Finnish–English dictionary

poraus

act of drilling

porausjäte

(drilling, uncountable) Debris, particularly broken rock, which falls into a drill hole and interferes with drilling.

porausjumbo

(engineering) A platform-mounted machine for drilling rock.

porautua

(ergative) To cause to drill (practice); to train in military arts.

pore

An emission of a rapid stream of bubbles.

pore-

(NZ) A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage.

poreallas

(chiefly, US) A large tub, often situated outdoors, filled with hot water and used for communal leisure bathing.

poreamme

(chiefly, US) A large tub, often situated outdoors, filled with hot water and used for communal leisure bathing.

poreileva

(of a liquid) Giving off bubbles; fizzy.

poreilla

(intransitive) To produce bubbles, to rise up in bubbles (such as in foods cooking or liquids boiling).

poreilu

An emission of a rapid stream of bubbles.

porhaltaa

(intransitive) To move or drive at high speed; to hurry or speed.

pörhentää

(transitive) To make something fluffy.

pörhistyä

(intransitive) To become fluffy, puff up.

porho

(slang, derogatory) Any affluent person who is perceived to have profited from the labor of others; and/or not to care about those of lesser means.

pörinä

A rough humming sound.

porista

(intransitive) To produce bubbles, to rise up in bubbles (such as in foods cooking or liquids boiling).

porkkana

Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.

porkkanankeltainen

A shade of orange similar to the flesh of most carrots (also called carrot orange).

porkkananpunainen

A shade of orange similar to the flesh of most carrots (also called carrot orange).

pormestari

(Ireland, rare, obsolete) A member of a city council.

pornahtava

(internet slang) Risqué, sexy, racy; mildly pornographic.

porno

(informal) Risqué; obscene; profane; pornographic.

pornoammattilainen

One who is involved in the creation or dissemination of pornography. [from mid-19th c.]

pornografia

(uncountable, informal) Pornography. [from mid-20th c.]

pornografinen

(informal) Risqué; obscene; profane; pornographic.

pornonäyttelijä

One who is involved in the creation or dissemination of pornography. [from mid-19th c.]

pornotuottaja

One who is involved in the creation or dissemination of pornography. [from mid-19th c.]

pornotyöläinen

One who is involved in the creation or dissemination of pornography. [from mid-19th c.]

poro

(originally, US, also, figurative) Chiefly in to a crisp: a food item that has been overcooked, or a thing which has been burned, to the point of becoming charred or dried out.

poroporvari

(usually, pejorative) A person of any class with bourgeois (i.e., overly conventional and materialistic) values and attitudes.

poroporvarillinen

Of or relating to the middle class (often, pejorative) , and their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values.

porot

The sediment that remains after ground coffee beans have been extracted with hot water.

porras

(engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.

porrashuone

A shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase.

porraskaide

The handrail on the side of a staircase.

porraskäytävä

A shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase.

porrasperä

An enclosed windowed chair suitable for a single occupant, carried by at least two porters, in equal numbers in front and behind, using wooden rails that passed through metal brackets on the sides of the chair.

porrastaa

(transitive) Have multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at different, evenly spaced, times or places (attested from 1856).

porrastaminen

The act of gradating or arranging in grades.

porrastasanne

A level area at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.

porrastus

A sequence of gradual, successive stages; a systematic progression.

pörröhäntä

The furry tail of an animal, especially of a fox.

pörröinen

Covered with fluff.

pörröttää

(transitive) To disarrange or loosen (hair, clothing, etc.).

porsaanreikä

(figurative) A method of escape, especially an ambiguity or exception in a rule or law that can be exploited in order to avoid its effect.

porsas

A young pig.

porsia

To give birth to (a litter of piglets).

pörssi

A place for conducting trading.

pörssikeinottelija

(countable, finance) One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock.

pörssimeklari

(finance) A person who buys and sells shares (stock) on a stock exchange on behalf of clients. May also provide investment advice and/or company information, depending on the level of service offered (or chosen by the client).

pörssipeluri

(countable, finance) One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock.

porstua

(architectural element) A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.

portaali

A framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something.

portaat

A series of stairs between landings.

portaikko

A series of stairs between landings.

portata

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

portfolio

(business) A collection of assets; (figurative) any collection of things considered as investments or assets, (rarely) also liabilities.

portieeri

A doorman.

portiikki

A porch, or a small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building.

portinvartija

A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate.

portinvartijan tupa

Ellipsis of porter's lodge: a building or room near the entrance of an estate or building, especially (UK, Canada) as a college mailroom.

portsari

(informal) A member of security personnel employed by bars, nightclubs, etc. to decide who can enter, maintain order, and deal with patrons who cause trouble.

Portsmouth

A city, unitary authority, and borough of Hampshire, in southern England.

porttaaminen

(computing) A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform; the act of this adapting.

porttaus

(computing) A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform; the act of this adapting.

portteri

(countable, uncountable, beer) A strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters (etymology 1, sense 1), similar to a stout but less strong.

portti

(figuratively, extension) Anything that controls or limits an outpouring of people, emotion, etc.

porttivahti

A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate.

porttola

A house of prostitution.

