Finnish–English dictionary

norsu

A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia.

norsunluinen

Made of ivory.

norsunluu

A creamy white color, the color of ivory.

norsunluunvalkoinen

Resembling or having the colour of ivory.

nörtähtävä

Resembling or characteristic of a geek.

Northumberland

A ceremonial county of England, the most northerly county of England bordered by County Durham, Cumbria, Tyne and Wear, Scotland and the North Sea.

nörtti

(colloquial, by extension) An expert in a technical field, particularly one having to do with computers.

nörttimäinen

Resembling or characteristic of a geek.

norua

(intransitive) to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously.

noruttaa

(transitive) to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously.

nosebo

(pharmacology, also, _, attributive) A substance which a patient experiences as harmful due to a previous negative perception, but which is in fact pharmacologically (medicinally) inactive. [from 1961]

nössö

(South Africa, slang) Spineless, wet, without character.

nosta hattua

(dated) Used as an instruction for people to remove their hats out of respect, generally towards someone of importance.

nostaa

(transitive, intransitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two parts, often followed by placing the two parts back together in the opposite order.

nostaa ... potenssiin

(mathematics) To multiply (a number) by itself a given number of times; to raise to any assigned power.

nostaa ankkuri

(nautical, transitive) To hoist (an anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.

nostaa kanne

(transitive) To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal (civil) action.

nostaa korkoa

(economics) To raise short-term interest rates.

nostaa kytkintä

(intransitive, slang) To leave.

nostaa malja

(ambitransitive) To engage in a salutation, often with raising of the drinking vessel, while drinking an alcoholic beverage in honor of someone or something.

nostaa penkiltä

(transitive, and, intransitive, colloquial) To lift by bench pressing

nostaa pöydälle

(non-US) To put on the table of a commission or legislative assembly; to propose for formal discussion or consideration, to put on the agenda. [from 17th c.]

nostaa pystyyn

(transitive, of hardware) To form a head (on or to); to fit or furnish (something) with a head.

nostaa ratsaille

(obsolete, transitive) To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up.

nostaa syyte

(transitive, law) To start criminal proceedings against.

nostaa tunkilla

(transitive) To physically raise using a jack.

nostaa tuuleen

(transitive) To cause to turn sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves (usually followed by to; also figurative).

nostaa virkasyyte

To bring a legal proceeding against a public official.

nostaja

Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting.

nostajalihas

(anatomy) Any muscle that serves to raise a part of the body, such as the leg or the eye.

nostakaa hattua

(dated) Used as an instruction for people to remove their hats out of respect, generally towards someone of importance.

nostalgia

(transferred sense) A bittersweet yearning for the things of the past. [from 20th c.]

nostalgikko

A person who displays nostalgia for something.

nostalginen

Of, having, or relating to nostalgia.

nostaminen

The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.

nostan hattua

(figurative) Used to express approval or praise: congratulations, kudos, well done! [with to]

nostattaa

To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.

nostatusaine

Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.

noste

The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.

nostella

(transitive, cooking) To stir (semisolid ingredients) gently, with an action as if folding over a solid.

nostin

(nautical) A rope used to raise or lower a sail, flag, spar or yard.

nosto

(Internet) A post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.

nostoarvonta

An act or event in which the outcome (e.g., designating a winner) is selected by chance in the form of a blind draw, notably of lots; especially such a contest in which a winning name or number is selected randomly by removing (or drawing) it from a container, popularly a hat.

nostokasa

(countable) In certain games, such as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw.

nostokorkeus

The space or distance through which anything is lifted.

nostokulma

(golf) The pitch or slope of the face of a golf club (tending to drive the ball upward).

nostokurki

Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.

nostolaite

Any member of certain classes of devices that hoist things.

nostoryntäys

(banking) A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals.

nostosilta

A hinged bridge which can be raised (to prevent its being crossed, as across a moat, or to allow watercraft to travel beneath it).

nostovoima

(nautical) Buoyancy.

nosturi

A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.

notaari

(legal, Canada, US) A notary public, a public officer who serves as an impartial witness to the signing of important documents, but who is not authorised to practise law.

notaatio

(uncountable) The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters.

noteerata

To express in a denomination (i.e., a monetary unit).

noteeraus

A price set and offered (by the potential seller) for a financial security or commodity; a quotation.

notkahtaa

(transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.

notkea

(informal) Of a person, flexible; having the ability to bend easily; resilient.

notkelma

In particular, a shallow dell or hollow; a dip in the surface of terrain, such as between hills.

notkeus

The quality of being supple; litheness.

notko

(roofing) An upward, elongated displacement of a roof membrane, frequently occurring over deck joints or insulation, which may indicate movement of the roof assembly.

nötkötti

Beef conserved in tins (cans).

notkua

(dated, informal) To be unyielding; to hold out.

notkuminen

A wasting of time in idleness or trifles. [from 16th c.]

noudatan

(radio communications) Indicates agreement and compliance.

noudattaa

(transitive) To accept (a decision or law) and act in accordance with it; to conform to (a decision or law); to acquiesce to (a decision or law).

noudattaa ruokavaliota

(intransitive) To modify one's food and beverage intake so as to decrease or increase body weight or influence health.

noudattaja

One who adheres or follows laws, guidelines, etc.

noudattaminen

(uncountable) The state of being compliant.

nougat

(uncountable) A mixture consisting of egg white and a sweetener, variously mixed with (in, _, western, _, Europe) almonds or (in, _, eastern, _, Europe) hazelnuts or (in, _, America) used without nuts as a filler in candy bars.

