Finnish–English dictionary

naamioida

(transitive) To hide or disguise something by covering it up or changing its appearance.

naamiointi

A disguise or covering up.

naamioitua

(transitive) To change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity.

naamioitunut

wearing, in, or treated with, camouflage; disguised

naamionäytelmä

(obsolete) A dramatic performance in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.

näännyttää

(transitive) To tire out; to wear out; to cause to be without any energy.

nääntyä

(intransitive) To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness. [from 14th c.]

nääntyä (nälkään)

(intransitive) To die because of lack of food or of not eating.

nääntymys

Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy.

naapuri

The inhabitants of a residential area.

naapuri-

Adjacent; neighboring.

naapurillinen

(British, Canada) Showing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour.

naapurisopu

(obsolete) The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will.

naapurusto

The residential area near one's home.

naapuruus

The quality of physical proximity.

naara

(nautical) A small four-hooked grapnel used to recover objects dropped onto the sea bed.

naara-ankkuri

(nautical) A small anchor, having more than two flukes, used for anchoring a small vessel.

näärännäppy

(disease) A bacterial infection in the eyelash or eyelid.

naaras

One of the female (feminine) sex or gender.

naaras-

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

naarasankka

Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.

naarashirvi

A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope (less commonly a goat, as nanny is also used).

naarasjänis

A female hare.

naarasjoutsen

A female swan.

naaraskani

A female rabbit.

naaraskenguru

A female kangaroo; a roo; a doe; a jill.

naaraskettu

A female fox.

naaraskissa

An adult female cat capable of breeding.

naarasleijona

A female lion (animal).

naarasorava

A female squirrel.

naaraspuolinen

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

naarassorsa

Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.

naarastiikeri

A female tiger; a she-tiger.

naarata

To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.

naarmu

A small chink or crack.

naarmuttaa

(transitive) To lightly bloody; to graze.

naarmuttaminen

The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.

näätä

Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Martes.

näätäeläin

Any of certain other species of the family Mustelidae.

Naatan

(biblical character) An Old Testament prophet who advised King David.

naatta

(slang) A person's name.

nadiiri

The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation.

Nadja

A en given name used since the twentieth century.

näennäinen

Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming.

näennäisesti

Seemingly; in appearance.

näennäissatunnainen

Of a sequence of numbers, such that it has all the properties of a random sequence following some probability distribution (except true randomness), but is actually generated using a deterministic algorithm.

nagaikka

A leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia.

Nagasaki

A prefecture of Japan.

nahanluonti

The skin or feathers cast off during the process of moulting.

nahas

The untanned hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat.

nähdä

(transitive) To detect with the senses, especially with the eyes.

nähdä ennalta

(obsolete) To provide.

nähdä harhoja

(ambitransitive) To seem to perceive things (with one or more of one's senses) which are not really present; to have visions; to experience a hallucination.

nähdä mielessään

To conceive or see something within one's mind; to imagine or envision.

nähdä nälkää

(intransitive) To be in need of food.

nähdä tulevaisuuteen

(transitive) To foretell (something), especially by the use of divination.

nähdä unta

(intransitive) To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping.

nähdään

(slang) See you later; goodbye.

nahina

A fight, tussle, skirmish.

nahista

(intransitive, informal) To be involved in a (generally small) argument or disagreement; to squabble.

nahistella

To quarrel in a tiresome, insulting manner.

nahistelu

(countable) A skirmish; an encounter.

nahistunut

Having the consistency, feel, or texture of leather.

nahjus

(chiefly, derogatory, slang) Someone who lacks confidence or courage, is weak, ineffectual, irresolute and wishy-washy.

nahka

(uncountable) The hairy skins of animals used as a material for clothing.

nahkahihna

(usually, in the plural, Australia) An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour.

nahkainen

Made of leather.

nahkakuula

(colloquial) A cricket ball or football.

nahkaleili

A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids.

nahkamainen

Having the consistency, feel, or texture of leather.

nahkapokaali

(with possessive) One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; one's offspring; a son or daughter.

nahkavaatteet

(plural: leathers) clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.

nahkuri

Someone who skins animals.

nähtävä

(countable) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.

nähtävyyksien katselu

The activity of going out looking at things; tourism.

nähtävyys

The feeling of being attracted (to something).

nahua

Of or pertaining to the Nahuas.

nahuatl

Of or pertaining to the Nahuatl language.

