Finnish–English dictionary

puntaroida

(transitive) To consider carefully; to weigh well in the mind.

puntis

(military) Absence without proper authority from the properly appointed place of duty, or from unit, organization, or other place of duty at which one is required to be at the time prescribed.

punttaaja

(military) A person who holds AWOL status.

puntti

(tobacco manufacturing) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.

punttis

(especially, weightlifting) A sports facility specialized for lifting weights, cardio machines, and other exercise (culturally differentiated from sense 1).

punttisali

(especially, weightlifting) A sports facility specialized for lifting weights, cardio machines, and other exercise (culturally differentiated from sense 1).

Puola

A country in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Poland. Capital and largest city: Warsaw.

puolalainen

A person from Poland or of Polish descent.

puolan kieli

The language spoken in Poland.

puolanminttu

Mentha pulegium, a plant of the mint family, formerly much used in various medicinal treatments and as a flea repellent.

puoleensavetävä

having to power to allure

puoleksi

Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect.

puolesta

Supporting, in favour of.

puolesta puhuminen

The act of arguing in favour of, or supporting someone or something.

puolestapuhuja

Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor. [from 14th c.]

puolet

One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.

puoli

(grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding. [from 19th c.]

puoli-

half

puoliaasi

The Asiatic wild ass or hemione (Equus hemionus), an animal of the horse family native to Asia; specifically, the Persian onager, Persian wild ass, or Persian zebra (Equus hemionus onager).

puoliautomaattinen avain

A semi-automated telegraph key.

puolierektio

(slang) A partial erection of the penis.

puolihuolimaton

Performed in a careless or indifferent manner as a thing of rote.

puolijumala

(mythology) A half-god or hero; the offspring of a deity and a mortal.

puolikarhu

Any mammal of the family Procyonidae, a procyonid.

puolikas

One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.

puolikerros

A mezzanine; an intermediate floor in a building, typically resembling a balcony; most often, the floor immediately above the ground floor and below a higher floor.

puoliksi

In half: in two equal parts, shares, etc.

puoliksi taitettu paperiarkki

A book made of sheets of paper each folded in half (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind, exceeding 30 centimetres in height.

puolikuu

(Islam) A representation of a crescent, used as a symbol of Islam.

puolinainen

Lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve.

puolinen

(dated) Any midday meal; lunch.

puolinormi

(mathematics, analysis) A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.

puolipäivä

(now, rare) The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.

puolipallo

(geography) Half of the Earth, such as the Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere or Eastern Hemisphere, Land Hemisphere, Water Hemisphere etc. [1550s].

puolipaneeli

(architecture) An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.

puolipullo

A bottle of wine containing 37.5 centiliters, half the volume of a standard 75-centiliter bottle; a demi.

puoliso

A spouse or other person with whom one shares a domestic, romantic or sexual bond.

puolisokea

Of a person: having impaired vision; partially blind; dim-sighted.

puolison oikeus toisen kumppanuuteen

(legal) The right of a spouse to all the normal relationships with his or her mate.

puolisotilaallinen

Relating to a paramilitary. [1935]

puolisuora

(mathematics) A line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point.

puolitavu

(computing) A unit of memory equal to half a byte, or chiefly four bits.

puolittaa

(transitive, geometry) To divide an angle, line segment, or other figure into two equal parts.

puolittain

In two equal parts or to an equal degree.

puolittainen

Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect.

puoliväli

(countable) A middle place or degree.

puolivälissä

Half of the way between two points

puolivillainen

(slang, somewhat, vulgar) Produced in an incompetent or desultory manner, or of something lacking in quality or substance; of low rank; incompetent.

puolivokaali

(phonetics) A sound in speech which has some qualities of a consonant and some qualities of a vowel.

puolivuosittainen

Occurring twice a year; semiannual.

puoliyö

Twelve o'clock at night exactly.

puoltaminen

The practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard.

puoltava

(algebra) positive; not negative

puolueaktiivi

An adherent to a party or faction.

puolueellinen

Exhibiting bias; prejudiced.

puolueellisuus

(countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something.

puolueeton

Impartial and free from prejudice.

puolueeton taho

A person who takes no part in a contest; someone remaining neutral.

puolueeton valtio

A nonaligned state, or a member of such a state.

puolueettomat

Those who are neutral; a combination of neutral powers or states.

puolueettomuus

(uncountable) Absence of bias; impartiality; objectivity.

puoluepukari

A fervent, sometimes militant, supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea.

puoluettaan vaihtava äänestäjä

A voter who shifts their allegiance from one political party to another, especially (US) one whose vote can be illegally purchased.

puolukka

A shrub growing this fruit.

puolustaa

(Scots law, in higher courts) To call a case before itself for decision.

puolustaja

(sports) In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.

puolustautuminen

The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.

puolustava linjamies

(American football) A defensive position between two defensive ends: defensive tackle; a person playing that position.

puolustella

(intransitive, dated) To make an apologia or defense; to act as apologist.

puolustelu

An argument in support or justification of something.

puolustettava

(of a theory, argument, etc.) capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded

puolustettu

defended

puolustus

A formal justification, defence.

puolustusasianajaja

A lawyer who represents defendants in legal proceedings.

puolustuskannalla

Displaying an inordinate sensitivity to criticism or intrusion; oversensitive; thin-skinned.

puolustuskelvoton

Not defensible; not capable of being defended.

puolustuskirjoitus

A formal justification, defence.

puolustuskyvytön

Lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack.

puolustuskyvyttömyys

The characteristic of being defenseless; vulnerability.

