Finnish–English dictionary

ottaa levykuva

(transitive, computing) To create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity.

ottaa liikaa

(transitive) To dose to excess; to give an overdose, or too many doses, to someone.

ottaa näyte

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

ottaa näytteitä

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

ottaa niskasta kiinni

(transitive) To grab or seize by the collar or neck.

ottaa niskoilleen

(transitive, figuratively) To accept responsibility for.

ottaa nokoset

To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.

ottaa nyrkkeilyasento

(obsolete) To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel.

ottaa osaa

Followed by with: to express condolence to, or sympathetic sorrow with, someone; to lament in sympathy with someone.

ottaa otos

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

ottaa päähän

(colloquial) To annoy; vex.

ottaa painolastia

(transitive) To stabilize or load a ship with ballast.

ottaa perästä

(slang) To take (drugs) by anal or vaginal insertion.

ottaa pillereitä

(transitive) To medicate with pills; to administer pills to.

ottaa pois

(transitive, sometimes, figuratively) To cut off, remove, take away.

ottaa puhelu

(transitive) To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).

ottaa puolisokseen

(figurative, intransitive) To take to oneself and support; to espouse.

ottaa rennosti

(intransitive, slang) To relax; to lie back; to take things easy.

ottaa riskejä

To move about wildly or violently.

ottaa riski

(archaic, transitive) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.

ottaa salaa

(intransitive) To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen.

ottaa selko

(ambitransitive) To explore, investigate, question, test, or prove.

ottaa selvää

To resolve (to do something); to establish a fixed intention; to cause (something) to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.

ottaa selville

To resolve (to do something); to establish a fixed intention; to cause (something) to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.

ottaa sisään

(transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration

ottaa sormenjäljet

(transitive) To take somebody's fingerprints.

ottaa sotaväkeen

To draft someone into military service.

ottaa suihin

(transitive, vulgar) To perform oral sex on (someone); to fellate.

ottaa suihku

To bathe using a shower.

ottaa takaisin

(transitive, now, _, rare) To take back possession of (something) [from 15th c.]

ottaa takaisin käyttöön

(transitive) To bring back into use or existence; resurrect.

ottaa takapakkia

(intransitive) To step backwards.

ottaa töihin

(rare) To provide (someone) with a new job; to hire.

ottaa toisen maan kansalaisuus

(intransitive) To renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born and become a citizen of another country.

ottaa tuulta

(transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.

ottaa työhön

(transitive) To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.

ottaa uudelleen

To take something again.

ottaa väkisin

To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.

ottaa välimatkaa

To set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something.

ottaa valtaansa

Of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person's body or mind).

ottaa vastaan

(transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.

ottaa voitto kotiin

(transitive, colloquial) To secure; gain; win; bag.

ottaa vuokralle

(transitive) To take a lease of premises in exchange for rent.

ottaa yhteen

(intransitive, of clothes, decor, colours) To fail to look good together; to contrast unattractively; to fail to harmonize.

ottaa yhteys

(transitive) To establish communication with (something or someone).

ottaa yhteyttä

(transitive) To establish communication with (something or someone).

ottaen huomioon

Taking into account.

ottaminen

(rare) The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing.

ottamo

The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.

ottava osapuoli

(countable, broadly, by extension) A submissive partner in a sexual relationship.

Ottawa

A city in Ontario, Canada; the capital city of Canada.

ottelija

A participant in a contest; specifically, a person who plays a game, as on a TV game show.

ottelu

A specific contest or match between teams playing such a game, in particular a baseball game.

ottelujärjestys

(sports) A diagram of games in a tournament.

ottelutaulu

A large board that displays the score in a game or contest.

ottelutilanne

The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.

öttiäinen

(archaic, or, loosely) Any small arthropod similar to an insect, including spiders, centipedes, millipedes, etc.

ottinki

(UK, brewing) A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.

Otto

A en given name.

otto-

Related through adoption.

ottomaani

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

ottomaaninen

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

ottopoika

A male person who has such a close relationship with an older or otherwise more authoritative person that he can be regarded as a son of the other person.

ottovanhempi

(often in the plural) A person who has had a baby; this person in relation to their child or children.

otus

A thing or matter, especially a difficult or unruly one.

ouija

(uncountable) The use of such a board to attempt to communicate with spirits.

Ouija-lauta

(uncountable) The use of such a board to attempt to communicate with spirits.

ounastella

(intransitive, colloquial) To have a hunch, or make an intuitive guess.

Outback

(Australia) The most remote and desolate areas of Australia; the desert and areas too arid for growing crops.

outo

Strangely unconventional; highly unusual and different from common experience, often in an extravagant, fantastic, and/or conspicuous way.

outo lintu

(figuratively) A rare or unique, and thus outstanding or unusual, person or thing; a rare bird.

outolintu

(idiomatic) Not easily categorized; not rightly belonging or fitting well in a given group or situation; also, not having the advantages of the various options.

ouzo

(countable) A serving of this drink.

ovaali

An elongated round shape resembling an egg or ellipse.

ovela

Knowing, clever, mischievous.

ovelta ovelle -myyjä

(North America) A person soliciting sales, especially door to door.

oveluus

Shrewdness, quickness of mind

ovenkolkutin

(architectural elements) A knocker mounted on a door.

ovenpysäytin

Any device or object used to halt the motion of a door, as a large or heavy object, a wedge, or some piece of hardware fixed to the floor, door or wall.

ovenvartija

The person in charge of an entryway, sometimes just a doorman, sometimes responsible for security in the immediate area of the entryway, similar to a bouncer.

