Finnish–English dictionary

puistokatu

The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.

puitteet

Background, context, framework, surroundings.

pujoa

To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.

pujos

(nautical) A knot formed in the end of a rope by tucking in the strands to prevent them from unravelling.

pujotella

(intransitive) To race in a slalom.

pujottaa

(transitive) To put (items) on a string.

pujotusaukko

A small opening for looking or passing things through.

pukata

(transitive) To strike with the head

pukea

(transitive) To dress or clothe; to attire.

pukea (vaatteet) päällensä

(agriculture, horticulture) To cultivate or tend to (a garden, land, plants, etc.); especially, to add fertilizer or manure to (soil); to fertilize, to manure.

pukea sanoiksi

(transitive) To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of particular words.

pukea tartaaniin

To clothe (someone) in tartan (noun sense 1.2).

pukea ylleen

(transitive) To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.

pukeissa

(informal) Sufficiently clothed or dressed to be seen.

pukeutua

(transitive) To clothe or adorn.

pukeutua johonkin

(transitive) To clothe in a garment.

pukeutuminen

The activity of getting dressed.

pukeutumishuone

(obsolete) A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a dressing table in a chamber or dressing room. [17th–19th c.]

pukeutunut

(informal) Sufficiently clothed or dressed to be seen.

pukija

(theater, film, television) A wardrobe assistant (who helps actors put on their costume).

pukimet

An act or instance of putting clothes on.

pukinparta

A yellow-flowered Eurasian plant, of the genus Tragopogon.

pukkaus

(soccer) The act of hitting the ball with the head.

pukki

(childish) A male goat.

pukkihyppely

(games) A game, often played by children, in which a player leaps like a frog over the back of another person who has stooped over. One variation of the game involves a number of people lining up in a row and bending over. The last person in the line then vaults forward over each of the others until they reach the front of the line, whereupon they also bend over. The process is then repeated.

pukkisänky

(Canada, US, Philippines) A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes.

puksipuu

(botany) Any of several trees, of the genus Buxus, often used as a hedge, for topiary, and as a source of boxwood

puksutus

A dull, fairly quick explosive or percussive sound, as if made by a labouring engine.

puku

Clothing.

pukuilu

(uncountable) The art or practice of costuming oneself as a (usually fictional) character.

pukukoppi

changing room, locker-room

pukumies

(pejorative, slang, metonym) A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor.

pula

(transitive, dated, obsolete) To cause or produce a scarcity in something.

pulahdus

A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.

pulassa

Without hope or prospect of completion or success.

puleerata

(transitive) To cause (something) to be smooth and shiny by rubbing; put a shine on (something); polish (something).

pulina

Idle talk; senseless prattle

pulipää

(pejorative) A bald person, especially a man.

pulisongit

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

pulista

(intransitive) To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle.

pulittaa

(of money) To pay or disburse reluctantly (perhaps influenced by coffers of money).

puliveivata

(archaic) To make a fool of; to make act the fool.

puliveivaus

The use of dishonest means or subterfuge to achieve one's (especially political) goals; chicanery, trickery. [from 17th c.]

pulju

(informal) A business or firm.

pulkka

(historical) A bone, or piece of wood, on which notches or scores are cut, as the marks of number, for account keeping.

pulkkailla

To slide down a hill on a toboggan or other object.

pulkkailu

The act of sliding downhill, or transporting something, on a sled.

pull

(Internet) The act or process of sending out a request for data from a server by a client.

pulla

A small bread roll that is sweetened or spiced.

pullahtaa

(intransitive, with in, out, upon, etc.) To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart.

pullataikina

(figurative) Something that grows very quickly or seems to appear suddenly.

pullea

Slightly overweight; chubby.

pullistaa

To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.

pullistella

(intransitive) To stick out from a surface without breaking it.

pullistelu

(countable) An act of flexing.

pullistettu

(mathematics, of a polyhedron) Derived from a simpler polyhedron by the addition of extra triangular faces.

pullistua

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

pullistuma

The part of anything which resembles (either closely or abstractly) the human belly in protuberance or in concavity; often, the fundus#Noun (innermost part).

pullo

The contents of such a container.

pullollaan

Gorged, filled to near the point of bursting, especially with food or drink.

pullollinen

The contents of such a container.

pullonpohjalasi

The central part of a crown glass disk, with concentric ripple effect.

pullottaa

(transitive) To seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption. Also fig.

pullukka

(countable, slang) A chubby, plump, or overweight person.

pulma

A difficult choice or decision that must be made.

pulpa

The soft center of a tooth.

pulputa

(intransitive) To flow or gush as if from a fountain.

pulputtaa

(transitive, colloquial) To drink a large amount (especially of beer) in a single action/without breathing; to chugalug. Usually chanted at the person who is drinking.

pulsari

(astronomy) A rotating neutron star that emits radio pulses periodically.

pulska

(of a person) Having considerable flesh; plump.

pulssi

A normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin (for example, at the neck or wrist) are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them.

pulssijono

A series of electrical pulses. [from 19th c.]

pultata

(transitive) To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.

pultti

A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.

pulu

(Geordie, Scottish, or, literary) A pigeon, wood pigeon or ring dove.

pulveri

The fine particles which are the result of reducing a dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust.

pulveroida

(transitive) To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder.

pulveroitua

(transitive) To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder.

pum

Used to suggest the sound of an explosion.

pummata

(transitive, colloquial) To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.

