Finnish–English dictionary

paalittaa

(transitive) To wrap into a bale.

päällä

Physically over; on top of; worn on top of, said of clothing. [first attested before 1150.]

päällä maan

(intensifier) Out of all living creatures.

päälle

Of an electrical light source: switched on and emitting light.

päällekarkaaja

Someone who attacks or assails another violently, or criminally.

päällekarkaus

A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc.

päällekäyvä

Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, hatred, sadness, or indignation.

päällekkyys

Duplication of components or circuits to provide survival of the total system in case of failure of single components.

päällikkö

The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group. [from 13th c.]

päällikkyyslippu

(nautical) A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship.

päällinen

A protective or insulating cover for an object (e.g. a book, hot water tank, bullet.)

päällys

Something that envelops; a wrapping.

päällystää

(past tense clad or cladded) To cover with a cladding or another material (for example, insulation).

päällystää (jollakin)

(transitive) To coat a surface with dense fibers or particles; especially, to create a dense arrangement of fibers with a desired nap.

päällystää mukulakivillä

(transitive) To pave with pebbles.

päällystakki

A heavy overcoat.

päällyste

A covering over something else.

päällystetty

Covered in pavement; having a hard surface, as of concrete or asphalt.

päällystö

(military, business, or, other organizations, uncountable, used as a singular or plural noun, metonym) High-ranking officers: the brass hats.

päällystys

A thin coating of metal laid upon another metal.

päällysvaatteet

Clothing (such as a dress) worn over one's underwear.

päältä

(biology) On the upper half or the dorsal surface of an animal.

paalu

(slang, chiefly, US) Money, cash. [from 19th c.]

paaluaita

(archaic) A fence made from wooden stake; palisade.

pääluku

The number of people present in a group or employed by a company.

paalulinnake

(military) An enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts.

pääluokka

(grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.

paalurakennelma

A structural support comprising a length of wood, steel, or other construction material.

paalut

A structural support comprising a length of wood, steel, or other construction material.

paaluttaa

(transitive) To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.

paalutus

A structural support comprising a length of wood, steel, or other construction material.

paaluun paneminen

(historical) A type of punishment by which an offender had to rest his or her entire body weight on the top of a small stake.

paaluvarustus

A defensive wall or rampart.

päälystää uudelleen

(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.

päälyvaatteet

Clothing (such as a dress) worn over one's underwear.

päämäärä

(countable) A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.

päämäärätön

Lacking purpose.

päämaja

The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.

päämies

The leader of a village.

paan

A quid (chewing preparation) containing these and other plant materials; paan.

pään päällä

Above one's head; in the sky.

pään päällä oleva

Located above, especially over the head.

päänoja

The part of a seat designed to support the sitter's head.

päänsärky

(pain) A pain or ache in the head.

pääntauti

A disease of horses caused by an infection by the bacterium Streptococcus equi.

paanu

A small, thin piece of building material, often with one end thicker than the other, for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building.

päänuppi

(now only in, _, slang) The head.

päänvaiva

(figurative) A nuisance or unpleasant problem.

pääoma

(uncountable, business, finance, insurance) Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.

pääomittaa

(transitive, business, finance) To contribute or acquire capital (money or other resources) for.

pääosa

A significant or important part.

pääosassa

(with a film as its subject) That which has the specified actor or actors, especially those in lead roles, in its cast.

pääosin

(focus) Mainly or principally; almost entirely.

pääosissa

(with a film as its subject) That which has the specified actor or actors, especially those in lead roles, in its cast.

pääosuma

A gunshot to the head.

pääotsikko

(UK, AU) The title (normally in a large and distinctive font) of a newspaper or other periodical at the top of the front page; (by extension) the publication itself or the rights to it.

pääpahis

(authorship) The main character or force opposing the protagonist in a literary work or drama.

pääpaikka

(figuratively) A place of domination by, or refuge or survival of, a particular group or idea.

pääpaino

(figuratively) Emphasis or importance in general.

pääpuhe

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

paapuuri

(nautical) Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel when facing the bow.

päärata

(rail transport) The principal route or line of a railway.

pääri

A noble with a title, i.e., a peerage, and in times past, with certain rights and privileges not enjoyed by commoners.

paaria

One that has been excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper. [from 14th c.]

paarit

(US) A stretcher having wheeled legs.

paarlasti

(nautical) Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability.

päärmätä

(sewing) To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.

päärme

(sewing) The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.

päärynä

Such a cask of a certain size, holding one-eighth of what a tun#Noun holds. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)

päärynäpuu

A type of fruit tree (Pyrus communis).

päärynäsiideri

A fermented alcoholic beverage made from pears; somewhat analogous to cider.

pääsana

A member of a decision-making body (such as a committee) for a larger organization or entity (including some public agencies), similar to or equivalent to a board of directors (used especially for banks); a member of the board of governors.

paasata

(intransitive, and, transitive) To speak or act in the manner of a demagogue; to speak about (an issue) in the manner of a demagogue.

pääseminen

The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; the act of obtaining by exertion or effort.

pääseminen edelle

(rowing) The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead.

paasi

A large, flat stone, especially one laid over a tomb.

pääsiäinen

A Christian feast commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is celebrated on the first Sunday (and Monday) following the full moon that occurs on or next after the vernal equinox, ranging in most of Western Christianity (such as Protestantism and Roman Catholicism) from March 22 to April 25, and in Eastern Christianity (such as the Coptic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church) from April 4 to May 8.