överit

An excessive and dangerous dose of a drug.

ovi

(architecture) A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.

ovikello

A device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence. It can be mechanical, directly sounding a bell, or a button that electrically sounds a chime or buzzer inside the building.

ovikiila

Any device or object used to halt the motion of a door, as a large or heavy object, a wedge, or some piece of hardware fixed to the floor, door or wall.

ovimatto

A coarse mat at the entrance to a house, upon which one wipes one's shoes.

ovimies

A person who holds open the door at the entryway (entrance) to a building, summons taxicabs, and provides an element of security; in apartment buildings, he also accepts deliveries and may perform certain concierge type services.

oviraptori

Any of several bipedal dinosaurs, of the genus Oviraptor, from the late Cretaceous period.

ovisilmä

A small hole, opening, or piece of glass, especially in a door, through which one can look without being seen.

ovoidi

Having the shape of an egg.

ovulaatio

(physiology) The release of an ovum from an ovary.

öykätä

(transitive) To pelt with stones; especially, to kill by pelting with stones.

öykkäri

(countable) A boisterous person; a brawler.

öykkärimäinen

Tending to boast or brag.

öykkäröinti

A prideful boasting or bragging.

öylätti

The consecrated bread used in the Eucharist.

p.

edition

p.m.

(used after the hour) In the 12-hour period from noon to midnight (the latter half of the day) when using the 12-hour clock.

pää

The senior member of some group of people.

pää edellä

With the head first or down.

pää painuksissa

Sad because of a disappointment.

pää-

Principal; primary.

pääaihe

A speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering; a keynote speech or keynote address.

pääaine

(education, North America, Australia, New Zealand) The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.

pääaineopiskelija

A student at a college or university specializing on a given area of study.

pääasiallinen

Chief, most important, or principal in extent, size, or strength; consisting of the largest part.

pääasiallisesti

(focus) Mainly or principally; almost entirely.

pääasiassa

(focus) Mainly or principally; almost entirely.

pääavain

(databases) A primary key.

pääesikunta

The military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued; the military unit consisting of a commander and his support staff.

pääesittäjä

(entertainment) The top-billed attraction.

päähänpinttymä

An irrational or abnormal preoccupation or fixation on some object or activity; an obsession. [from the 19th c.]

päähänpisto

A whim.

paahde

Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.

paahdettu

Having been cooked by roasting.

päähenkilö

(informal, intransitive) To act as a hero (brave person; role model; or protagonist).

päähine

A covering for the head.

paahtaa

(transitive, science fiction) To shoot, especially with an energy weapon (as opposed to one which fires projectiles).

paahtava

Very hot and dry.

paahteinen

(weather) Hot and humid; sweltering. [from late 16th c.]

paahto

A meal consisting of roast foods.

paahtoaste

A meal consisting of roast foods.

paahtomaissi

(chiefly, uncountable) A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating.

paahtopaisti

A piece of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted.

paahtua

(intransitive, North America) To be exposed to great heat.

päähuivi

A large kerchief, usually colourful and used either as headgear or as a handkerchief, neckerchief, bikini, or sweatband.

pääjakso

(botany, mycology) A rank below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank.

pääjohtaja

(business) The highest-ranking corporate officer or executive officer of a corporation, company, or agency, responsible for carrying out the policies of the board of directors on a day-to-day basis; CEO.

pääjohto

A large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main. [from 17th c.]

pääjuttu

(media) A long, prominent article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news.

pääkallo

A human skull, as symbol of death.

pääkallonmetsästäjä

(anthropology) A person who practises headhunting, the taking and preserving of a person's head after killing them.

pääkassa

Person in charge of the cash of a business or bank.

pääkassanhoitaja

Person in charge of the cash of a business or bank.

pääkatu

(UK, Irish, parts of, _, New England) The main street of any town.

pääkäyttäjä

(computing) In UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system and its configuration, found at the root of the directory structure; the person who manages accounts on a UNIX system.

pääkirjanpitäjä

(business) The chief accounting officer which audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.

pääkirjoitus

An article in a publication giving the opinion of its editors on a given topic or current event.

paakku

(countable) A lump of soft or sticky material.

paakkuinen

(informal) Marked by the presence of gobs (lumps).

paakkuunnuttaa

(transitive) To form into a cake, or mass.

paakkuuntua

(transitive) To form into a cake, or mass.

pääkonttori

The main administrative centre for a company or organisation.

pääkoppa

(skeleton) That part of the skull consisting of the bones enclosing the brain, but not including the bones of the face or jaw.

päälaiva

(architecture) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.

päälaki

A region of the skull located along the coronal suture, at the junction between the frontal bone and the two parietal bones.

paalata

(transitive) To wrap into a bale.

paalauslanka

Wire used to bind bales of hay.

paali

A Middle Indo-Aryan language of north India, closely related to Sanskrit; the sacred language of Theravāda Buddhism. [from 1690s]

pääliina

A more or less square piece of material worn over the head, typically by women, often to protect the hair, or for religious reasons.

päälipeitto

A blanket used as a bed covering, usually quilted.