nahuatlinkielinen

Of or pertaining to the Nahuatl language.

naida

(transitive, , intransitive, US, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse (with).

naiivi

Naive; artless.

näillä main

Close to; nearby.

nailon

(in the plural) A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs.

nailonit

(in the plural) A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs.

nailonsukka

(in the plural) A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs.

naimaikäinen

Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman). [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

naimakauppa

A joining of two parts.

naimaton

(chiefly religious) Not married. [from 1827]

naimisissa

In a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband.

näin

in this way, hereby

näin ollen

(conjunctive) As a result or consequence of something; subsequently.

näin se vain on

(idiomatic) That's life; expressing resignment to a situation or set of circumstances, usually without complaint

nainen

Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it. [from 14th c.]

nainut

In a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband.

Nairobi

The capital city of Kenya.

nais-

(music) Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; not mixed.

naisasianainen

(historical) A female supporter, often militant, of women's right to vote in the early 20th century, especially in Great Britain.

naisellinen

Having the qualities stereotypically associated with women: nurturing, not aggressive.

naisellisuus

The sum of all attributes that are feminine or convey womanhood.

naiset

(polite, or, used by children) A woman: an adult female human.

naiseus

The state or condition of being a woman, as contrasted with being a girl, man, boy, or nonbinary.

naislaulaja

A female singer.

naismainen

(often, derogatory, of a man or boy) Exhibiting behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a woman; unmasculine.

naismainen mies

(Northern England, US, derogatory, colloquial) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.

naisnisäisyys

(diseases) Excessive development of breasts in men, resembling the breast development in women.

naispoliisi

(police) A female police officer.

naispuolinen

Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it. [from 14th c.]

naispuolinen demoni

(medieval folklore) A female demon which comes to men, especially monks, in their dreams to seduce them and have sexual intercourse, drawing energy from the men to sustain themselves, often until the point of exhaustion or death.

naissuku

Women, taken collectively.

naistenhuone

(historical) A waiting room in a railway station or other public building intended exclusively for women and usually including a separate women's lavatory.

naistenmies

A man whose chief interest is seducing, usually women.

naistenvihaaja

One who professes misogyny; a hater of women.

naisväki

The self-concept of a woman with respect to her possession of the various qualities traditionally and ideally ascribed to womanliness; a woman's sense or view of herself as being more or less womanly.

naisviha

The principle or disposition of misogyny, the hatred of women.

naisvihaaja

One who professes misogyny; a hater of women.

naisyhdistys

A group of girls or women associated for a common purpose; a sisterhood.

naittaa

(transitive) To arrange for the marriage of; to give away as wife or husband. [from 14th c.]

näivettyä

(intransitive) To decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing.

näivettyminen

The act of wilting or the state of being wilted.

näivetystauti

(plant disease) Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting.

naivistinen

(of art) Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques.

nakata

(transitive) To batter, bruise; to cause to bulge or swell.

nakella

(transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.

näkemiin

Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.

näkeminen

The act or fact of perceiving something with the eyes; eyesight.

näkemyksellinen

Having vision or foresight.

näkemys

Judgment, opinion, or view.

nakertaa

(ambitransitive) To take away (something from something else) in a way which leaves it lessened. [from 16th c.]

nakertaminen

(by extension) The gradual destruction or undermining of something.

näkevä

Having vision; not blind.

näkijä

One who foretells the future; a clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer or diviner.

näkinkenkä

The empty shell of a marine mollusk.

nakki

A kind of smoked link sausage.

näkkileipä

A dry, thin, crispy baked bread (usually salty or savoury, but sometimes sweet, as in the case of graham crackers and animal crackers).

nakkisormi

Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz.

näkö

Vision or the faculty of sight.

näköaisti

Vision or the faculty of sight.

näköala

A subject for observation; a prospect or view.

näköalapaikka

(architecture) A turret or other raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area.

näköalatorni

(architecture) A turret or other raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area.

näköeste

A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction.

näköharha

A sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens.

näköinen

Someone who, or something which, physically resembles (looks like) another.

näköistiedosto

(computing) A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image and image copy.)

näkökanta

(grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding. [from 19th c.]

näkökenttä

(optics) The angular extent of what can be seen, either with the eye or with an optical instrument or camera.

näkökohta

(automotive, mostly, in the plural) Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.

näkökulma

A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.

näkökyky

Vision or the faculty of sight.

näköpiiri

The range of vision.