pummi

(North America) A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (pejorative) a penniless, unemployed bum.

pumpata

(transitive, weightlifting) To exercise by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially of the biceps.

pumppaus

(weightlifting) Any exercise performed by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially those that train the biceps.

pumppu

(slang) A heart, especially a human one.

pumpuli

Special cotton for surgery.

pumpulikangas

Any plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth.

punahiuksinen

(colloquial, often, _, derogatory, countable) A person with reddish hair; a redhead.

punailves

A North American wildcat, Lynx rufus, having tufted ears and a short tail.

punainen

(tincture) In blazon, of the colour red.

punainen limsa

(countable, informal) A red variety of an animal, such as a red kangaroo or a red squirrel.

punainen lippu

(informal) A cue, warning, or alert; a sign or signal that something is wrong.

punaista ja vihreää chiliä sisältävä

(chiefly, New Mexico, cooking) Of a dish: having a sauce made with red (ripe) and green (unripe) chili peppers.

punajalka

(countable, informal) A red variety of an animal, such as a red kangaroo or a red squirrel.

punajuuri

Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.

punakardinaali

Any of various species of New-World passerine songbird in the genus Cardinalis, or in the family Cardinalidae more generally, or of similar appearance and once considered to be related to the former; so called because of their red plumage. (See Wikipedia article for taxonomical information.)

punakka

Having a rosy or pale red colour; ruddy.

punakoiso

Bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara).

punalippu

(literally) A flag that is red, especially associated with leftist revolutionary ideologies.

punamerikorva

(New Zealand) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.

punanahka

(chiefly, derogatory, offensive) Amerind; relating to Amerindians or First Nations.

punaniska

(slang, US, usually, pejorative, offensive, ethnic slur) A poor, rural, usually white, person from the Southern United States or parts of the Midwest and Northeast, especially one whose beliefs are seen as unsophisticated and backward; sometimes with additional connotations of being bigoted.

punapää

A person with red hair.

punapäätikka

(informal) Red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus).

punapuu

(uncountable) Wood of the species Sequoia sempervirens.

punapyy

(ornithology) Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.

punarinta

A small passerine Old World bird; Erithacus rubecula.

punarumpukala

(informal) The redfish or red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, a fish with reddish fins and scales.

punaruskea

Of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut.

punasilkkiyrtti

A kind of milkweed (Asclepia curassavica), with red flowers, formerly used in medicine.

punastua

(intransitive, informal) To turn a bright red or purple color.

punastuminen

An act of blushing; a pink or red glow on the face caused by embarrassment, shame, shyness, love, etc.

punastuttaa

To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.

punata

(transitive) To make red or redder.

punatauti

(medicine) An infectious disease caused by the parasitic protozoan Entamoeba histolytica; amoebic dysentery.

punatukka

A person with red hair.

punatukkainen

(of a person) Having red hair.

punavihreä

Red and green in color.

Punch

(British) A glove puppet who is the main character used in a Punch and Judy show.

pundiitti

A learned person in India; someone with knowledge of Sanskrit, philosophy, religion and law; a Hindu scholar. [from 17th c.]

punehtua

To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.

punertava

Somewhat red.

punertua

(intransitive) To become red or redder.

Punjab

A geographical region of South Asia, divided (by the Radcliffe Line) between India and Pakistan. Pakistani Punjab includes the (West) Punjab Province and parts of the Islamabad Capital Territory; Indian Punjab includes (East) Punjab State and some other territories.

punjabi

(uncountable) The main language spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India.

punjabilainen

Of, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language.

punjabinkielinen

Of, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language.

punka

Any of various plants of the genus Anagallis, having small red, white or purple flowers, especially the scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis). [from 15th c.]

punkata

(informal, chiefly, UK) To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity.

punkero

Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.

punkka

(by extension) A place on a vessel to sleep, especially a bed on the side of a cabin.

punkkari

Ellipsis of punk rocker, a musician known for playing punk rock or a fan of the genre. [1976]

punkki

Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari).

punktuaalinen

(linguistics) Expressing a momentary action that has no duration.

punnan kultaraha

A gold coin of the United Kingdom, with a nominal value of one pound sterling but in practice used as a bullion coin.

punnerrus

(countable, weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.

punnita

(intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.

punnitseminen

(legal) The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge.

punnus

(measurement) Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).

punoa

To twine (things) together.

punoa juonia

(transitive, intransitive) To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).

punoa yhteen

(intransitive) To cross one another as if woven together; to intertwine; to blend intricately.

punoitus

(pathology, dated) A diseased condition of the face or skin; specifically, bleeding under the conjunctiva of the eye, a form of skin rash, or a palsy of the face due to cold.

punominen

An act or result of interweaving; specifically, (horticulture) a hedge or lattice created by interweaving the branches of shrubs, trees, etc.

punos

(anatomy) A network of anastomosing or interwoven nerves, blood vessels, or lymphatic vessels.

punosaita

An act or result of interweaving; specifically, (horticulture) a hedge or lattice created by interweaving the branches of shrubs, trees, etc.

punottava oksa

(horticulture) A branch of a shrub, tree, etc., used for pleaching; a pleacher.

punottu

(of a piece of wire) Made by combining or bundling thinner wires (into a strand).

punoutua

To become twined together.

punoutua yhteen

(intransitive) To cross one another as if woven together; to intertwine; to blend intricately.

punta

The currency of the United Kingdom.