Finnish–English dictionary

osakepääoma

(legal, accounting, US) The total amount of common and preferred stock (shares) that a company can issue.

osakesalkku

(finance) The group of investments and other assets held by an investor. [from 1950s]

osakkeenomistaja

One who owns shares of stock in a corporation.

osakkeet

(business, finance) Shares in financial companies.

osakkuus

A right or privilege officially granted to a person, a group of people, or a company by a government.

osakunta

(chiefly, historical) An association of students based on the birthplace or ethnicity of its members.

osallinen

(legal) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.

osallistua

(transitive) To be present at (an event or place) in order to take part in some action or proceedings; also, to regularly go to (an event or place). [from 17th c.]

osallistua ehtoolliselle

(transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. [from 16th c.]

osallistua huippukokoukseen

(intransitive, politics) To attend a summit (noun sense 2.2.2).

osallistuja

A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer. [from 16th c.]

osallistujamäärä

The number or proportion of people who attend or participate in an event (especially an election) or are present at a venue.

osallistujille avoin

Open to participation.

osallistuminen

The act of attending; the state of being present; presence.

osallistumiselle avoin

Open to participation.

osallisuus

The state of being complicit; involvement as a partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing.

osamaksu

(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) A method of purchasing an item, where the buyer hires it and takes possession of it and pays regular instalments. Ownership is only transferred on payment of the final amount. Abbreviated as HP.

osamaksuerä

(banking, finance) Any of a series of portions of a debt or sum of money, which portions may or may not be equal in amount (depending in part on whether the interest rate is fixed or variable), and payment of which takes place at regular intervals toward satisfaction of the total. Payments are generally mensual, quarterly, triannual, biannual, or annual.

osanottaja

A participant who enters something, such as a contest.

osanottajaluettelo

A list of individuals or groups, usually for an organization of some kind such as military officers and enlisted personnel enrolled in a particular unit; a muster roll; a sports team, with the names of players who are eligible to be placed in the lineup for a particular game; or a list of students officially enrolled in a school or class.

osanotto

The act of attending; the state of being present; presence.

osapuilleen

Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount.

osapuoli

Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand".

osapuolten kesken

out-of-court

osasto

A group of people organized for a common purpose.

osasuoritus

(sports science) The training volume amassed for a muscle group by performing a compound exercise in place of attempts to isolate it, expressed in datasets as fractions of whole sets worked for that muscle group.

osata

(Manglish, Singlish, intransitive) To be fine or acceptable; to be possible; (with liao or already) to be enough. Often used in conjunction with a variety of clause-final particles, e.g., lah, meh or one, to express different attitudes towards the subject matter.

osatekijä

(causal analysis) Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.

osaton

Deprived of, stripped of, robbed of.

osavaltio

A nonsovereign state that is part of a federation, especially part of Germany or Austria.

osavaltion pääministeri

(politics, non-Westminster) The government leader in a legislative congress or leader of a government-level administrative body; the head of government.

osavaltion senaatti

(US) The United States Senate.

osiin

(intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.

osinko

(finance) A cash payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (e.g., quarterly or annually).

osinkosumma

(finance) The value of dividends paid to shareholders.

osio

(computing) A section of a hard disk separately formatted.

Osiris

(Egyptian god) The Egyptian god of the dead and of the underworld.

osittaa

(ambitransitive) To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.

osittain

In part, or to some degree, but not completely.

osittain järjestetty joukko

(order theory) A partially ordered set.

osittainen

(logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.

osittaminen

An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another.

ositus

An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another.

Oskari

A en given name.

oskillaattori

A tuned electronic circuit used to generate a continuous output waveform.

oskilloida

(intransitive) To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm.

Oslo

A county and municipality, the capital city of Norway. Formerly called Christiania and Kristiania.

osmani

Of or relating to the Ottoman dynasty or the Ottoman Empire.

osmoosi

(chemistry) The net movement of solvent molecules, usually water, from a region of lower solute concentration to a region of higher solute concentration through a partially permeable membrane.

osoite

The location of a property. [from 19th c.]

osoitella

(intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.

osoitettu

(obsolete) Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.

osoitin

A part of any of several scientific or measuring instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position.

osoitinkynä

(writing) An ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them.

osoittaa

(transitive) To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to.

osoittaa (lievää) kiinnostusta

Chiefly followed by at: to show slight interest in something, such as a commercial opportunity or a proposal.

osoittaa eleellään

(transitive) To express or signal (to someone) by a gesture or gestures (to do something, go somewhere, etc).

osoittaa kunnioitusta

(transitive, obsolete) To pay reverence to by external action.

osoittaa mieltään

(intransitive) To participate in or organize a demonstration.

osoittaa oikeaksi

(transitive) To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.

osoittaa sormella

(obsolete) To point out as with one's finger, indicate.

osoittaa suosiotaan

(transitive, rare) To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically.

osoittaa syylliseksi

(transitive) To indicate the guilt of.

osoittaa vääräksi

(transitive) To harm the good reputation of (a person).

osoittaminen

Signification, meaning, for example of a word or phrase.

osoittautua

(transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.

osoitteen määrittäminen

A process of putting a person's name and address on an item of mail

osoitus

(computing) Any of several methods of locating and accessing information within storage

ostaa

(transitive, archaic) To suffer consequences for (something) through being deprived of something; to pay for (something one has done).

ostaa takaisin

To purchase (something already sold, misplaced, destroyed, or given away).

ostaja

A person who makes one or more purchases.

