Finnish–English dictionary

rapata hiuksilla vahvistetulla kalkkilaastilla

(transitive, masonry, archaic, or, historical) To point (inside joints of slates laid on laths) using lime hair mortar.

räpättää

To chatter or babble; to utter rapidly without consideration.

räpättäjä

A noisy, senseless talker; a jabberer. [from 17th c.]

räpätys

(now, rare) Noisy, rapid talk; babble. [from 17th c.]

rapautua

(intransitive) To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.

rapautuminen

A gradual reduction in number.

räpäyttää silmiä

(intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.

rapea

Having a consistency which is hard yet brittle, and in a condition to break with a sharp fracture; crumbly, friable, short.

rapiiri

A slender, straight, sharply pointed sword (double-edged, single-edged or edgeless), designed predominantly for thrusting; used during the Renaissance period of Europe for civilian duelling

rapina

(literary) A whispering or rustling sound; a murmur.

rapistua

(intransitive) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.

rapistuminen

Gradual loss or decay.

rapistunut

Not properly maintained; neglected.

rapistuttaa

(transitive) To cause to become ruined or put into disrepair.

räplätä

(electronics) To turn power off and back on

raportoida

(transitive) To make or render a reckoning of funds, persons, or things.

raportti

A written document, generally shorter than a book; usually written as a school assignment or a government report.

rappari

A member of the Free and Accepted Masons (sometimes entitled Ancient Free and Accepted Masons), an international fraternal and charitable organization.

rappeuttaa

(transitive) To cause to lose good or desirable qualities.

rappeutua

(intransitive) To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.

rappeutuminen

(uncountable, countable) The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.

rappeutunut

Not properly maintained; neglected.

rappio

Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth.

rappioittaa

(transitive) To cause to lose good or desirable qualities.

rappioitua

(transitive) To cause to lose good or desirable qualities.

rappioitunut

One who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature; an immoral or corrupt person.

rappioyksilö

One who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature; an immoral or corrupt person.

rappukäytävä

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

rappuset

A set of steps, with or without a case, that allow one to walk up or down.

rapsahdella

To make irregularly repeated sounds of low-to-moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch.

räpsähdys

(countable) A sharp percussive sound like that produced by such a blow.

rapsakasti

Quickly, rapidly, with speed.

rapsakka

Having a crisp texture; brittle yet tender.

räpsiä

(transitive) To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).

rapsuttaa

To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.

räpsy

(informal) A photograph; a snapshot.

rapu

Any of various species of marine or freshwater crustaceans; e.g. a Moreton Bay bug, mudbug.

raput

A series of stairs between landings.

räpylä

A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.

räpytellä

(intransitive, falconry) Of a falcon: To flap the wings vigorously; to bait.

räpyttää

(transitive) To move (something broad and loose) up and down.

räpyttää silmiä

(intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.

rasahdus

(onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.

räsähdys

(onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.

rasahtaa

(intransitive) To make a cracking sound.

rasia

A (usually small) box, chest, or tin with a lid, and often with partitions, used to keep things in.

rasia metallikuulia

(theater) A box of metal balls which is shaken to create a thunder sound effect.

Rašid

A en given name.

rasismi

Prejudice or discrimination based upon race or ethnicity; (countable) an action of such discrimination.

rasisti

One who is narrow-mindedly devoted to their own ideas and groups, and intolerant of (people of) differing ideas, races, genders, religions, politics, etc.

rasistinen

Constituting, exhibiting, advocating, or pertaining to racism.

rasite

(figurative) A long-term impediment, burden, or curse.

rasiteoikeus

(law, property law) An interest in land which grants the legal right to use another person's real property (real estate), generally in order to cross a part of the property or to gain access to something on the property (right of way).

rasittaa

(now, often, in passive) To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious.

rasittava

Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance.

rasitus

Something that is not convenient, something that bothers.

raskaana

(mostly, not comparable) Carrying developing offspring within the body.

raskaana oleva

(not comparable) Of a woman, female animal, or couple, in expectation of giving birth; pregnant.

raskaasti

In a manner designed for heavy duty.

raskas

Characteristic of a burden; arduous or demanding

raskas sade

A beating or falling down of hailstones, rain, or snow in a shower.

raskas vety

(uncountable, isotope) An isotope of hydrogen with one proton and one neutron in each atom - 21H.

raskasmielinen

Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected.

raskassarja

(uncountable, boxing) The professional boxing weight class for boxers weighing more than 190 pounds; a boxer in that division.

raskassarjalainen

A very large, heavy, or impressive person.

raskassoutuinen

(rare) Characterized by or associated with pondering.

raskaudenkeskeytys

An induced abortion.

raskaus

The state of being pregnant; pregnancy.

raskausaika

The period of time during which an animal or human offspring physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.

raskauttaa

(transitive) To load, burden or oppress someone.

raskauttava

Condemning.

raskauttava asianhaara

(legal, or general usage, chiefly, in the plural) A factor that increases the culpability or deleterious consequences of a wrongful act.

raspata

(transitive) To use a float (rasp-like tool) upon.

raspaus

(veterinary medicine) Cleaning and polishing of an animal's teeth.

raspi

A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.