Portugali

A country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula. Official name: Portuguese Republic. Capital and largest city: Lisbon.

portugalilainen

Relating to Portugal or the Portuguese people, language, or culture.

portugalinkielinen

A Portuguese speaker.

portviini

A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.

porukka

The members of one's immediate family, especially one's parents

porvari

(usually, pejorative) A person of any class with bourgeois (i.e., overly conventional and materialistic) values and attitudes.

porvarillinen

(Marxism) Of or relating to the capitalist class, (usually, _, pejorative) the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat.

porvaristo

(Marxism) The capitalist class.

posauttaa

(transitive, informal) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.

pose

(slang, with "the") prison.

poseerata

(intransitive) To assume or maintain a pose; to strike an attitude.

Poseidon

(Greek god) The god of the sea and other waters, earthquakes and horses; corresponds to the Roman god Neptune.

positiivi

(grammar) A degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.

positiivinen

Being positive rather than negative or zero.

positiivinen elektrodi

The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.

positiivinen erityiskohtelu

(uncountable) A set of policies or programs providing advantages for people of a group who are seen to have traditionally been the target of discrimination.

positiivinen luku

Something having a positive value in physics, such as an electric charge.

positiivinen suure

Something having a positive value in physics, such as an electric charge.

positiivinen syrjintä

(uncountable) A set of policies or programs providing advantages for people of a group who are seen to have traditionally been the target of discrimination.

positiivinen tulos

A positive result of a test.

positiivisesti

(manner) In a positive manner.

positiivisuus

(uncountable) The quality of being positive; positivity. [from 17th c.]

positivistinen

Related to positivism, positivistic.

posketon

Absurd, or contrary to common sense.

poski

(music) A bulge or widening in a musical instrument, such as either of the two characteristic bulges of a guitar.

poskihammas

A hinder or molar tooth.

poskihammas-

Of or relating to the molar teeth, or to grinding.

poskiluu

The small prominent bone of the cheek.

poskipää

(informal) The round, fleshy part of a cheek between the eye and the corner of the mouth when a person is smiling.

poskiparta

Facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin.

poskipuna

(uncountable, countable) A sort of makeup, frequently a powder, used to redden the cheeks.

posliiniastia

(uncountable) Chinaware: porcelain tableware.

posliiniastiasto

(uncountable) Chinaware: porcelain tableware.

pösö

A car manufactured by the French automobile brand Peugeot.

possessiivinen

(grammar) Indicating ownership, possession, origin, etc.

possessio

The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity.

possu

(mostly, uncountable) The meat of a pig.

pössyttää

(slang) To smoke marijuana.

pössyttelijä

(slang) A habitual user of cannabis.

postaaja

(internet) One who posts a message.

postamentti

(heraldry) A mound (often of grass), shelf (of e.g. wall) or other thing beneath the shield in a coat of arms on which the supporters stand.

postata

(UK, Australia, New Zealand) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service. [from 19th c.]

posti

(uncountable) Electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages. [from 20thc.]

postikortti

(post) A rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard, typically used for sending messages by mail without the need for an envelope.

postilaatikko

(espionage) A location used to secretly transfer items between two people, without requiring them to meet.

postileima

A marking made by a postal service on a delivery, usually indicating the place where and the date and time when the item was received or processed for the first time, mostly serving to cancel a postage stamp.

postimaksu

The charge for posting an item.

postimerkittää

(transitive) To apply postage stamps to.

postimerkki

The postage stamp, or similar token, affixed to an item of post as evidence of payment.

postimestari

The head of a post office.

postimies

(North America) Someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.

postinjakaja

(North America) Someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.

postinkantaja

An employee of the post office who delivers mail (post) to, and collects it from, a residence or business, or from public mailboxes.

postinumero

(UK, Irish) A sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post or mail.

postinumeroalue

(by extension) The region denoted by such a sequence.

postipäällikkö

The head of a post office.

postitoimiston johtaja

The head of a post office.

postitoimiston päällikkö

The head of a post office.

postittaa

(ditransitive) To send (a letter, parcel, etc.) through the mail.

postituore

(philately) Unused with original gum; as issued originally.

postoperatiivinen

Of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation.

postuumi

Taking place after one's own death.

postuumisti

After death.

potaska

(informal, MLE, slang) A falsehood; a lie.

potenssi

The ability or capacity to perform something

potentaatti

A powerful leader; a monarch; a ruler.

potentiaalienergia

The energy possessed by an object because of its position (in a gravitational or electric field), or its condition (as a stretched or compressed spring, as a chemical reactant, or by having rest mass).

potentiaalinen

Existing in possibility, not in actuality.

potentiaalinen asiakas

(marketing) Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.

potentti

Powerful; possessing power; effective.

potero

(military) A small pit dug into the ground as a shelter for protection against enemy fire.

potilas

(of a person) Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting.

potilashistoria

(countable, medicine) A list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family.

potilashuone

A part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside.

potilasluokittelu

(medicine) The process of sorting patients so as to determine the order in which they will be treated (for example, by assigning precedence according to the urgency of illness or injury).

potilassali

A part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside.

potka

Part of the hind leg of a horse, between the stifle and the hock.

potkaista

(US, euphemistic, transitive) To fire or dismiss an employee.

potkaista banaanipotku

(soccer, bowling) To swerve a ball; kick or throw a ball so it swerves or bends.

potkaista haaroihin

(transitive, British) To kick someone in the crotch.