Finnish–English dictionary

merta

A contraption made of wires, rods, fishing-net or other suitable materials with the purpose of catching fish alive.

merten taakse

Across a sea; to an area across a sea.

merten takana

Across a sea; to an area across a sea.

mesaani

(British, nautical) A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.

mesallianssi

(obsolete) Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.

mesenaatti

A generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art.

mesi

(chiefly, _, mythology) The drink of the gods. [from 16th c.]

mesiäinen

(botany) A gland that secretes nectar

mesikämmen

A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), having shaggy fur, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae.

mesikaste

(uncountable) A sweet, sticky substance deposited on leaves and other plant parts by insects (especially aphids and scale insects) feeding on plant sap, or by fungi.

meskaliinikaktus

A small, spineless cactus (Lophophora williamsii) found from southwest United States to central Mexico that produces buttonlike tubercles that can be chewed for their psychedelic effect, primarily from the drug mescaline.

mesmerismi

(mesmerism) A magnetic fluid or ethereal medium said to reside in the bodies of animate beings.

Mesopotamia

(historical) A geographic region in southwest Asia, spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, located in modern Iraq, eastern Syria, and southeast Turkey; the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man.

messi

(by extension) A room in a vessel in which the officers or company mess#Verb 2 and reside; also, a room or other place in a vessel for storage.

Messias

(Christianity) Jesus Christ.

Messina

A surname from Italian.

messinginvärinen

Of the color of brass.

messingöidä

(transitive) To coat with brass.

messinki

Made of brass, of or pertaining to brass.

messinkimäinen

Resembling brass.

messinkinen

Made of brass, of or pertaining to brass.

messu

(Roman Catholic Church) The principal liturgical service of the Church, encompassing both a scripture service (Liturgy of the Word) and a eucharistic service (Liturgy of the Eucharist), which includes the consecration and oblation (offering) of the host and wine.

messukasukka

(Christianity) The outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for celebrating Eucharist or Mass.

messulaulukirja

(Christianity) A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass.

messut

An event for public entertainment and trade, a market.

messuta

To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.

mesta

(chiefly, US, _, slang, may be somewhat, _, pejorative) A place of business, particularly in the food service or hospitality industries; sometimes extended to any place that is a focus of human connection or activity (e.g., schools, hangouts, party spots).

mestari

Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest.

mestarillinen

(obsolete, _, outside set of phrases, of a person) Having thoroughly learned or memorized a lesson; of a lesson: having been thoroughly learned or memorized.

mestarillisuus

The technical skills and fluent style of a virtuoso.

mestarinäyte

(figuratively) An action or series of actions that serve to demonstrate a person's mastery of a subject.

mestarisuoritus

An action which demonstrates great skill or artistry.

mestariteos

A great or important work of literature, music or art, a masterpiece.

mestarityö

An action which demonstrates great skill or artistry.

mestariveto

An action which demonstrates great skill or artistry.

mestaruus

The position of champion, or winner.

mestaruuskilpailu

(sports) A competition to determine a champion, especially the final of a series of competitions.

mestaruusottelu

(sports) A competition to determine a champion, especially the final of a series of competitions.

mestata

(transitive) To deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head.

mestattu

With the head removed.

mestaus

An instance of a person being beheaded.

mestauslava

An elevated platform on which a criminal is executed.

mestauspölkky

A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.

mestoilla

(informal, predicative, _, only, with the verb "to be") Alive; existing.

metaani

(organic compound, uncountable) The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH₄, being a constituent of natural gas, and one of the most abundant greenhouse gases.

metabolinen

Of or pertaining to metamorphosis; pertaining to, or involving, change.

metabolismi

(physiology) The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.

metadata

Data that describes other data, serving as an informative label.

metadoni

(pharmaceutical drug) A powerful synthetic analgesic drug which is similar to morphine in its effects but less sedative and is used as a substitute drug in the treatment of morphine and heroin addiction.

