that the piece has become a king.

merkille pantava

Worthy of note; significant.

merkillinen

Out of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual.

merkinantolaite

An on-off light, semaphore, or other device used to give an indication to another person.

merkinantolippu

(nautical, often used attributively) A signal flag.

merkinantotorvi

(brass instrument) A simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves, playing only pitches in its harmonic series

merkintä

(computing) Metadata added to a document or program.

merkintäoikeus

(finance, countable) An option, usually issued together with another security and with a term at issue greater than a year, to buy other securities of the issuer.

merkintätapa

(uncountable, countable) A system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in an art or science or in mathematics or logic to express technical facts or quantities.

merkitä

(transitive) To set a mark on (as a tree, usually by cutting off a piece of its bark).

merkitä aksentit

(transitive) To mark with a written accent.

merkitä lipulla

To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.

merkitä lyijykynällä

(transitive) To mark with, or as if with, a pencil.

merkitä muistiin

(transitive, arithmetic) In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.

merkitä mustalle listalle

(transitive) To place on a blacklist; to mark a person or entity as one to be shunned or banned.

merkitä osakkeita

(business, and, finance) To agree to buy shares in a company.

merkitä poijulla

(transitive) To mark with a buoy.

merkitä tabuksi

To mark as taboo.

merkitä tulos

(intransitive) To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.

merkitä vanhentuneeksi

(transitive, chiefly, computing) To declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced.

merkitsemätön

Not bearing identification.

merkitsemätön eläin

An unbranded range animal. [from 1860s]

merkitseminen

The act of denoting, or something (such as a symbol) that denotes

merkittävä

Clearly evident; noticeable; conspicuous.

merkittävä määrä

A considerable measure or amount.

merkittävästi

In a significant manner or to a significant extent.

merkittävyys

Relative importance.

merkitty

(linguistics, semiotics, philosophy) The concept, object or person that is referred to by a sign or signifier.

merkityksellinen

Having meaning, significant.

merkityksellisyys

(uncountable) Clipping of importance.

merkityksetön

Lacking sense or meaning, often to the point of boredom or annoyance.

merkityksettömyys

the state of being insignificant

merkitys

Relevance; a relationship or connection.

merkitysopillinen

Of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words. [from late 19th c.]

merkitysoppi

The study of the relationship between words and their meanings.

merkityssisältö

The meanings of individual words, as opposed to the overall meaning of a passage.

merkkaamaton

Not bearing identification.

merkkaus

(computing) The notation that is used to indicate the meaning of the elements in an electronic document, or to dictate how text should be displayed.

merkki

(card games) A playing card showing a single pip, typically the highest or lowest ranking card in a game.

merkkiääni

(musical instruments) A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.

merkkiaine

(chemistry) A compound, element, or isotope used to track the progress or history of a natural process.

merkkienselite

A small guide explaining symbols or terminology, especially the legend on a map or chart.

merkkihenkilö

An important or influential person, or one of high rank or position.

merkkijono

(countable, programming) An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.

merkkilippu

(nautical, often used attributively) A signal flag.

merkkipaalu

(figurative, also, attributive) A major event or discovery.

merkkipaikka

A notable location with historical, cultural, or geographical significance.

merkkipeptidi

(biochemistry) Any short peptide sequence artificially attached to proteins mostly in order to help purify, solubilize or visualize these proteins.

merkkitorvi

(brass instrument) A simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves, playing only pitches in its harmonic series

merkkituli

A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.

Merlin

A wizard in the Arthurian legend.

Mersu

Clipping of Mercedes-Benz (“a car manufactured by Mercedes-Benz”).