Puolustusvoimat

The governmental agency in charge of a state's army.

puomi

(gymnastics) A gymnastics apparatus, a narrow wooden rail used in artistic (athletic) gymnastics.

puoskari

A malicious trickster; a fake person, especially one who deceives for personal profit.

puoskarointi

(countable) An instance of practicing fraudulent medicine.

puosu

(nautical) The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.

puosunpilli

(nautical) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.

pupilli

(anatomy) The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina.

puppu

An untrue statement.

pupu

(informal, childish) A rabbit, especially a juvenile one.

puputyttö

A bunny girl: a nightclub waitress who wears a costume having rabbit ears and tail.

puraista

(transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.

puraisu

The act of biting.

purasin

A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc.

purema

The wound left behind after having been bitten.

pureminen

An instance of something being bitten.

pureskella

To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.

puretin

A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.

purettaa

(transitive) To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant.

pureva

(archaic, figurative) Sharp and harsh in expressing oneself.

purevuus

Harsh cold.

purgatiivi

something, such as a substance or medicine, that purges; laxative

purilainen

(informal) A hamburger.

puristaa

(transitive) To take hold of; to grasp.

puristaa kokoon

(transitive) To compress; to compact; to press into something or pack together.

puristaa yhteen

To set closely together; to close tightly.

puristaminen

An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction.

puristemehu

Fruit juice that will ferment or has fermented, usually from grapes.

puristettu neste

(dated) Followed by down: the product of wringing, such as cider or wine.

puristi

An advocate of purism.

puristin

A device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas.

puristinen

Of or pertaining to purism.

puristua

(transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.

puristus

A tight grip.

puristusjäte

The pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil.

puritaani

(usually, derogative) A puritanical person.

puritaaninen

(usually, derogative) Acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals (e.g. propagating modesty), especially with regard to pleasure, nudity and sex; ascetic.

purje

(nautical) A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.

purjeet

(uncountable) The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use of this power for travel or transport.

purjeet ylhäällä

Having the sails set.

purjehdus

A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.

purjehdus sivutuulessa

(nautical) Sailing on a reach, i.e. having the wind on either side and coming from an angle that is larger with respect to the bow than when sailing close-hauled.

purjehduskilpailu

(countable) A series of boat races, or sometimes a single race.

purjehtia

(intransitive) To travel over water in a ship; to sail.

purjehtia avotuuleen

(nautical) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.

purjehtia myötätuuleen

(nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.

purjehtia pitkin rannikkoa

(intransitive, nautical) To sail along a coast.

purjehtiminen

Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise

purjehtiva

Travelling by ship.

purjeiden asento

(nautical) The fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast; the manner in which a vessel floats on the water, whether on an even keel or down by the head or stern.

purjekangas

A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.

purjekerta

The full set of sails required for a ship.

purjelentäjä

A pilot of glider aircraft.

purjelentäminen

The hobby, sport, or act of flying a glider.

purjelentokone

Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane.

purjevene

(watercraft) A boat propelled by a sail.

purjo

A vegetable of variety Allium ampeloprasum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.

purjosipuli

A vegetable of variety Allium ampeloprasum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.

purjota

(colloquial, ambitransitive) To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach.

purkaa

(transitive) To separate (something) from a bundle.

purkaa jännitys

(transitive, figurative) To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile.

purkaa koodaus

To convert from an encrypted form to plain text.

purkaa leiri

To pack up a campsite and move on.

purkaa osiin

To take to pieces; to reverse the process of assembly.

purkaa salaus

(transitive) To convert (an encrypted or coded message) back into plain text.

purkaa sydämensä

(archaic) To confess a misdeed.

purkaa sydäntään

(informal, idiomatic) To relieve oneself psychologically or emotionally by speaking to someone.

purkaa tunteitaan

(transitive, intransitive) To express a strong emotion.

purkaa viritys

(transitive) To render into a state in which something is no longer armed, or prepared for use (such as to disable the security systems on).

purkaantua

(also, figuratively) To rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction; also, to irritate (something) through chafing or rubbing; to chafe.

purkaminen

The process of demolishing or destroying buildings or other structures.

purkaminen laatikosta

The removal of something from its box; an unpacking.