metaforinen

Pertaining to or characterized by a metaphor; figurative; symbolic.

metafysiikka

branch of philosophy that studies first principles

metakka

A loud noise; a cacophony or loud commotion.

metakognitio

(philosophy) the act of thinking about thinking.

metal

(music) A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong drumbeats and distorted guitars.

metalli

(music) A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong drumbeats and distorted guitars.

metallikangas

A thin woven metal or plastic mesh.

metallikivi

(pyrometallurgy) The molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals.

metallilanka

A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.

metallimusiikki

(music) A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong drumbeats and distorted guitars.

metallinen

Sounding harsh and loud, like brass cymbals or brass instruments.

metallinen koukku keihään päässä

A metal hook on the head of certain staff weapons (such as a bill), made in various forms depending on function, whether used for grappling or to penetrate armour when swung at an opponent.

metallipuru

A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking.

metallisaha

A saw, with a blade that is put under tension, for cutting metal

metalliseos

A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, a base metal.

metallityö

A variety of classes taught in junior or senior high school that teach vocational skills.

metallointi

A thin coat of paint or metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.

metallurgia

The science of metals; their extraction from ores, purification and alloying, heat treatment, and working.

metamfetamiini

A highly addictive phenethylamine stimulant drug. Its systematic (IUPAC) name is (S)-N-methyl-1-phenylpropan-2-amine.

metamorfoosi

A noticeable change in character, appearance, function, or condition.

metamuru

(uncommon) In a polyamorous relationship, one's partner's partner, with whom one is not directly involved.

metanoli

(organic compound) The simplest aliphatic alcohol, CH3OH; a colourless, toxic, inflammable liquid, used as a solvent, antifreeze, in the chemical industry, and in the preparation of methylated spirit.

metastasoida

(intransitive, medicine, of a disease or tumor) To spread to other sites in the body; to undergo metastasis.

metastasoitua

(intransitive, medicine, of a disease or tumor) To spread to other sites in the body; to undergo metastasis.

metatieto

Data that describes other data, serving as an informative label.

metaversumi

(science fiction, Internet, computing) A hypothetical future (counterpart or continuation of the) Internet, created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual space.

meteli

trouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion

meteori

A fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or falling star. [from 16th c.]

meteoriitti

A metallic or stony object or body that is the remains of a meteoroid.

meteoriittipöly

(archaic) Small fragments in the Earth's atmosphere or on its surface originating from meteorites; meteor dust.

meteoroidi

(astronomy) A relatively small (sand- to boulder-sized) fragment of debris in a star system that produces a meteor when it hits the atmosphere

meteorologia

The science that deals with the study of the atmosphere and its phenomena, especially with weather and weather forecasting.

meteorologinen

Of or pertaining to meteorology.

metkuilla

(US) To engage in mischief.

metkuilu

Tricky or waggish behaviour; mischief.

metkut

Mischievous play, especially by children. [from mid 19th c.]

metodi

(countable) A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process).

metodinäytteleminen

(acting, often "the method") A technique for acting based on the ideas articulated by Konstantin Stanislavski and focusing on authentically experiencing the inner life of the character being portrayed.

metodisti

A member of the Methodist Church; a Wesleyan.

metodistinen

Of or pertaining to the branch of Christianity that descends from the religious societies overseen by John Wesley (1703–1791) among others.

metodologia

(loosely) A collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field.

metonymia

(rhetoric) The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object.

metri

Used to form the names of measuring devices.

metriikka

(analysis) A function which satisfies a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize the notion of the distance between two points. Formally, a real-valued function d on M \times M, where M is a set, is called a metric if (1) d(x,y) = 0 if and only if x=y, (2) d(x,y) = d(y,x) for all pairs (x,y), and (3) d obeys the triangle inequality.

metro

(informal) The London Underground.

metrojuna

(Canada, US) A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way; a metro system.

metronomi

(music) A device, containing an inverted pendulum, used to mark time by means of regular ticks at adjustable intervals; an electronic equivalent that emits flashes.

