Finnish–English dictionary

pejoratiivinen

Disparaging, belittling or derogatory. [from 1882]

pekaanipähkinä

A smooth, thin-shelled, edible oval nut of this tree.

pekaanipähkinäpuu

A smooth, thin-shelled, edible oval nut of this tree.

pekani

A North American marten-like mammal (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti), that has thick brown fur.

Pekka

(uncountable) A children's card game, sometimes played with a special deck, where the object of the game is for each player to find matches for all the cards in his hand, without being stuck with the single unmatchable card.

pekoni

Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.

pekoniviipale

(UK, Ireland) A strip of bacon; a piece of bacon.

Pekoraali

A fantastical dreaded monster with flaming eyes.

pektoraalinen

Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest.

pelaaja

A person who plays games.

pelaajaluettelo

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.

pelaaminen

(uncountable) Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, or fishing.

pelaginen

(biology) Living in the open sea rather than in coastal or inland waters.

pelagiolaisuus

(Christianity) A Christian belief that denies the view of original sin and the necessity of grace, asserting that man is capable of achieving salvation by his own efforts.

pelailla

(intransitive) To play card games, board games, or video games.

pelargoni

A bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium (Pelargonium inquinans) .

pelastaa

(transitive, idiomatic) To rescue, especially financially.

pelastaja

(firefighting) A person who has been trained to put out fires.

pelastaminen

An act or episode of rescuing, saving.

pelastautua heittoistuimella

(, usually, _, intransitive) To forcefully project oneself or another occupant from an aircraft (or, rarely, another type of vehicle), typically using an ejection seat or escape capsule.

pelastus

The act of setting free or extricating from danger, imprisonment, bondage, evil, etc.

pelastusköysi

A line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling.

pelastuslento

A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded.

pelastussotilas

A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.

pelastustuoli

(nautical) A basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck.

pelastusvene

(nautical) A boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people or people in distress at sea (either launched from the shore with a crew, or else carried on board a larger ship).

pelästyminen

Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.

pelästynyt

Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.

pelästyttää

(transitive) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.

pelätä

To anticipate with fear.

pelata curlingia

(intransitive, curling) To take part in the sport of curling.

pelata footbagia

To play hackeysack.

pelata tasan

(cricket, archaic) Of a batter: to hit (a ball) from the off side to the leg side, especially with an inclined bat; also, to hit (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket. [from 19th c.]

pelata väärin

(intransitive) To fail to follow suit in a game of cards when holding a card in that suit.

pelata valttia

(transitive, cards) To play on (a card of another suit) with a trump.

pelätti

A cause of terror or alarm; a panic; something that inspires fear or dread.

peli

A mind game where the objective is to avoid thinking about "The Game", and by thinking about it one loses, and subsequently has to announce one's loss to the world in order to make them lose.

peliasu

(UK, sports) The standard set of clothing, accessories and equipment worn by players.

pelikaani

Any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch.

pelikenttä

A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, or playing area in a board game or a computer game.

pelikonsoli

Abbreviation of video game console.

pelikortti

Any flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic, etc.

pelilauta

Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, circuit board, message board (on the Internet), bulletin board, etc.

peliliike

A change in strategy.

peliliivi

(sports) A colourful polyester or plastic vest worn over one's clothes, usually to mark one's team during group activities.

pelimerkki

Someone or something used as a leverage in negotiations.

pelimies

(dated) Having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits. [from 18th c.]

pelinainen

(dated) Having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits. [from 18th c.]

pelinappula

A hand-held object representing a player or some other entity in a board game.

pelinhoitaja

(countable) An underwriter or controller of a card game.

pelinrakentaja

(American football, Canadian football) An offensive back whose primary job is to pass the ball in a play.

pelinrakentaminen

(chess, uncountable) The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.

peliohjain

(video games) A hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games.

pelipaikka

(by extension) A room in a vessel in which the officers or company mess#Verb 2 and reside; also, a room or other place in a vessel for storage.

pelipaita

(countable, US) A shirt worn by a member of an athletic team, usually oversized, typically depicting the athlete's name and team number as well as the team's logotype.

pelisali

Formerly, that part of a theatre, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theatre.

pelissä

(idiomatic) At issue, at risk.

pelitilanne

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

pelivara

(nautical) Chiefly in wide berth: a sufficient space in the water for a ship or other vessel to lie at anchor or manoeuvre without getting in the way of other vessels, or colliding into rocks or the shore.

pelivuoro

One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.

pelkääjän paikka

(slang) The front passenger seat in a vehicle, next to the driver; so called because the position of the shotgun-armed guard on a horse-drawn stage-coach, wagon train, or gold transport was next to the driver on a forward-mounted bench seat. Can also be used in situations of claiming other resources such as bedrooms.

pelkäänpä

Regretful, sorry; expressing a reluctance to face an unpleasant situation. [with that (+ clause) or clause; or with so or not]

pelkästään

Only, simply, merely.

pelkistetty

(arts) Characterised by the use of simple form or structures.

pelkistyminen

(chemistry) A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen.

pelkistys

(chemistry) A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen.

pelkistyssulatus

(metallurgy) The process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore.

pelkkä

Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.

pelkkaus

(originally, and, chiefly, New Zealand, countable, chiefly, attributive) An act of splitting logs of wood using a large saw in a sawmill; also, the saw used; or (rare) the building in which the process is carried out.

pelko

A feeling of fear and reverence.

pelkuri

(countable, slang, sometimes, derogatory) A coward.

pelkurimainen

Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.

