Finnish–English dictionary

potkaista kaaripallo

(transitive) To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arc.

potkaista kierrepotku

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

potkaisu

(firearms) The energy transmitted back to the shooter from a firearm which has fired. Recoil is a function of the weight of the weapon, the weight of the projectile, and the speed at which it leaves the muzzle.

potkia

(transitive) To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.

potkia pohkeille

(ice hockey) To strike an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.

potku

(informal) A dismissal or rejection.

potku pohkeeseen

A kick on the shins in football of any type.

potku taakse

(countable) A backward kick; a retrograde movement of an extremity.

potkunyrkkeily

(martial arts) A hybrid martial art derived from Muay Thai, karate, and especially boxing during the 1960s to 1970s; more generally, any stand-up combat sport that combines kicks and punches.

potkupuku

(often, in the plural) A one-piece garment for infants designed to facilitate access to the wearer's diaper.

potkureuna

The toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings.

potkuri

The propeller of an aircraft or boat.

potkurivirta

(nautical) A backward flow of water, as from oars, a propeller, breaking waves, etc.

potkutorni

(pinball) An object on a playfield that applies force to the pinball when hit, often giving a minor increase in score.

potpuri

(music) A collection of related songs played or mixed together as a single piece. [from 17thc.]

potretti

(countable) A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.

pötsi

The first compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminants.

potta

A container used for urination and defecation, particularly those used in early modern towns before the advent of the flush toilet.

pottalaatikko

(slang) A chamber pot enclosed in a box; a portable commode.

potti

A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.

pottu

A plant of species Solanum tuberosum or its edible starchy tuber.

pottuilla

To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.

pottuilu

A teasing joke.

pottumainen

Extremely offensive or unpleasant; very annoying, contemptible, or odious.

potut pottuina

Equivalent means used as response to an action.

pöty

Nonsense; senseless talk.

pötypuhe

(informal, figurative) Foolish talk or writing; nonsense.

poukama

A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds; bight. [from 16th c.]

pouta-

(shipbuilding) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.

poutainen

(shipbuilding) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.

poutapuu

The fruit of this tree, having a musky odour.

povekas

Having large breasts.

povi

A breast, one of a woman's breasts

povipommi

(by extension) Someone who is very attractive; a sex symbol.

pöydätä

(chiefly, US) To remove from the agenda, to postpone dealing with; to shelve (to indefinitely postpone consideration or discussion of something). [from 19th c.]

pöyheä

Covered with fluff.

pöyhiä

(transitive) To make something fluffy.

pöyhistyä

(intransitive) To become fluffy, puff up.

pöyhkeä

Overly confident; arrogant and boastful.

pöyhkeilevä

(US, informal) Self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical.

pöyhkeillä

(idiomatic, transitive) To behave as if one is in control of; to make a display of having an advantage over or superiority to.

pöyhkeily

(derogatory) Behaviour adopted to demonstrate (originally) one's good upbringing; or (now) one's superiority; pretentious or snobbish behaviour.

pöyhkeys

The state of being arrogant; a type of extreme or foolish pride in which someone feels much superior to another.

pöyristyttävä

Of a thing: causing or having the nature of a scandal; regarded as so immoral or wrong as to be extremely disgraceful; despicable, shameful.

Pöytä

(constellation) A summer constellation of the southern sky, originally named after Table Mountain in South Africa. It lies between the constellations of Hydrus and Volans.

pöytäastiat

Dishes, plates, and similar tableware collectively, usually made of some ceramic material, used for serving food on and eating from.

pöytäfutis

(chiefly, _, US, Canada) table soccer (US), table football (UK)

pöytäkirja

(countable) A formal or official record of something done.

pöytäkortit

(card games) An additional hand of playing cards dealt face-down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.

pöytälahja

A small gift; a party favor.

pöytäliina

A cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table.

pöytäpari

A person holding a corresponding position in another organisation.

pöytätietokone

(computing) A desktop computer.

pöytävieras

(ecology) An organism partaking in a commensal relationship.

pöytävuori

Flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edges.

pöytäys

(card games) Especially in games of the rummy family: a combination of playing cards which is announced or played to score points. [from late 19th c.]

ppi

A branch of learning; a study of a particular subject.

pragmaattinen

Practical, concerned with making decisions and actions that are useful in practice, not just theory.

pragmaattisuus

The pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities; a concentration on facts rather than emotions or ideals.

pragmatismi

The pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities; a concentration on facts rather than emotions or ideals.

Praha

The capital city of the Czech Republic; the former capital of Czechoslovakia; the former capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia.

prahalainen

The capital city of the Czech Republic; the former capital of Czechoslovakia; the former capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia.

prakannut

Non-functional; not functioning properly.

praksis

(drama) The deliberate action of a rational being.

praktikko

A person who practices a profession or art, especially law or medicine.

pramea

Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, style, etc.; ostentatious.

prameilu

Pretension in appearance; looking overly and distastefully adorned.

prameus

Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.

präntti

(uncountable) The letters forming the text of a document.

prassata

(nautical) To swing round the yards of a square rigged ship, using braces, to present a more efficient sail surface to the direction of the wind.

prätkä

Any vehicle sharing some characteristics with a bicycle or motorbike, such as pedal power, a handlebar, or a saddle.

predestinoida

(transitive) To determine the future or the fate of something in advance; to preordain.

predikaatti

(grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.

predikaattifunktio

(computing) An operator or function that returns either true or false.