pääsiäisehtoollinen

A Christian feast commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is celebrated on the first Sunday (and Monday) following the full moon that occurs on or next after the vernal equinox, ranging in most of Western Christianity (such as Protestantism and Roman Catholicism) from March 22 to April 25, and in Eastern Christianity (such as the Coptic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church) from April 4 to May 8.

pääsiäiskäsi

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

paašikampaus

A shoulder-length hairstyle with the ends of the hair curled under. [from 20th c.]

paašipoika

(historical) A serving boy; a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, often as a position of honor and education.

pääsisältö

(countable) The main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter; the crux, the heart, the pith.

pääsky

Many of the various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also includes swallows, that catch insects whilst flying.

pääskylaiskuri

A swallow-winged puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa)

pääskynen

A small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family with long, pointed, moon-shaped wings and a forked tail which feeds on the wing by catching insects.

päässä

At a stated distance in time or space.

päästä

(transitive) To gain or obtain access to.

päästä eroon

(intransitive, with of) To eliminate or to get rid of something.

päästä irti

(transitive, by extension, normally "wean off") To cause to quit something to which one is addicted, dependent, or habituated.

päästä jonkin yli

(transitive) To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome.

päästä käsiksi

(transitive, computing) To have access to (data).

päästä läpi

(idiomatic) To adequately pass a formal or informal inspection.

päästä märkä pieru

(informal, vulgar) To unintentionally defecate due to relaxing the anus to flatulate.

päästä omilleen

(idiomatic) To neither gain nor lose money.

päästä platinatasolle

(computer games) To attain all of the achievements in a game, on certain PlayStation consoles.

päästä seuraavalle tasolle

(intransitive, RPG, video games) To progress to the next level.

päästää

(transitive) To tap off high-pressure gas (usually air) from a system that produces high-pressure gas primarily for another purpose.

päästää (sisään)

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

päästää ääni

(transitive) To cause to produce a sound.

päästää harhakuvitelmasta

(transitive, of a person) To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion.

päästää ilmoille

(transitive) To make public (an opinion, concern, issue, secret, differences, etc); to present to public view (and sometimes discussion).

päästää irti

(intransitive, with of, and, transitive, with object before go) To release from one's grasp; to go from a state of holding on to a state of no longer holding on.

päästää kaasua

(transitive) To expose (something) to fumes; specifically, to expose wood, etc., to ammonia in order to produce dark tints.

päästää lumouksesta

(transitive, of a person) To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion.

päästää menemään

(transitive, computing) To copy (data) from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it.

päästää valloilleen

(transitive) To open (a bottle or other container sealed with a cork or stopper) by removing the cork or stopper from.

päästää vapaaksi

To set free from restraint or danger.

päästää vapaaksi takuita vastaan

(legal) To release a person under such guarantee.

päästää väriä

(intransitive) To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).

päästäinen

Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae.

päästäminen

The act or practice of admitting.

paasto

(Christianity) A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures.

paastoaja

One who abstains; a faster. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

paastoaminen

Abstinence from food, limiting caloric intake, for medical or health reasons, dieting.

paastonaika

(Christianity) A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures.

päästöpinta

That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line.

paastota

(transitive, sciences) To cause (a person or animal) to abstain, especially from eating.

päästötodistus

A document issued by an educational institution testifying that the recipient has earned a degree or has successfully completed a particular course of study.

pääsy

(uncountable) The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility.

pääsyavain

(computing, especially since the 2020s) A cryptographic key that is tied to specific devices or cloud accounts and is meant to be used instead of a password.

pääsykoe

Examinations given for entry to college or to qualify for a profession.

pääsykoodi

A typically alphanumeric sequence that permits access to a secure service or network.

pääsylippu

A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, sporting event, etc.

pääsymaksu

The cost or fee associated with attendance or entry.

päätä pahkaa

With an unrestrained forward motion.

pääte

(computing) Ellipsis of file extension.

pääte-emulaattori

(computing) A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.

pääteasema

A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.

päätekijä

An overwhelming force. [from late 19th c.]

päätellä

(intransitive, knitting) To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle.

päätelmä

(logic) In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.

pääteos

The best, most popular, or most renowned achievement of an author or artist, representing their major life effort.

päätepiste

The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.

päätepysäkki

The end point of a transportation system, or the town or city in which it is located.

päätesolmu

A type of knot at the end of a rope, to prevent it from unravelling.

päätevastus

(electronics) An electrical device that absorbs reflection at the end of a transmission line.

päätie

A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare.

päätoimittaja

A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.

päätöksenteko

The process of reaching a decision.

päätön

Hopelessly smitten; madly in love.

päätös

(legal) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.

päätöslauselma

A formal statement adopted by an assembly, or during any other formal meeting.

päätösosa

The end, finish, close or last part of something.

päätösvaltaisuus

The minimum number of members required for a group to officially conduct business and to cast votes, often but not necessarily a majority or supermajority.

päättää

(transitive, rare) To possess and use, to exercise (power or influence); to hold (an office, rank, or position).

päättää (kauppa)

(transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.

päättämätön

(of a person) Not decisive; not marked by promptness or decision.

päättämättömyys

The inability to decide on a course of action, especially if two or more possibilities exist.

päättäminen

(sewing) A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment.

päättäri

The end point of a transportation system, or the town or city in which it is located.