metropoli

A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.

metropoliitta

(Christianity) A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an archbishop. [from 15th c.]

metropoliittakunta

(Orthodox Christianity) The see of a metropolitan bishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops.

metropolis

(history, especially, Ancient Greece) The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony.

metroseksuaali

(dated) A man — typically urban, heterosexual, and affluent — who is concerned with personal appearance, such as personal grooming, fashion, and aesthetics in general.

metsä

A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.

metsä-

Of a creature or object: growing, living, or existing in a woodland.

metsäaukea

An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.

metsäinen

Having abundant bushes, shrubs or trees.

metsäinen jyrkänne

(UK) A steep, wooded slope.

metsäkana

(countable) Any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) native to heather moorland on the British Isles. [from 1530s]

metsäkaurisuros

A male roe deer.

metsäkissa

(UK) Felis silvestris, a common small Old World wild cat somewhat larger than a house cat.

metsäläinen

(figuratively) A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person. [1579]

metsämaa

Land covered by trees; forests; woodlands.

metsämurmeli

(Northern US) A rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots, Marmota monax.

metsän

Of a creature or object: growing, living, or existing in a woodland.

metsänarviointi

(forestry) The use of quantitative measurements of forest stand to determine stand timber volume, productivity, and health.

metsänhakkuu

The felling of trees, or the cutting of wood.

metsänhoitaja

(forestry) A person who practices forestry.

metsänhoito

(uncountable) The art and practice of planting and growing trees in forests.

metsänhoitotiede

The care and development of forests in order to obtain a product or provide a benefit; forestry.

metsästää haukalla

(transitive) To hunt with a hawk.

metsästää kilpikonnia

(intransitive) To hunt turtles, especially in the water.

metsästää salaa

(ambitransitive) To take game or fish illegally.

metsästää sukupuuttoon

(specifically, biology) To cause (an animal or plant species) to die out completely or become extinct (adjective sense 2.3).

metsästäjä

(by extension) Someone who seeks something.

metsästäjätär

(literary) A female hunter.

metsästys

(hunting, rare) Of or relating to hunting (especially with dogs).

metsästyskoira

Any of various breeds of dog used by hunters to find, flush out and retrieve birds and other game; an individual of such a breed.

metsästysmuisto

(art, architecture) A display of weaponry and other militaria, often captured from a defeated enemy, as an ornament designed for the purpose of triumphalist display by a victor or as a show of military prowess by a monarch.

metsästysopas

A hunter's guide.

metsästysretki

A hunting expedition.

metsästysseura

An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it.

metsätalous

(uncountable) The science of planting and growing trees in forests.

metsätalousmaa

Forested land thought of in terms of its potential and value as timber.

metsätaloustiede

(uncountable) Commercial tree farming.

metsätiede

(uncountable) The science of planting and growing trees in forests.

metsäviikunapuu

(originally) A large tree bearing edible fruit, Ficus sycomorus, allied to the common fig, found in Egypt and Syria.

metsikkö

A grove of trees.

metsittää

(transitive) To make into forest

metsuri

A worker whose occupation is to harvest trees.

Metusalem

The oldest person whose age is recorded in the Hebrew Bible, having reportedly lived 969 years.

Metuselah

The oldest person whose age is recorded in the Hebrew Bible, having reportedly lived 969 years.

metyyli-

(organic chemistry) Used to form terms describing the attachment of a methyl group

metyylifenidaatti

(medicine) A stimulant used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and narcolepsy, better known by the trade name Ritalin

mi

(music) A syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale.

Miami

A number of townships in the United States, including five in Ohio, listed under Miami Township.

miau

Used to indicate the cry of a cat.

Microsoft

(trademark) Microsoft Corporation.

miehekäs

Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.

miehekkyys

The idealized nature of a man: all of the characteristics traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness regarded collectively.

miehet

Men collectively, as opposed to all women.

miehevä

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