noumeeni

(from Kantian, _, philosophy, _, on) A thing as it is independent of any conceptualization or perception by the human mind, postulated by practical reason but existing in a condition which is in principle unknowable and unexperienceable.

nouseminen

Chiefly in in the ascendant: an act of ascending or rising.

nouseva

(orthography, postpositive) Of a letter of the alphabet, having an acute accent.

nousija

(acrobatics, cheerleading, synchronized swimming) A person who is lifted and/or thrown by another person or persons.

nousta

(intransitive) To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.

nousta (valtaan)

(intransitive) To come to an office, state or dignity; to attain, assume (a position). [from 18th c.]

nousta (valtaistuimelle)

(intransitive) To come to an office, state or dignity; to attain, assume (a position). [from 18th c.]

nousta [[linja-autosta]]

(intransitive) To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a train or aircraft.

nousta arvossa

(intransitive, transitive) To increase in value.

nousta huipulle

To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.

nousta jonkin selkään

(transitive) To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.

nousta junasta

(intransitive) To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a train or aircraft.

nousta kuolleista

(intransitive) To rise from the dead; to return to life.

nousta maihin

(intransitive) To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a train or aircraft.

nousta pilviin

(intransitive) To rise or increase suddenly and extremely; to shoot up; to surge or spike.

nousta pinnalle

(intransitive) To rise to the surface.

nousta pintaan

(transitive) To provide a new surface, to replace or remodel the surface of something, or to restore a surface. To put a new coating or finish on a surface.

nousta plaaniin

(nautical, of a boat) To move in a way that lifts the bow out of the water.

nousta pystysuoraan

To fly vertically.

nousta pystyyn

(transitive) To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.

nousta satulaan

Of a person: to get into a saddle.

nousta seisomaan

(intransitive) To rise to one’s feet; to stand up.

nousta suoraan ylös

To go up sharply.

nousta takajaloilleen

(intransitive) To rise up on the hind legs.

nousta tuuleen

(transitive) To cause to turn sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves (usually followed by to; also figurative).

nousta valtaan

(idiom) To be installed in high office, for example as a king, president, or prime minister.

nousta ylös

To rise from one's bed, usually upon waking up in order to begin one's day.

nousta ylös kuolleista

(intransitive) To rise from the dead; to return to life.

nousu

(geomorphology) A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent.

nousukas

A person who has risen, climbed up, or has been promoted to a higher social class, especially through acquisition of wealth, privileges, or political authority but has not gained social acceptance by those within that new class.

nousukasmainen

Being a parvenu; also, like, having the characteristics of, or associated with a parvenu.

nousukausi

(economics, business) A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.

nousukulma

The angle formed by the line of sight and the horizontal plane for an object above the horizontal.

nousureitti

The way or means by which one ascends.

nousussa oleva

Moving upward; ascending, rising.

noususuhdanne

(finance) A stock market where a majority of investors are buying ("bulls"), causing overall stock prices to rise.

noususuuntaus

(finance) An upward tendency, especially in a financial market etc.

nousuvesi

The period between low tide and the next high tide of the sea as the water flows toward the shore

noutaja

A type of gun dog that retrieves game for a hunter.

noutamaton

Not claimed.

noutaminen

The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle.

nouto

The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle.

noutopöytä

A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.

nova

(astronomy) Any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star.

novascotiannoutaja

Clipping of Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever.

noviisi

A beginner; a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief.

nöyhtä

Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.

nöyrä

Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.

nöyrästi

In a humble manner.

nöyrästi myöntyvä

Meekly obedient or passive; obsequious.

nöyristelevä

Excessively eager and attentive to please or to obey instructions; fawning, subservient, servile.

nöyristellä

To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.

nöyrryttää

(transitive, often, reflexive) To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.

nöyrtyä

To bow down; hence, to be abased or humbled. [14th–17th c.]

nöyrtyvä

Meekly obedient or passive; obsequious.

nöyryys

The characteristic of being humble; humbleness in character and behavior.

nöyryytetty

deprived of dignity or self-respect

nöyryyttää

(transitive) To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate. [from c. 1350–1470]

nöyryyttämä

deprived of dignity or self-respect

nöyryyttäminen

The act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification.

nöyryyttävä

Degrading; that degrades.

nöyryytys

The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low. [Mid 16th century.]

nro

Abbreviation of number.

nti

Used to form nouns denoting materials or systems of objects which are used or employed in an action, or considered collectively.

Nubia

(by extension) The former polity ruling that region.

nudismi

The belief in or practice of going nude in social settings, often in mixed-gender groups, specifically either in cultures where this is not the norm or for health reasons.

nudisti

(usually attributive) Relating to, or reserved for, nudists and nudism.

nudistinen

(usually attributive) Relating to, or reserved for, nudists and nudism.

nugaa

(uncountable) A mixture consisting of egg white and a sweetener, variously mixed with (in, _, western, _, Europe) almonds or (in, _, eastern, _, Europe) hazelnuts or (in, _, America) used without nuts as a filler in candy bars.

nuha

(countable, pathology) A common, usually harmless, usually viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.

nuhde

A rebuke by an authority that one has erred and should not persist in their actions; a reprimand.

nuhdella

(transitive) To chide or scold vehemently.

nuhjuinen

Lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby.

nuhruinen

Untidy, unkempt.

nuhteet

(countable) A criticism, a critical remark.

nuhteeton

Not meriting blame or censure; undeserving of reproof.

nuhteleminen

A rebuke by an authority that one has erred and should not persist in their actions; a reprimand.

nuhtelu

The act of chastising; rebuke; punishment.

nuija

A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.

nuijapää

A young toad or frog in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills.