Finnish–English dictionary

astrologi

One who studies or practices astrology.

astrologia

Divination about human affairs or natural phenomena from the relative positions of celestial bodies. [from 14th c.]

astrologinen

Of, or relating to astrology.

astrometria

(astronomy) The branch of astronomy that deals with the measurement of the positions and motions of celestial bodies, particularly stars.

astronautti

A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose.

astronomi

(astronomy) One who studies astronomy, the stars or the physical universe; a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics.

astronomia

The study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere, including the process of mapping locations and properties of the matter and radiation in the universe.

astronomisesti

(not comparable) Of or relating to astronomy.

astua

(transitive) To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.

astua (virkaan)

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

astua harhaan

(intransitive) To step badly or incorrectly.

astua maihin

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

astua sisään

(transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.

astua taaksepäin

(intransitive) To step backwards.

astua tielle

(transitive) To contradict (another) or frustrate the plans of.

astunta

Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving on legs.

astuttaa

(transitive, often with to or with) To arrange the mating of (specific animals).

asu

Clothing.

asua

(intransitive, now, _, literary) To live; to reside.

asua alivuokralaisena

(intransitive) To stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady.

asua yhdessä

(transitive, obsolete) To cohabit with; to coexist with; occur with.

asuin-

Of or pertaining to a place of personal residence or to a location for such places.

asuinalue

The traditional territory of an ethnic group.

asuinkelpoinen

Safe and comfortable, where humans, or other animals, can live; fit for habitation.

asuinkerrostalo

A residential building containing multiple apartments or flats.

asuinmaa

One's country of residence.

asuinpaikka

(legal) A residence at a particular place accompanied with an intention to remain there for an unlimited time; a residence accepted as a final abode.

asuintoveri

Someone living in the same house.

asukas

An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in a certain place.

asukas-

Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.

asukasluku

(biology) A collection of organisms of a particular species, sharing a particular characteristic of interest, most often that of living in a given area.

asukasta kohti

Per person.

asukki

An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in a certain place.

asukokonaisuus

(fashion) A coordinated costume or outfit; a suit.

asumaton

desolate

asumattomat maailman osat

(archaic, inherently emic) All parts of the world that are either uncivilized or uninhabited.

asuminen

(uncountable) The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.

asumisero

(legal) An agreement legalizing such an arrangement.

asumiskelpoinen

Fit to live in; habitable.

asumiskelvoton

Not fit for people (or other living things) to live in; not able to be inhabited.

asumus

(dated, or, legal) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. [Attested from (1350 to 1470) to the mid 18th century.]

asumuserossa oleva

(of spouses) Estranged; living apart but not divorced.

asunnonomistaja

Someone who owns a house.

asunnoton

Lacking a permanent place of residence.

asunnottomuus

The state of being homeless.

asunto

(dated, or, legal) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. [Attested from (1350 to 1470) to the mid 18th century.]

asunto-osakeyhtiö

(US, Canada, Philippines) A building or complex of buildings that provides multiple residential units each of which is owned separately but whose grounds, structure, etc. (if any) are owned jointly. [from 20th c.]

asuntoalus

A vessel, such as a barge, used as a dwelling.

asuntola

A boarding school building where boarders live during term time.

asuntolaina

(countable) A loan taken for the purpose of purchasing a house, or other type of residential property.

asuntolaiva

A vessel, such as a barge, used as a dwelling.

asuntovaunu

(US) A prefabricated home that could be towed to a new destination but is typically permanently left in an area designated for such homes.

asuntovene

A vessel, such as a barge, used as a dwelling.

asustaa

(transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand. [from mid-12th c.]

asuste

Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; contributing or being contributory. [from 1550s]

asustella

(intransitive, now, rare) To live habitually; to stay, to remain.

asuttaa

(transitive) To live or reside in.

asuttamaton

Not populated, having no settlers or other inhabitants.

asuttaminen

(finance) The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.

asuttava

Safe and comfortable, where humans, or other animals, can live; fit for habitation.

asuttu

Having inhabitants; lived in.

asutus

A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place.

asymmetria

Absence of symmetry or proportion between the parts of a thing, or a distinction that produces such a lack of symmetry.

asymmetrinen

Not symmetrical.

asystolia

(pathology, cardiology) An absence of a systole; a failure of the heart to contract.

atakki

(acoustics) The beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to an initial peak.

atamaani

(historical) A title of Cossack and haidamak leaders of various kinds. The term was also used for the leader of a fisherman artel and of a band of robbers or thieves.

Atari

(video games) An Atari video game system or computer, such as the Atari 2600 or Atari ST.

atavismi

The reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; a throwback.

Ateena

The capital city of Greece.

ateenalainen

(Greek mythology) Of or related to Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, technology, and skillful warfare.

ateismin pelko

Fear or hatred of atheism or atheists.

ateistinen

Of or relating to atheists or atheism.

ateljee

An artist’s or photographer’s workshop or the room in which an artist works.

ateofobia

Fear or hatred of atheism or atheists.

ateria

(countable) A gathering to eat, especially in large quantities.

ateriapalvelu

(uncountable, UK, Philippines) The business of providing food and related services; foodservice.

aterimet

(chiefly, UK) Eating or serving utensils such as knives, forks, and spoons.

aterinlaatikko

A box with compartments for storing eating utensils, silverware etc.

aterioida

(intransitive) To eat; to eat dinner or supper.

Athene

(Greek god) The goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, the arts, and especially crafts, in particular, weaving; daughter of Zeus and Metis. Her Roman counterpart is Minerva.

Atlantis

A mythical country said to have sunk into the Atlantic Ocean.

atlantti

(architecture) A figure of a man used as a column.

atlas

A bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text.

atleetti

A participant in any of a group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking.

atleettien

(not comparable) Having to do with athletes.

atleettinen

(not comparable) Having to do with athletes.

atmosfääri

The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.

atmosfäärinen

Of, relating to, produced by, or coming from the atmosphere.

atolli

A type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform.

atomaarinen

(physics, chemistry) Of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic.

atomi

(now generally regarded, _, figuratively) The smallest, indivisible constituent part or unit of something. [from 17th c.]

atomiluku

(physics, chemistry) The number of protons in an atom. Symbol: Z

atomimassa

(proscribed) atomic weight; the average mass of atoms of an element.

atomimassayksikkö

(physical chemistry) A unit of mass equal to 1/12 the mass of an atom of 12C (carbon-12, an isotope of carbon).

atomimittakaavainen

Infinitesimally small.

atominen

(physics, chemistry) Of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic.

atonaalinen

(music) Lacking a tonal center or key.

atrain

(fishing) A spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals; a type of harpoon.

atrium

(architecture) A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.

atrofia

(pathology) A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use. [from early 17th c.]

atropia

(pathology) A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use. [from early 17th c.]

atropiini

(poison, pharmaceutical drug) An alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) and other sources, such as the seeds of the thorn-apple. Though overdoses would be fatal it is used as a drug in medicine for its paralytic effects (e.g. in surgery to relax muscles, in dentistry to dry the mouth, in ophthalmology to dilate the pupils).

atsalea

A plant of the obsolete genus Azalea.

atsii

(onomatopoeia) The sound of a sneeze.

atsteekki

Of or pertaining to the Mexica people.

atsteekkien kieli

The Nahuatl language.

attestaatio

(linguistics, of a language, word, word form, or word meaning) An appearance in print or otherwise recorded on a permanent medium.

Attika

A periphery where Athens, the capital of Greece, is located.

Attikan niemimaa

A peninsula southeast of Athens, Greece.

attitude

(ballet) A position similar to arabesque, but with the raised leg bent at the knee.

attraktio

The feeling of being attracted (to something).

attribuutti

A characteristic or quality of a thing.

attritio

(sciences) The loss of participants during an experiment.

atulat

An instrument used in surgery or medical procedures for grasping and holding objects, similar to tongs or pincers.

au

An expression of one's own physical pain.

Auckland

A city in the Auckland Region, New Zealand, on the North Island; the largest conurbation in the country.

audienssi

A formal meeting with a state or religious dignitary. [from 16th c.]

audio

(uncountable) Sound, or a sound signal.

audio-

Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight.

audiovisuaalinen

Containing both aural and visual elements.

auditiivinen

Of or pertaining to sound or hearing.

auditoida

(finance, business) To conduct an independent review and examination of system records and activities in order to test the adequacy and effectiveness of data security and data integrity procedures, to ensure compliance with established policy and operational procedures, and to recommend any necessary changes

auditointi

An independent review and examination of records and activities to assess the adequacy of system controls, to ensure compliance with established policies and operational procedures, and to recommend necessary changes in controls, policies, or procedures

auditorio

A large room for public meetings or performances.

auer

Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.)

auervaara

A man considered romantic and gallant, especially one who gives amorous attentions to women.

aueta

(intransitive, of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it.

augmentoida

(music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.

augmentti

(Indo-European languages) In some languages, a prefix *é- (अ- in Sanskrit, ἐ- in Greek) indicating a past tense of a verb.

augustinolainen

A follower of St Augustine or his doctrines, especially on predestination and grace.

augustinolaismunkki

A friar or monk of any Augustinian order.

Augustinus

A en given name, notably borne by Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430), a church father and a writer.

Augustus

The Roman emperor Augustus, also called Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (63 B.C.E. – 14 C.E.); heir to Julius Caesar

auguuri

A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.

auh

An expression of one's own physical pain.

aukea

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

aukeama

Two facing pages in a book, newspaper etc.

aukeamisalue

The compass of any turning body or of any motion.

aukean paikan kammo

The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.

auki

(abstract) Unconstrained.

aukile

(anatomy) A soft membraneous spot on the head of a baby due to incomplete fusion of the cranial bones.

aukinainen

(abstract) Unconstrained.

aukio

A round open space in a town or city where multiple streets meet.

aukiokammo

The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.

aukko

A small or narrow opening, gap, slit, or hole.

aukkopahvi

(arts, photography) A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.

aukkopaikka

An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.

aukon halkaisija

(astronomy, photography) The diameter of such a hole which restricts the width of the lightpath through the whole system. For a telescope, this is the diameter of the objective lens.

aukoton

(of an object or substance) That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma.