Finnish–English dictionary

pestä kätensä

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

pestä shampoolla

(transitive) To press or knead the whole surface of the body of (a person), and at the same time to stretch the limbs and joints, in connection with the hot bath.

pesto

A sauce, especially for pasta, originating from the Genoa region in Italy, made from basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil and cheese (usually pecorino).

pestokastike

A sauce, especially for pasta, originating from the Genoa region in Italy, made from basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil and cheese (usually pecorino).

pesu

The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.

pesuaine

Any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant.

pesuallas

A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall.

pesue

(countable, uncountable) The children in one family; offspring.

pesuistuin

A low-mounted plumbing fixture or type of sink intended for washing the external genitalia and the anus.

pesukarhu

An omnivorous, nocturnal mammal native to the Americas, of the genus Procyon, typically with a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur, a mask-like marking around the eyes and a striped tail.

pesukone

Something that washes; especially an appliance such as a washing machine or dishwasher.

pesula

(in the plural) A professional laundry or dry cleaner (business).

pesulappu

A small cloth used to wash one's face.

pesuneste

A liquid used for washing.

pesunkestävä

Complete; having no opposite opinion of anything in a particular topic of one's values; thorough of in one's beliefs.

pesuri

two spiral blades arranged something like a corkscrew and fastened to a ramrod for extracting spherical objects from the bottom of a bore-hole, particularly a bullet from the barrel of a firearm

pesusieni

The dried fibrous interior of such a plant, used as a sponge for bathing.

pesusienikurkku

Any of several tropical vines of the genus Luffa, having almost cylindrical fruit with a spongy, fibrous interior; the dishcloth gourd.

pesutupa

A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing.

pesuvati

A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall.

pesuvatiteline

A stand for a washbowl and jug.

peti

A foundation or supporting surface formed of a fluid.

petipuhe

(idiomatic) Conversation shared by bedmates, particularly intimate conversation after or before sexual intercourse.

petkel

A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.

petkuttaa

(transitive) To con, swindle, or deceive, especially financially.

petkuttaja

A person who uses confidence tricks to defraud or swindle people after first gaining their trust with a series of confidence games; a scam operator, confidence trickster.

petkutus

(uncountable) Deception by the use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.

Peto

(biblical) A figure in the Book of Revelation (Apocalypse), often identified with Satan or the Antichrist.

petoeläin

A carnivorous animal that hunts for its food, especially one that preys on vertebrates.

petoksellisuus

(law) The process of conniving or conspiring.

petoksen yritys

An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.

petollinen

(figurative, ethnic slur) Perfidious, treacherous, faithless.

petollinen nainen

A woman who readily casts aside her lover.

petollinen ystävä

(obsolete) A person who pretends to be someone's friend; a false friend, a secret enemy.

petollisesti

in a deceitful manner

petollisuus

A state or act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust.

petomainen

(literally, _, and, _, figuratively) Beast-like

petos

(uncountable) Deception by the use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.

Petri

A en given name.

Petrograd

A region of Saint Petersburg city, Saint Petersburg, Northwest Russia district, European Russia, Russia.

petroli

(military slang) Coffee.

pettää

(transitive) To deceive or delude (using guile).

pettäminen

The crime of betraying one’s own country.

pettävä

Deceptive or misleading.

Petteri

A en given name.

pettinki

(sex) The act of kissing, stroking, etc., a person in a sexual manner.

petturi

A traitor or hypocrite, such as a co-worker or friend assumed trustworthy but who figuratively attacks when one's back is turned.

pettyminen

The act of disenchanting or the state of being disenchanted.

pettymyksen tuottaminen

The act of disenchanting or the state of being disenchanted.

pettymys

Causing disappointment.

pettynyt

Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down.

petunia

A dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.

Peugeot

A car manufactured by the French automobile brand Peugeot.

peuhaaminen

A period of boisterous play, a frolic; now especially, a bout of sexual activity, especially when illicit. [from 18th c.]

peuhata

(intransitive) To play about roughly, energetically or boisterously.

peuhu

A period of boisterous play, a frolic; now especially, a bout of sexual activity, especially when illicit. [from 18th c.]

peukalo

The short thick digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.

Peukalo-Liisa

A fairy tale about a thumb-sized girl.

peukaloida

(intransitive) To make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with something).

peukaloinen

Troglodytes troglodytes

peukaloitu

(figurative) Prearranged and fixed so that the winner or outcome is decided in advance.

peukalokyytiläinen

A person or thing that hitchhikes.

peura

(plural: reindeer) Any Arctic and subarctic-dwelling deer of the species Rangifer tarandus, with a number of subspecies.

peuranliha

The meat of a deer, typically one that had lived in its own natural habitat.

phishing

The act of circumventing security with an alias.

pho

A Vietnamese soup with a beef base, typically served with rice noodles and optionally beef or chicken.

photoshopata

(trademark, media, computing, usually, transitive) To digitally edit or alter (a picture or photograph).

pian

(dated) In good season or time; early, especially in the morning; seasonably.

pianisti

(musician) A person who plays the piano, particularly with skill or as part of an orchestra.

piano

(music) Softly, as a dynamic in a piece of music. [from 17th c.]

pianonsoittaja

(musician) A person who plays the piano, particularly with skill or as part of an orchestra.

pianonvirittäjä

A person who tunes a piano or organ.

pica-oireyhtymä

(pathology, usually, uncountable) A disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand.

piccolo

A piccolo flute A transverse flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher.

piccolohuilu

A piccolo flute A transverse flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher.

pidäke

Something that deters.

pidäkkeetön

Free from constraint; uninhibited. [Late 17th century]

pidätellä

(transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.

pidätellen

In a manner that impedes.

pidätin

Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled.

pidättää

(transitive, physical chemistry, physics) To accumulate on a surface, by adsorption.

pidättäminen

(legal) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.

pidättäytyä

(intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

pidättelemätön

Unrestrained or unceasing.

pidättelevä

Serving to deter, preventing something from happening.

pidättyä

(intransitive) To control oneself when provoked.

pidättyjä

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

pidättyminen

The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]

pidättyneisyys

The act of inhibiting.

pidättyvä

Refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet; abstinent, temperate. [From early 17th c.]

pidättyväinen

Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

pidättyväisyys

The state of being aloof.

pidättyvyys

The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]

pidätys

(legal) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.

pidätyskyky

(urology) The voluntary control of urination and defecation.

pidätyskyvytön

Plagued by incontinence; unable to retain natural discharges or evacuations, most commonly of urine or feces.

pidätysoikeus

(legal) The legal right of a landlord to seize the property of a tenant in the event of nonpayment of rent.

pidellä

(transitive) To wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively.

pidennetty

stretched

pidentää

To make (something) long or longer, for example, by pulling or stretching; to make (something) elongated; to extend, to lengthen.

pidentyä

(intransitive) To become longer.

pidetä

To become long or longer, for example, by being pulled or stretched; to become elongated.

pidetty

Of particular value or interest; dear; beloved.

pidike

(engineering) Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.

pidin

A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.

pidot

A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature.

pieksää

(transitive) To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.

pieleen

In an adverse direction or trend. (Mostly in go south.)

pieleen mennyt otos

(film, informal) A filmed or videotaped outtake that has recorded an amusing accident or mistake.

pielessä

(chiefly, predicative) Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect.

pieli

a vertical post from which a gate is hung/attached.

Piemonte

An administrative region in the north of Italy.

piena

A crosspiece between legs of a chair.

pienaakkonen

The minuscule or small letters (a, b, c, as opposed to the uppercase or capital letters, A, B, C).

pienempi

Of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the smaller in size (littler), in value, in importance etc.

pienen pieni

Very small; minute.

pienenpieni

Very small.

pienentää

To reduce (something) in amount or size. [from 14th c.]

pienentyä

(intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller.

pienentyvä

becoming smaller

pienetä

(intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller.

pieni

(of an, automobile, gear, etc) Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.

pieni alasin

A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, as used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching hole in or cutting a work piece, or for specific forming techniques etc.

pieni kirjain

The minuscule or small letters (a, b, c, as opposed to the uppercase or capital letters, A, B, C).

pieni rauhanen

(anatomy) A small gland or secreting vessel.

pieni saari

A small island.

pienikokoinen

Having the characteristics of a runt; small and stunted; diminutive.

pienillä kirjaimilla kirjoitettu

In lower case.

pienin

The most little; the smallest amount or quantity of something.

pienin kirjaimin kirjoitettu

Written in minuscule handwriting style.

pienintäkään

(in certain phrases, negative polarity) Smallest or slightest.

piennar

(archaeology) The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.

pienois-

(diminutive) Smaller version of an item than usual.

pienoismaailma

(ecology) A small natural ecosystem; an artificial ecosystem set up as an experimental model. [from 19th c.]

pienoismalli

An aircraft made to a smaller scale, either as a static (non-flying) model, or built to fly with the aid of an engine or electric motor, and controlled by radio from the ground. (This entry is a translation hub.)

pienoisohjelma

(computing, GUI) Any one of the components of a computer application's graphical user interface, such as a Cancel button or text input box that a user interacts with.

pienoispatsas

A small statue, usually a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta etc.

pienpanimo

A small commercial brewery, often one serving a single pub at which it is physically located; in the United States, often used to indicate a brewery that produces fewer than 15,000 barrels of beer annually.

pientalo

A thatched or tiled one-story house in India surrounded by a wide veranda; a similar house in this style.

pientila

A small farm.

pientilallinen

A person who owns or runs a smallholding (small farm): a minor independent farmer.

pienviljelijä

A member of the lowly social class that toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture.

pienviljely

Small-scale agriculture.

pierogi

(North America) A square- or crescent-shaped dumpling of unleavened dough, stuffed with sauerkraut, cheese, mashed potatoes, cabbage, onion, meat, or any combination of these, or with a fruit filling.

pierrä

(idiomatic, euphemistic) To expel gases generated during digestion, especially through the anus; to fart.

pieru

(uncountable) Gas generated in the digestive tract.

pierutyyny

An inflatable bag containing a valve at its neck that retains the air in the bag until pressure is put on it (usually by someone unintentionally sitting on it after it has been placed on a chair by someone else as a practical joke), when the air is expelled with a sound similar to that of someone farting (breaking wind).

piestä

To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.

piestä kepillä

(archaic, slang) To beat with a stick; to cudgel.

pietä

(nautical, transitive) To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.