Finnish–English dictionary

paikkakuntalainen

A person who lives in or near a given place.

paikkakuvaus

A precise description of a place.

paikkamerkki

Something used or included temporarily or as a substitute for something that is not known or must remain generic; that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later.

paikkansapitämätön

Contrary to known or agreed facts; untrue.

paikkansapitävä

Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty

paikkanumero

(computing, especially, programming, and, databases) An integer or other key indicating the location of data, e.g. within an array, vector, database table, associative array, or hash table.

paikkaus

(Australia, Canada, US, Philippines, informal) A temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, created ad hoc and often with a lack of foresight. [from 1968]

paikkeilla

Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout. [from ca. 1150–1350]

paimen

(UK, historical) One who grazes cattle and/or sheep on a rural property.

paimenkirje

(religion, Christianity) A letter of a pastor to his charge; specifically, a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese.

paimennus

An act of driving (prompting) animals forward.

paimentaa

(transitive) (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.

paimentaminen

An act of driving (prompting) animals forward.

paimentolainen

(anthropology) A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.

päin

Forming adjectives and adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or tendency toward, as in "backwards", "towards", etc.

pain.

edition

painaa

To have influence.

painaa + genitive + mieltä

(transitive) To make sad or gloomy.

painaa alas

To press down.

painaa avainta

(telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).

painaa kokoon

(intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.

painaa läpi

(transitive) To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion).

painaa muistiin

To fully learn so as to have entirely available to the memory; to learn by heart, commit to memory.

painaa nappia

(transitive) To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means.

painaa uudelleen

To press again.

painaja

One who makes prints.

painajainen

(obsolete, or, historical) A type of evil spirit formerly thought to sit on the chest of a sleeping person; also, the feeling of suffocation felt during sleep, attributed to such a spirit.

painajaismainen

Resembling a nightmare.

painaminen

The act of impressing.

painanne

An impression; the mark left behind by printing something.

painate

An impression; an impressed image or copy of something.

painauma

(geography) An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.

painautua

Often followed by in or into: to press or push the nose or snout, mouth, face, etc., against or into someone or something; to touch someone or something with the nose or snout, etc.

painautua mukavasti jotakin vasten

To press oneself against another affectionately.

painautua yhteen

(transitive, figurative) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.

painautuminen

An act of nuzzling (all verb senses).

painava

(of a physical object) Having great weight.

painavasti

In a manner designed for heavy duty.

paine

(uncountable, countable) A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.

paine-ero

The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.

paineistus

The act or process of increasing pressure within a volume of space.

painekattila

(chiefly, UK, Ireland, except in compounds) An appliance or utensil for cooking food.

painesäiliö

(engineering, hydraulics) A container which stores hydraulic power for release, in the form of a pressurized fluid (often suspended within a larger tank of fluid under pressure).

painettu media

(uncountable) Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium.

paini

A close hand-to-hand struggle.

painia

(figuratively, with with) To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to struggle to deal with.

painija

(wrestling) A person who wrestles.

painike

A mechanical device designed to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.

painiote

(wrestling, self-defense) A position or grip used to control the opponent.

painiottelu

A fight or struggle between people during which they grapple or otherwise contend with each other in order to throw or force their opponent to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat.

painiskella

(figuratively, with with) To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to struggle to deal with.

paino

(prosody, poetry) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.

painoarvo

(informal) Influence or effectiveness, especially political.

painokangas

Cloth that has had a pattern of dye printed onto it.

painokerroin

(statistics) A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.

painokone

(countable) A printing machine.

painokuva

(visual art) A picture that was created in multiple copies by printing.

painolaatta

(printing) An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.

painolasti

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

painolevy

(printing) An engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper.

painollinen

(phonetics) Having a stress or accent.

painonappi

A mechanical device designed to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.

painopiste

(figuratively) Emphasis or importance in general.

painos

The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time.

painostaa

(transitive) To afford, to be something to someone, to supply with something.

painostava

Causing distress; upsetting.

painostus

Displaying a tendency or intent to coerce.

painotettu

(dice, also, figurative) Of a die or dice: weighted asymmetrically, and so biased to produce predictable throws.

painoton

(of a vowel) not stressed or accentuated

painottaa

(transitive) To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent.

painottaa toistuvasti

(figuratively) To emphasize a point repeatedly.

painottomuus

(countable) An experience or instance of being weightless.

painotus

(prosody, poetry) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.

painotuskerroin

(statistics) A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.

painovirhe

(usually, in the plural) A list of errors in a printed work as a separate page of corrections. (The items thus listed will sometimes be corrected in subsequent print runs, if any occur; they are then called reprint corrections.)

painovoima

(physics) The fundamental force of attraction that exists between all matter in the universe, caused by the curvature of spacetime caused by matter. It is the weakest of the four fundamental interactions, and possesses a gauge boson known as the graviton.

paintball

(countable) The dye-filled capsule fired in the sport of paintball.

