Finnish–English dictionary

ratsumies

(historical) A military man serving on horse, (chiefly) early modern cavalry officers who had abandoned the heavy armor of medieval knights.

ratsupiiska

An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding.

ratsutie

A path for riding a horse (which is controlled by a bridle).

ratsuväki

(military, sometimes, uncountable) Cavalry soldiers (sometimes capitalized when referring to an official category).

rattaat

A small horse-drawn cart.

rattaisto

A set of gears, as in a car or bicycle.

rätti

(archaic) A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.

rättiväsynyt

(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal) Very tired.

rattoisa

Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.

rattopoika

A man who has a sexual relationship with a woman from whom he receives payment; a prostitute.

raudanharmaa

(uncountable) A dark shade of the color silver.

raudat

(orthodontics) A device worn on the teeth to straighten them.

raudikko

A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.

raudoittaa

(transitive) To furnish, clad, or arm with iron.

raudoitus

(countable) A steel reinforcing bar in a reinforced concrete structure.

rauennut oikeudenkäynti

(legal) A trial that is prematurely ended upon being declared invalid because of an error in procedure, or because of a hung jury.

raueta

(chiefly, historical) Of a writ or other legal document: to become null and void; to cease to have effect. [from late 15th c.]

rauha

(UK, dated, school slang) A cry for peace or truce in children's games.

rauhaarakastava

Favouring peace rather than conflict; not aggressive, tending to avoid violence (of people, actions etc.). [from 14th c.]

rauhaisa

Proceeding from temperance.

rauhallinen

(of a person) Not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.

rauhallisempi aika

A period of time when work or other activity is less intense or stops.

rauhallisesti

In a calm manner; coolly.

rauhallisuus

(in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.

rauhanaate

The conviction that it is morally wrong to settle disputes (especially between countries) by war or other violent means. [from c. 1900]

rauhanaika

The period of time when a nation or people is at peace, not fighting a war.

rauhanhäiritsijä

One who causes trouble, especially one who does so deliberately.

rauhanhieronta

The act of reconciling two people or groups who disagree.

rauhanomainen

(Of a deed, event etc.) Without violence.

rauhanpalauttaminen

The act of reconciling two people or groups who disagree.

rauhantahtoinen

Favouring peace rather than conflict; not aggressive, tending to avoid violence (of people, actions etc.). [from 14th c.]

rauhanturvaaminen

The act of preserving peace, specifically between hostile groups or states, especially by a sanctioned military force. [from 17th c.]

rauhaton

(idiomatic) Tense, nervous; consequently irritable.

rauhattomuus

(uncountable) A state of disquiet, uneasiness, or anxiety.

rauhoite

(pharmaceutical drug) An agent or drug that sedates, having a calming or soothing effect, or inducing sleep.

rauhoitella

(transitive) To pacify or soothe (someone).

rauhoitettu

(figurative) Brought to a reduced degree of anger or fervour.

rauhoittaa

To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).

rauhoittaja

One who, or that which, quiets or calms.

rauhoittaminen

The process of pacifying.

rauhoittava

(figuratively) Soothing or relaxing. [from 18th c.]

rauhoittua

(idiomatic) To become less aggressive, particularly when one had appeared committed to act.

rauhoitusalue

An area set aside for protection.

rauhoituslääke

(pharmaceutical drug) An agent or drug that sedates, having a calming or soothing effect, or inducing sleep.

raukea

Showing no interest, vigor, determination, or enthusiasm.

raukeus

The mildly euphoric feeling experienced after a pleasurable experience, especially after an orgasm or drug-induced high.

raukka

Someone or something to be pitied

raukkamainen

(slang, of an action or tactic in a game of skill) Underhanded or unfair.

raukkamaisesti

(archaic) In the manner of a coward, cowardlily.

Rauli

A en given name.

raunio

The ruins of a broken-down structure.

raunioittaa

(transitive) To cause the fiscal ruin of; to bankrupt or drive out of business.

rauniot

The ruins of a broken-down structure.

rausku

Any of the superorder Batoidea of marine fish with flat bodies, large wing-like fins, and whip-like tails.

rauta

(computing) The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software.

rautaharava

A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.

rautainen

(archaic) Extremely strong; impenetrable; resolute.

rautamaila

(golf) A golf club used for middle-distance shots.

rautanuija

A ceremonial form of this weapon.

rautapitoinen

Containing iron.

rautasaha

A saw, with a blade that is put under tension, for cutting metal

rautatavara

Metal implements.

rautateline

(usually, in plural) A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side

rautatie

(US, rail) A pair of formed steel rails, separated and supported usually on wooden or concrete ties or sleepers, forming a track along which flange-wheeled railroad vehicles may travel.

rautatieasema

(British) A place where trains stop for passengers to embark and disembark.

rautatiet

(chiefly, UK, Ireland, and, Commonwealth) A transport system using rails used to move passengers or goods.

rautaverbena

Any herbaceous plant in the genus Verbena especially if used for medicinal purposes, primarily Verbena officinalis, common in Europe and formerly held to have medicinal properties.

rautayrtti

Any of the genus Aloysia of flowering plants in the verbena family.

rautiainen

Any bird of the Eurasian genus Prunella, such as the dunnock.

rautias

A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.

räväkkä

Impudently bold; pert.

ravassa

Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud.

räväyttää

(transitive) To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.

ravi

(chiefly, of horses) A gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait (in which diagonally opposite pairs of legs move together).