rassata

(ambitransitive) To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.

rasta

A single strand of dreadlocks.

rastafari

An adherent of Rastafarianism.

rastafarilainen

Of or relating to Rastafarianism or its adherents.

rastas

Any of numerous species of songbirds of the cosmopolitan family Turdidae, such as the song thrush, mistle thrush, bluebird, and American robin.

rastat

A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into matted strings.

rastatukka

A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into matted strings.

rastia

(transitive, US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).

rästityöt

An accumulation or buildup, especially of unfilled orders, unconsumed products or unfinished work.

rastuli

One of several American species of bird in the genus Myadestes in the thrush family.

rasva

Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.

rasvaaja

Someone or something that greases (applies grease).

rasvaimu

(medicine) A cosmetic surgery procedure in which excess fat is removed from a specific area by suction.

rasvainen

Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.

rasvakudos

Animal fat stored in the tissue of the body.

rasvaletti

(slang) A rocker or metalhead, especially one who listens to 1950s rock and roll or 1980s thrash metal.

rasvanpolttokausi

(bodybuilding) A time period when one attempts to lose fat while retaining muscle mass.

rasvapäämutu

A cyprinid fish of the Mississippi valley, Pimephales promelas, the black-headed minnow.

rasvapitoinen

Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat.

rasvari

(idiomatic, slang) A mechanic, often with the specific connotation of an automobile mechanic.

rasvasuurus

A mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews.

rasvata

(transitive) To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate.

rasvaton

Not containing fat.

rasvatukos

A large accumulation of fat and discarded toiletries which clogs sewers. [From the late 2000s.]

rasvis

(slang) A rocker or metalhead, especially one who listens to 1950s rock and roll or 1980s thrash metal.

räsy

Material used for cloth selvage.

rata

A sequence of events.

ratakisko

The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.

ratamo

Any plant of the genus Plantago, with a rosette of sessile leaves about 10 cm (4") long with a narrow part instead of a petiole, and with a spike inflorescence with the flower spacing varying widely among the species. See also psyllium.

ratas

An unimportant individual in a greater system.

rataspakka

(cycling) A set of sprockets mounted onto a splined shaft on the freehub.

ratifioida

(transitive) To give formal consent to; make officially valid, sign off on.

ratifiointi

The act or process of ratifying, or the state of being ratified.

ratina

A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching.

rationaali

(rare, religion) A liturgical vestment worn by some Christian bishops of various denominations.

rationaalinen

Logically sound; not self-contradictory or otherwise absurd.

rationaalisesti

In a rational manner

rationaalistaa

To justify a discreditable act, or irrational behaviour.

rationaalistaminen

(now, rare) The process or result of rationalizing, or expressing in rational terms.

rationaalisuus

The quality or state of being rational; due exercise of reason; reasonableness.

rationalismi

(philosophy) The theory that the reason is a source of knowledge independent of and superior to sense perception.

rationalisoida

To make something rational or more rational.

rationalisointi

(now, rare) The process or result of rationalizing, or expressing in rational terms.

rationaliteetti

The quality or state of being rational; due exercise of reason; reasonableness.

ratista

(intransitive) To make a prolonged, frequent cracking sound which sounds like fizzing or popping.

ratkaisematon

(of a contest etc.) inconclusive or uncertain

ratkaiseva

(sports, video games, of a tactic or option) Overpowered; overly powerful; giving a player too much power.

ratkaiseva tekijä

A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something.

ratkaisija

(rugby) A substitute player who plays at the end of the game.

ratkaista

(transitive, obsolete) To resolve; to explain; to solve. [Attested from the late 15th century until the mid 17th century.]

ratkaista ongelma

(ambitransitive) To analyze or diagnose (a problem, or something faulty) to the point of determining a solution.

ratkaistu

Having a solution, having been explained or answered.

ratkaisu

A solution to a problem.

ratkaisuehdotus

(European Union, _, law) A judicial opinion delivered by an Advocate General to the European Court of Justice where he or she proposes a legal solution to the cases for which the court is responsible.

ratkeamaton

That cannot be solved.

ratkiriemukas

Very funny; causing great merriment and laughter.

ratsailla oleva

On horseback.

ratsain

On the back of a horse.

ratsastaa

(ambitransitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc. [from 8th c., transitive usage from 9th c.]

ratsastaa liian kovaa

(transitive) To ride a horse too hard.

ratsastaa poikki

(transitive) To ride across or beyond something.

ratsastaa väsyksiin

(transitive) To ride a horse too hard.

ratsastaa yli

(transitive) To ride across or beyond something.

ratsastaja

One who rides a horse.

ratsastaja-

Of horseback riding or horseback riders.

ratsastava

On horseback.

ratsastus

The act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining.

ratsastus-

Of horseback riding or horseback riders.

ratsastusasento

(idiomatic) A sex position in which the man lies on his back, and the woman sits on top of him facing him.

ratsata

(transitive) To discover deceitful or underhanded behaviour.

ratsautua

(transitive) To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride.

ratsia

(slang) The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation.

ratsu

A horse used to ride or drive.

ratsuhevonen

A horse used to ride or drive.

ratsujääkäri

A soldier in the cavalry.