paintti

(countable) The dye-filled capsule fired in the sport of paintball.

painua

(US, vulgar, slang) To hurry; to move quickly, especially to leave.

painua kokoon

(intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.

painuminen

The state of sinking or bending; a droop.

painunut

stamped, under pressure

päinvastainen

Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.

päinvastoin

(usually, humorous, emphatic) On the contrary.

paise

(pathology) A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

paise-

Of or pertaining to buboes.

paiskata

(with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.

paiskata kättä

(intransitive, usually as "shake on") To shake hands.

paiskia

(with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.

paiskoa

(with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.

paistaa

(transitive, or, intransitive, or, ditransitive, with person as subject) To cook (something) in an oven (for someone).

paistaa paistinpannulla

(US) To cook in a skillet.

paistaa silmään

(intransitive, copulative) To be immediately apparent.

paistaa uunissa

(transitive, or, intransitive, or, ditransitive, with person as subject) To cook (something) in an oven (for someone).

paistaminen

The act of cooking food by baking.

päistärikkö

(of an animal, especially of a horse) Having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.

paistatella

(figurative) To take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warmth or happiness. (Usually followed by "in".)

päiste

The unplowed boundary of a field.

paistettu

That has been cooked by baking.

paisti

(countable) A thigh and/or buttock of a hog slaughtered for meat; (occasionally) the corresponding cut from some other animal.

päistikkaa

Tumbling upside down; somersaulting.

päistikkaa syöksyminen

A hurried headlong fall.

paistinkastike

(Southern US) A pale sauce prepared from a roux with meat fat; a type of béchamel sauce.

paistinlasta

A kitchen utensil used for turning food.

paistinpannu

A machine or container for frying food.

paistokana

A young chicken suitable for frying; a pullet or cockerel.

paistos

(US) Often preceded by a descriptive word as in apple cobbler, peach cobbler, etc.: a kind of pie, usually filled with fruit, originally having a crust at the base but nowadays generally lacking this and instead topped with a thick, cake-like pastry layer.

paistua

(intransitive, with baked thing as subject) To be cooked in an oven.

paisua

(obsolete, ambitransitive) To (cause to) swell or hang down like a full bag.

paisuminen

The act of swelling; increase in size.

paisunut

Swollen with fluid or gas.

paisunut elin

A swollen bodily organ; used especially of erectile tissue.

paisunut lippulehden tuppi

(botany) The inflated flag leaf sheath of a wheat plant.

paisutella

(transitive, idiomatic) To overreact to or overstate; to treat too seriously or be overly concerned with.

paisuttaa

To cause (something) to stick out or swell; to extrude; also, to cause (someone or something) to be covered in swellings.

paita

(clothing) An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms.

paitapusero

(fashion) A shirt for women or girls, particularly a shirt with buttons and often a collar; a dress shirt tailored for women.

päitset

A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them.

paitsi

But, except.

paitsi että

But, except; but in fact.

paitsio

(countable, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by in: any in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion which results in deadlock, delay, or some other unresolved status. [from mid 17th c.]

paituli

A short nightdress, or similar piece of lingerie.

päivä

The period of time between sunrise and sunset.

päiväaikainen

Happening or occurring during daylight, or primarily active during that time.

päiväaktiivinen

Happening or occurring during daylight, or primarily active during that time.

päiväämätön

Not marked with a date.

päiväannos

A daily allowable limit for expendables.

päivähoitaja

A person employed to look after other people's children while they are away; a babysitter.

päivähoito

Daytime supervision, usually of children or pets.

päiväkiintiö

The amount of something that is expected to last for or be produced in one day.

päiväkirja

(accounting) A chronological record of payments or receipts.

päiväkoti

A nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work. Generally more entertaining and less educational than a preschool, but with longer hours of operation.

päiväksi kukkansa avaava

(botany) Said of a flower that is open, or releasing its perfume during daylight hours, but not at night.

päivälehti

A newspaper or comic strip etc. that is published every day.

päivällinen

A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea).

päivällisaika

The time when dinner takes place, as:

päivämäärä

The addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (especially the day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, executed, or made.

päivän kestävä

(biology) Existing for only one day, as with some flowers, insects, and diseases.

päivänkakkara

Any of numerous other flowering plants of various species, mostly among the asterids.

päivänkoi

The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.

päivänkoite

The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.

päivännousu

The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.

päivänseisaus

One of the two points in the ecliptic at which the sun is furthest from the celestial equator. This corresponds to one of two days in the year when the day is either longest or shortest.

päiväntasaaja

(geography) Of, near, or relating to the equator.

päiväntasaus

(astronomy) Of or relating to the spring or autumnal equinox.

päivänvalo

The period of time between sunrise and sunset.

päivänvalolamppu

A light source that simulates daylight.

päivänvarjo

A cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.

päiväpeite

The topmost covering of a bed, often functioning as a blanket.

päiväpeitto

The top sheet of a bed.