ravikenkä

A very light steel horseshoe for racehorses.

ravinne

A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.

ravinteikas

(of food or drink) Providing nutrients; healthy to eat or drink.

ravinto

(uncountable) Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.

ravintoaine

A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.

ravintola

(US) A typically small restaurant, historically modeled after a railroad dining car, that serves lower-class fare, normally having a counter with stools along one side and booths on the other.

ravintolisä

(medicine) Any substance, such as a vitamin or mineral, taken as a supplement to food to replace nutrients that would otherwise be missing in a person's diet.

ravintoliuos

(microbiology) A nutrient substance, commonly a solution or solid, for the growth of cells in vitro.

ravioli

Small square parcels of pasta filled with meat, cheese, spinach etc.

ravirata

A horse racing course.

ravistaa

(transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.

ravistella

(transitive) To push slightly; to move or shake with a push or jerk, as to gain the attention of; to jolt.

ravistelu

The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.

ravistin

A device used to mix beverages (usually alcoholic) by shaking.

ravistus

The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.

ravistuttaa

(transitive) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.

ravisuttaa

(transitive) To disturb the emotional equilibrium of; to distress; to greatly impact (most often positively).

ravita

(figuratively) To make more creative or intellectually productive.

ravitseminen

The act of nourishing or the state of being nourished.

ravitsemuksellinen

Of, pertaining to, or providing nutrition.

ravitsemus

That which nourishes; nutriment.

ravitsemusterapeutti

A person who studies or practices dietetics.

ravitseva

(medicine) Promoting nutrition.

ravituksi tuleminen

The act of nourishing or the state of being nourished.

ravuri

In harness racing, a horse with a gait in which the front and back legs on opposite sides take a step together alternating with the other set of opposite legs; as opposed to a pacer.

räyhääjä

A scoundrel, rascal, or unprincipled, deceitful, brutal and unreliable person.

räyhähenki

(parapsychology) An unseen ghost which makes noises and causes disruption, especially by causing physical objects to move or fly about.

räyhätä

To be in a violent temper; to use harsh language; to fume, to rage.

räystäänalunen

The space around a house on which such water drips.

räystäslauta

(architectural element) A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing.

räytyä

(intransitive) To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness. [from 14th c.]

re

(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.

reagenssi

(chemistry) A compound or mixture of compounds used to treat or test materials, samples, other compounds or reactants in a laboratory or sometimes an industrial setting.

reagoida

(physics, intransitive) To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force

reagoida liioitellusti

To react too much or too intensely.

reagoija

A person who responds to a suggestion, stimulation or other influence.

reagoimaton

(chemistry) Not readily reacting with other elements or compounds.

reaktio

An action or statement in response to a stimulus or other event.

reaktionääri

(politics) One who opposes revolution, wanting to reverse it, favoring a return to a past golden age. Often used as a derogatory by revolutionaires.

reaktiotuote

(chemistry) A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction.

reaktoriytimen sulaminen

Severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and potentially in radiation escaping.

realismi

A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.

realisoida

To convert (assets) into cash; to encash, to realize, to redeem.

realisointi

The act of making real.

realisoitua

Of an asset or property: to generate (a specific amount of money or interest) when invested or sold.

realistinen

Of, or relating to facts only; literal, realistic.

realistisesti

In a realistic manner.

Rebekka

A en given name, in regular use since the Reformation.

reduktaasi

(enzyme) An enzyme that chemically reduces its substrate.

redundanssi

The state of being redundant

reduplikaatio

(linguistics) The act of, or an instance of, reduplicating.

redutti

A small, temporary, military fortification.

Reeta

A en given name.

Reetta

A en given name.

referenssi

A measurement one can compare (some other measurement) to.

referentti

(semantics) The specific entity in the world that a word or phrase identifies or denotes: what it refers to.

refleksi

An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.

reflektio

(computing) The process or mechanism of determining the capabilities of an object at run-time.

reflektoida

(intransitive) To think seriously; to ponder or consider.

reformaatio

An improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices, etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social, political or religious affairs or in the conduct of persons or operation of organizations.

reformi

A bringing up to date, especially of the Roman Catholic Church by the Second Vatican Council of 1962-65; modernization.

refraktaarinen

(medicine) Resistant to treatment; not responding adequately to therapy.

refraktorinen

(medicine) Resistant to treatment; not responding adequately to therapy.

regaalit

The emblems, symbols, or paraphernalia indicative of royalty or any other sovereign status; such as a crown, orb, sceptre or sword.

regatta

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

regeneroida

(transitive, biology) To replace lost or damaged tissue.

reggae

(Rastafari, music genre, originally, dance) A music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and is heavily associated with Rastafarianism, featuring a heavy bass line and percussive rhythm guitar on the offbeat, often with close vocal harmonies.

Regina

A en given name.

regionalismi

Affection, often excessive, for one's own region and to everything related to it.

regressio

An action of regressing, a return to a previous state.

regressioanalyysi

(statistics) An analytic method to measure the association of one or more independent variables with a dependent variable.

regressioyhtälö

(statistics) An analytic method to measure the association of one or more independent variables with a dependent variable.

regressoida

(intransitive) To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.

regressoitua

(intransitive) To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.

regulaattori

(rail transport) A device that controls the supply of steam to the cylinders of a steam locomotive.

regulatiivinen

Of or pertaining to regulation.