ostaminen

(countable) The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment.

ostara

(paganism) A festival held in honour of the goddess Eostre or Ostara, celebrated at the vernal equinox or within the month of April; Eostre, Ostara.

osteleminen

The process of buying goods or services, or searching for those suitable to buy.

ostelu

The process of buying goods or services, or searching for those suitable to buy.

osteoporoosi

(pathology) A disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.

osteri

A pale beige color tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.

osterinharmaa

A pale beige color tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.

osto

The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.

osto-optio

(computing) The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.

osto-osasto

(uncountable) The purchasing department of a company.

ostointressi

(finance) A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.

ostoksilla käyminen

The process of buying goods or services, or searching for those suitable to buy.

ostokurssin ja myyntikurssin ero

(trading) The difference between bidding and asking price.

ostos

That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.

ostoskassi

A container made of leather, plastic, or other material, usually with a handle or handles, in which you carry personal items, or clothes or other things that you need for travelling. Includes shopping bags, schoolbags, suitcases, briefcases, handbags, backpacks, etc.

ostoskeskus

An enclosed shopping centre. [from 20th c.]

ostoskori

A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.

ostrakismi

(historical) In ancient Athens (and some other cities), the temporary banishment by popular vote of a citizen considered dangerous to the state. [from 16th c.]

ostrakismos

(historical) In ancient Athens (and some other cities), the temporary banishment by popular vote of a citizen considered dangerous to the state. [from 16th c.]

osua

(transitive) To touch; to come into physical contact with.

osuma

(Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.

osuminen

(epidemiology) A measure of the rate of new occurrence of a given medical condition in a population within a specified period of time.

osuus

Something allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed

osuuskunta

A type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants.

osuustoiminnallinen

Relating to a cooperative or cooperatives.

osuustoiminta

Association for mutual benefit, such as for purposes of production or purchase.

osuva

Of an appropriate or pertinent nature.

osuvasti

In an apt or suitable manner; fittingly; appropriately; suitably

ota

(botany) A modified branch that is hard and sharp like a spike.

otaksua

(transitive) To assume or suggest to be true (without proof); to take for granted, to suppose. [from 14th c.]

otaksuma

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

otaksuminen

The act of presuming, or something presumed.

otaksuttavasti

As can be supported or proven by sound logical deduction, evidence, and precedent, but without absolute certainty.

otaksuttu

Supposed but doubtful.

otaku

(fandom) One with an obsessive interest in something, particularly (originally, _, pejorative) an obsessive Japanese fan of anime or manga.

otan osaa

Expressing sympathy to someone, especially after learning of a close death.

otanta

(statistics) The analysis of a group by determining the characteristics of a significant percentage of its members chosen at random.

ote

A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.

otella peitsiottelussa

To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt.

otenauha

(music) One of the pieces of metal, plastic or wood across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument that marks where a finger should be positioned to depress a string as it is played.

otettu

In a positive mood because of a comment or action which causes one to feel proud of oneself.

otin

The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.

ötökkä

(gambling, slang) A metal clip attached to the underside of a table, etc. to hold hidden cards, as a form of cheating.

otollinen

Affording short-term benefit, often at the expense of the long-term.

otos

(photography) The piece of film exposed to light.

otostaa

(transitive) To take or to test a sample or samples of.

otsa

Insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional.

otsalamppu

A flashlight worn on the head.

otsalauta

(architectural element) A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing.

otsan rypistys

A wrinkling of the forehead with the eyebrows brought together, typically indicating displeasure, severity, or concentration.

otsanauha

A strip of fabric worn around the head.

otsapenger

(zoology) The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.

otsatöyhtö

(UK) A hairstyle whereby the forelock is brushed and/or gelled upward, often associated with the styles of the 1950s. [from 19th c.]

otsatukka

(chiefly, _, US, Philippines) Hair hanging over the forehead.

otsikko

(cinematography, television) A piece of text appearing on screen as a subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast, describing dialogue (and sometimes other sound) for viewers who cannot hear.

otsikkokoriste

(publishing, printing) A decorative page heading used at the start of volumes or chapters.

otsikoida

To give a title to a book, film, play, etc.

otso

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.

ottaa

To take on a position, duty or form

ottaa (+ elative) sisälmykset (pois)

(transitive) To eviscerate.

ottaa (esimerkiksi)

(transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.

ottaa aika

To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.

ottaa aikaa

(British, slang) To falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle.

ottaa aurinkoa

(transitive) To expose to the heat and radiation of the sun.

ottaa esimerkiksi

(transitive) To take up as an example.

ottaa etäisyyttä

(reflexive) To keep (oneself) away from someone or something, especially because one does not want to be associated with that person or thing.

ottaa haltuun

(transitive) To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.

ottaa haltuunsa

(transitive) To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.

ottaa harteilleen

(transitive) To put (something) on one's shoulders.

ottaa hatkat

(intransitive, slang) To depart.

ottaa huomioon

(intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.

ottaa käyttöön

To bring into exercise or use.

ottaa käyttöön valuuttana

To establish a currency as legal tender.

ottaa kiinni

To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.

ottaa koepala

To take a sample (a biopsy) for pathological examination.

ottaa koppi matalalta

(transitive, baseball) To catch (a ball) using a shoestring catch.

ottaa kuva

(transitive, intransitive) To take a photograph (of).

ottaa kynsiinsä

To use the claws to seize, to grip.

ottaa lainaksi

To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.