pelkurimaisesti

(archaic) In the manner of a coward, cowardlily.

pelkuruus

Lack of courage.

pellagra

(pathology) A disease characterised by skin lesions and mental confusion, primarily caused by a niacin deficiency. [from 19th c.]

pellava

(uncountable) Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.

pelle

A grotesque performer or clown, buffoon.

pelleillä

(intransitive) To perform antics, to caper.

pelleily

(often, in plural) A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour; caper.

pellepuku

(textiles) A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.

pelletti

A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.

pelmeni

Russian dumplings resembling ravioli.

peloissaan

Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.

pelokas

Lacking in courage or confidence.

pelonsekainen kunnioitus

A feeling of fear and reverence.

pelote

Action taken by states or alliances of nations against equally powerful alliances to prevent hostile action.

pelotella

(transitive) To control by inspiring dread.

peloton

Of an action, that requires courage.

pelottaa

(transitive) To inspire fear and reverence in.

pelottava

Causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement. [from 1590–1600.]

pelottavasti

In a formidable manner.

pelottelu

The art of producing in one's enemy the fear of attacking.

pelottelutaktiikka

(military, World War II, historical) Military equipment or tactics used to scare and deter rather than cause actual damage.

pelottomasti

In a fearless manner; without fear.

pelottomuus

The quality of being fearless.

pelti

A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air.

peltinen

Made of tin.

pelto

A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier.

peltokiila

A triangular piece of land where roads meet.

peltopyy

A game bird in the pheasant family, Perdix perdix.

peluri

One who plays at a game of chance, who gambles.

penätä

To request forcefully.

pendelöidä

(intransitive, transitive) To go or send back and forth between two places.

pendelöijä

(US, UK, Canada) To and from work and home.

penetroida

To insert the penis into an orifice, such as a vagina, mouth, or anus.

penger

(geography) A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment.

pengermä

(agriculture) A raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides, especially one of a series for farming or leisure; a similar natural area of ground, often next to a river.

pengerrys

(geography) A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment.

pengertää

To provide something with a terrace.

pengertie

A road that is raised so as to be above water, marshland, and similar low-lying obstacles, which in some cases may flood periodically (e.g. due to tides). Originally causeways were much like dykes, generally pierced to let water through, whereas many modern causeways are more like bridges or viaducts.

pengerviljelmä

(agriculture) A raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides, especially one of a series for farming or leisure; a similar natural area of ground, often next to a river.

pengonta

An act or instance of foraging.

penikka

A dog with a youthful appearance, or any dog.

penikkatauti

(archaic) A disorder of the humours of the body; a disease.

penisilliini

(pharmaceutical drug) Any of a group of narrow-spectrum antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds or synthesized, that have a beta-lactam structure and are active against gram-positive bacteria and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases.

Penjaam

(biblical character) The youngest of the sons of Jacob and Rachel in the Bible.

Penjami

A patrilineal surname transferred from the given name.

penkka

(hydrology) An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.

penkki

(figuratively) Remote from actual involvement, including a person retired from previously active involvement.

penkkitulos

(weightlifting) The weight one is able to bench press, especially the maximum weight capable of being pressed.

penkoa

(ambitransitive) To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out

penkominen

A thorough search, usually resulting in disorder.

penni

(British, slang, usually in the negative) Money.

penninvenyttäjä

(obsolete) A person who is wretched or despicable; a wretch.

Pennsylvania

A state of the United States. Capital: Harrisburg. Largest city: Philadelphia.

penny

(historical) In the United Kingdom and Ireland and many other countries, a unit of currency worth 1⁄240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: d.

pensaikko

(uncountable) Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees. See shrubland.

pensaikkoinen

Having abundant bushes, shrubs or trees.

pensas

(horticulture) A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.

pensasaita

A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.

pensaskasvillisuus

Shrubs collectively.

pensasmustikka

(countable, and, uncountable) A dark blue colour.

pensastasku

(countable) Any of various small Old World passerine birds in the muscicapid tribe Saxicolini or subfamily Saxicolinae that feed on insects.

penseä

Lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve.

penseys

The state of being indifferent.

penska

(pejorative) A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.

Pentagon

The headquarters of the United States Department of Defense.

pentagoni

(geometry) A polygon with five sides and five angles.

pentagrammi

The shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding isosceles triangles are formed; often with magical connotations; a 5/2 (or 5/3) star polygon.

pentteri

(nautical) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.

Pentti

(countable) A en given name, particularly of the sixth-century founder of the Benedictine order, and of several popes.

pentu

Any very young animal, especially a vertebrate; many species have specific names for their babies, such as kittens for the babies of cats, puppies for the babies of dogs, and chicks for the babies of birds. See Category:Baby animals for more.

pentue

(countable) The whole group of live young born at the same time, typically in reference to mammals or (figurative, pejorative) unpleasant people or objects. [1486]

peppu

(informal) The buttocks, bottom, butt.

peppukipeys

(Internet slang, slightly, vulgar) A feeling of offense caused by a perceived insult or injustice.

peppukipu

(Internet slang, slightly, vulgar) A feeling of offense caused by a perceived insult or injustice.

peppuposki

(anatomy, informal, usually, in the plural) The lower part of the buttocks that is often exposed beneath very brief underwear, swimwear, or extremely short shorts.

Pepsi

A brand of carbonated cola non-alcoholic drink produced by the company PepsiCo.

per

(mathematics) Divided by.

perä

(nautical) On the aft side; in the stern. [First attested in the early 17th century.]