Finnish–English dictionary

pyrintö

(obsolete) The act of suing; the pursuit of a particular object or goal.

pyrkiä

(intransitive) To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor;—followed by at, or by an infinitive

pyrkiä (jonnekin)

(transitive) To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.

pyrkiä (jotakin kohti)

(intransitive, obsolete) To go, move, travel (in a given direction).

pyrkijä

One who pursues.

pyrkimys

(obsolete) The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.

pyro-

Fire, heat.

pyrolusiitti

(mineral) A dark coloured mineral, consisting of manganese dioxide (MnO2), that is an important ore of manganese.

pyromaani

(slang, countable) A pyromaniac.

pyromania

(psychology) A compulsive disorder characterized by obsession with fire or uncontrollable urges to start fires.

pyroosi

(medicine) A burning sensation in the chest due to reflux of stomach contents in the esophagus.

pyrotekniikka

The art and technology of fireworks and related military applications.

pyrotekninen

Of or relating to the use of fire in chemistry or metallurgy.

pyrrhinen

(prosody) Of or characterized by pyrrhics (metrical feet with two short syllables).

pyrskähdys

An outburst, especially of laughter.

pyrstö

(zoology) Pertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.

pyrstöllinen

(often, in combination) Having a tail.

pyrstön haara

Either of the two lobes of a whale's or similar creature's tail.

pyrstösammakko

(zoology) Any member of the Caudata order of amphibians.

pyrstötähti

A celestial phenomenon with the appearance of such a body.

pyry

A large snowstorm accompanied by strong winds and greatly reduced visibility caused by blowing snow.

pyryttää

(impersonal, of snow) To fall in windy conditions.

pysähdys

The condition of being stopped, standstill.

pysähtyä

(intransitive, biology) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]

pysähtyminen

The condition of being stopped, standstill.

pysähtyneisyys

Inactivity.

pysähtynyt

(figurative) Without progress or change; stale; inactive.

pysäkki

A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.

pysäköidä

(transitive) To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place.

pysäköinti

The action of the verb to park.

pysäköintipaikka

Space in which to park a car or other vehicle, such as a parking lot or curbside parking.

pysäköintiruutu

(by extension) A place for a vessel to lie at anchor or to moor.

pysäytin

A device to physically arrest motion.

pysäyttää

(transitive) To stop or slow (a process, course etc.). [from 14th c.]

pysäyttämätön

Unable to be stopped.

pysäyttäminen

A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something.

pysäytys

The action of stopping operations; a closing, of a computer, business, event, etc.

pysäytyskuva

A single still frame or picture taken from a film (movie), or from a video stream.

pysäytyslyönti

(tennis) A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.

pysäytysnappula

(music) One of the vent-holes in a wind instrument, or the place on the wire of a stringed instrument, by the stopping or pressing of which certain notes are produced.

pyssy

A very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires bullets or projectiles, such as a handgun, revolver, pistol, or Derringer.

pyssymies

A criminal armed with a gun, especially a professional killer.

pysti

A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.

pysty

Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.

pysty-

In a vertical direction or position.

pystyä

(Manglish, Singlish, intransitive) To be fine or acceptable; to be possible; (with liao or already) to be enough. Often used in conjunction with a variety of clause-final particles, e.g., lah, meh or one, to express different attitudes towards the subject matter.

pystyasennossa

Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.

pystykallistuma

(automotive) The alignment on the roll axis of the wheels of a road vehicle, where positive camber signifies that the wheels are closer together at the bottom than the top.

pystykorva

Any of several Nordic breeds of dog such as the Pomeranian or Samoyed.

pystymätön

Without skill, ineffective, incompetent.

pystyssä

In or into an upright position.

pystysuora

Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.

pystysuoraan

(crosswords, in relation to a numbered clued word) In a downwards direction; vertically.

pystysuorassa

(geometry) At or forming a right angle (to something).

pystysuuntainen

Greater in height than breadth.

pystysyöksy

(aviation) A drop in altitude with the nose of the craft angled downwards.

pystyttää

(transitive) To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.

pystytuki

(mathematics, sheaf theory) Informally, a construction which generalizes that of the notion of the ring of germs of functions near a point to the context of arbitrary sheaves. Formally, given a sheaf \mathcal{F} on a space X, and a point x in X, the direct limit of the sections of F on the open neighborhoods of x ordered by reverse inclusion. See w:Stalk (sheaf) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

pystytys

(uncountable) The act of building or putting up or together of something.

pystyvä

Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

pystyviiva

(lacrosse) One of the goalposts of the goal.

pystyvyys

The power or ability to generate an outcome.

pystyyn kavahtanut

(heraldry) Rearing up, especially on its hind leg(s), with a foreleg raised and in profile.

pystyyn nouseva

Capable of being raised to an upright position.

pystyyn noussut

(originally) Rearing on both hind legs with the forelegs extended.

pysyä

(transitive) To remain faithful to (something or someone); to adhere to (an idea or plan).

pysyä järkähtämättömänä

(intransitive) To continue to exist.

pysyä jossakin

To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine

pysyä kärryillä

(transitive) To understand, to pay attention to.