predikaattiosa

(grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.

predikatiivi

(grammar, linguistics) A word or group of words that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object. [from 19th c.]

preemio

A bonus paid in addition to normal payments.

preeria

An extensive area of relatively flat grassland with few, if any, trees, especially in North America.

prefektuuri

(historical, Ancient Rome) A district of the Roman Empire at the third echelon

prefektuuri-

Of, pertaining to or at the level of a prefecture.

prefektuuritason

Of, pertaining to or at the level of a prefecture.

preferenssi

A card game, related to bridge, Boston, and whist.

prefiksi

(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning, for example as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure, re- in reheat, etc.

prefrontaali-

Of, pertaining to or situated in the anterior part of the frontal lobe.

prefrontaalinen

Of, pertaining to or situated in the anterior part of the frontal lobe.

prelaatti

A clergyman of high rank and authority, having jurisdiction over an area or a group of people; normally a bishop.

preliminaarinen

In preparation for the main matter; initial, introductory, preparatory.

preludi

(music) A short, free-form piece of music, originally one serving as an introduction to a longer and more complex piece; later, starting with the Romantic period, generally a stand-alone piece. [from 1650s]

prenataali

Being or happening before birth.

prenataalinen

Being or happening before birth.

prenikka

A showy trifle, a toy; a showy trinket, ornament or decoration. [from 15th c.]

preoperatiivinen

Prior to surgery.

prep.

Abbreviation of preposition.

preparaatti

A substance, especially a remedy, that is prepared.

preparointi

(uncountable) The act of preparing or getting ready.

prepata

(informal) To prepare.

prepositio

(grammar, strict sense) Any of a class of non-inflecting words and multiword terms typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word.

presbyteeri

A person belonging to a church in the tradition of Presbyterianism.

presbyteerinen

Relating to Presbyterianism.

presidentintoimi

The office or role of president.

presidentinvirka

The office or role of president.

presidentti

The bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives devolving directly from the president.

presidenttikausi

The time during which one is president; a president's term of office.

presidenttiys

The office or role of president.

preskriptiivinen kielioppi

(linguistics) The practice of prescribing idealistic norms, as opposed to describing realistic forms, of linguistic usage.

pressa

(informal) Clipping of president.

pressu

(countable) A tarp, a heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth, used as a cover or blanket.

preteriti

(grammar) A tense used in some languages (such as French and Italian) in narrative, and in spoken language primarily when reading narrative or in storytelling, for completed actions in the past or in speaking of the deceased.

preussi

The Prussian language; see Old Prussian and New Prussian.

preussilainen

Of, from, or pertaining to Prussia.

preussin kieli

The Prussian language; see Old Prussian and New Prussian.

prevalenssi

The quality or condition of being prevalent; wide extension or spread.

preventteri

(nautical) An arrangement, made with ropes and blocks, that prevents the boom of a sailing boat from performing a jibe.

priimi

(music) The first note or tone of a musical scale.

prikaati

A group of people organized for a common purpose.

prikaatinkenraali

(military) An army rank; an officer commanding a brigade.

prikaatinkomentaja

(military) An army rank; an officer commanding a brigade.

priki

(watercraft) A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast

prikka

(archaic) An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.

prima

(historical) The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour.

primaarinen

First in time, order, or sequence.

primitiivi

(programming) A data type that is built into the programming language, as opposed to more complex structures.

Pringle

An individual potato snack of the Pringles brand.

prinsessa

A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch. [from 14th c.]

prinsiippi

A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.

prinssi

The (male) ruler or head of a principality. [from 14th c.]

Prinssi Rohkea

(figurative) Someone resembling the fictional Scarlet Pimpernel; a gallant dashing resourceful man given to remarkable feats of bravery and derring-do in liberating victims of tyranny and injustice. [from 20th c.]

printata

(computing, transitive) To display a string on the terminal.

printteri

(computer hardware) A device, usually attached to a computer, used to print text or images onto paper; an analogous device capable of producing three-dimensional objects.

printti

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

printtimedia

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

prioni

(molecular biology) A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue.

prioraatti

A monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress.

priori

a friar or monk in charge of a monastery, priory or convent; an abbot or a prior

priorijakauma

(Bayesian, _, statistics) A prior probability distribution, that is, one determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected. [from 20th c.]

priorinen

(Bayesian, _, statistics) Chiefly in prior probability: of the probability of an event: determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected.

priorisoida

(transitive, intransitive) To arrange or list a group of things in order of priority or importance.

priorisointi

The process of assigning priorities to things or tasks.

prioriteetti

An item's relative importance.

prisma

(geometry) A polyhedron with parallel ends of the same polygonal shape and size, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides.

prismaattinen

Of or pertaining to a prism; having the form of a prism; containing one or more prisms.

prismamainen

Of or pertaining to a prism; having the form of a prism; containing one or more prisms.

pro rata

(of an allocation) In proportion to some factor that can be exactly calculated.

proaktiivinen

Acting in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty

probiootti

(bacteriology) A food or dietary supplement, such as a yogurt, containing live bacteria for therapeutic reasons.

probioottinen

Describing any dietary supplement that contains live bacteria for therapeutic purposes.

problemaattinen

Not settled, uncertain, of uncertain outcome; debatable, questionable, open to doubt.

problematiikka

A problem or difficulty in a particular field of study.

produktiivinen

(medicine) Of a cough, producing mucus or sputum from the respiratory tract.

profaani

Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.