pysyä lähellä

(transitive, figurative) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.

pysyä lähettyvillä

(transitive, figurative) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.

pysyä mukana

(transitive) To understand, to pay attention to.

pysyä pinnalla

(intransitive) To be capable of floating.

pysymätön

Elusive or difficult to retain.

pysyttää voimassa

To support by approval or encouragement; to vindicate; to confirm (something which has been questioned)

pysyvä

Unchanged through time or space; permanent.

pysyvä muutos

(programming) The submission of source code or other material to a source control repository.

pysyväisosoite

(Internet) Initialism of uniform resource name.

pysyvästi

(idiomatic) In a way that is conclusive and final.

pysyvyys

(uncountable) The quality of being constant; steadiness or faithfulness in action, affections, purpose, etc.

Pythagoras

Pythagoras (c. 570 – c. 495 BC), an Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher.

pyton

(zoology) A type of large constricting snake.

pytonin

Of or pertaining to, or resembling, a python; pythonlike.

pytonin kaltainen

Of or pertaining to, or resembling, a python; pythonlike.

pytty

(US, crime, slang) Clipping of gangbanger; a member of a gang.

pyydystää

To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.

pyydystää hiiriä

(intransitive) To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

pyydystää verkkoon

(transitive, figuratively) To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.

pyydystää verkolla

(transitive) To catch by means of a net.

pyydystäjä

Someone or something that catches.

pyyhältää

To move rapidly straight ahead, especially in an uncontrolled way.

pyyhe

A piece of cloth similar in size or texture, but used for other functions

pyyhekangas

(countable, uncountable) Any fabric suitable for towels, such as huckaback or terry cloth.

pyyhekumi

(North America, Philippines) An object used to erase or remove something written or drawn by a pen or a pencil.

pyyheliina

A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath.

pyyhin

Something, such as a towel, that is used for wiping.

pyyhintäohjelma

(computing) An overwriter program used to prevent data recovery.

pyyhkäistä

To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.

pyyhkäisy

A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.

pyyhkäisykosketin

A movable electric contact in some devices.

pyyhkiä

(transitive) To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize.

pyyhkiä pölyt

(intransitive) To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.

pyyhkiä yli

(intransitive) To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information).

pyyhkijä

Someone who wipes.

pyyhkiytyä

(intransitive) To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information).

pyykätä

(transitive) To clean with water.

pyykätä ja silittää

To wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron.

pyykinkuivausteline

A frame on which laundry is hung to dry.

pyykinpesijä

One who engages in the business of laundering.

pyykkääminen

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

pyykkäri

A person who washes (especially clothes) for a living; a washerman or washerwoman.

pyykkäys

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

pyykki

That which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered. [from c. 1930]

pyylevä

Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.

pyynmarja

Squaw vine, Mitchella repens.

pyynti

The act of finding and killing a wild animal, either for sport or with the intention of using its parts to make food, clothes, etc.

pyyntinaamari

(zoology) The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.

pyyntö

(countable) A request; a petition.

pyytää

(intransitive) To call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one's rights; to entreat, to invoke.

pyytää ansoilla

(transitive) To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.

pyytää anteeksi

(intransitive, often followed by “for”) To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends

pyytää atraimella

(intransitive) To catch or fish with a gig or fizgig.

pyytää hylkeitä

(intransitive) To hunt seals.

pyytää neuvoa

(intransitive) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer; to advise.

pyytää ryhävalaita

To hunt humpback whales.

pyytää valaita

(intransitive) To hunt for whales.

pyytää verkolla

(transitive) To catch by means of a net.

pyytäjä

Someone or something that catches.

pyytämätön

Not requested; neither welcomed nor invited.

pyyteetön

Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish

Qatar

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: State of Qatar. Capital: Doha.

quark-luku

An integer that uniquely identifies a text string.

Queensland

A state of Australia, located in the northeastern part of the continent; a former British colony from 1859 to 1901. Capital: Brisbane.

queer

(colloquial, sometimes, pejorative) A person of any non-heterosexual sexuality or sexual identity.

queerius

(uncountable) The quality of being queer, in the sense of not conforming to sexual or gender norms.

quesadilla

A Mexican dish made by filling a tortilla with cheese and sometimes other ingredients and then cooking it until the cheese is melted.

quiche

A pie made primarily of egg and cream, perhaps mixed with chopped meat or vegetables, in a pastry crust.

quisling

(pejorative) A traitor who collaborates with the enemy. [from 1940]

raa'asti

In a brutal manner; viciously, barbarically.

raadanta

Great and persistent toil or effort.

raadella

(usually of an animal) To savage; to cause serious physical wounds.

raadeltu

Torn, either partly or into separate pieces.

raadonsyöjä

An animal that eats dead and decaying flesh.

raahata

(transitive) To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.

raahata peräpäätään

(of an animal) To move with the forelegs while sitting, so that the floor rubs against its rear end.

raahautua

To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.

raahautua (eteenpäin)

To proceed heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.

raahustaa

(intransitive) To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently.

raaja

An external body part that projects from the body.

raaka

Savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel, often in an unintelligent manner.