Finnish–English dictionary

rehabilitoida

(transitive) To restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc. [from 16th c.]

rehellinen

In open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception. [First attested in the late 16th century.]

rehellisesti

(idiomatic) Openly, without deceit.

rehellisyys

(uncountable, countable) The act, quality, or condition of being honest.

rehennellä

(intransitive) To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.

rehentelijä

One who boasts; a braggart.

rehentely

(obsolete) A boast; boasting.

rehevä

(of a woman) Having a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts.

rehevöityminen

(biology) The process of becoming eutrophic; the ecosystem's response to the addition of artificial or natural nutrients, mainly phosphates, through detergents, fertilizers, or sewage, to an aquatic system.

rehevyys

The greenness of lush or growing vegetation (greenery); also: the vegetation itself.

rehottaa

To spread out in a disorderly fashion; to straggle.

rehottava

Rife, or occurring widely, frequently or menacingly.

rehti

Just, equitable.

rehtiys

(now, _, rare) The fact or quality of being right or correct; correctness of opinion or judgement. [from 15th c.]

rehtori

A headdress; a covering for the head.

rehu

Material, of an animal or most often vegetable origin, prepared (especially industrially) as feed for domestic or farm animals.

rehujuurikas

A mangelwurzel, a plant of the beet family raised as cattle feed.

rehunauris

The white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle.

rehvakkuus

Confidence, pride.

rehvastelija

(Canada, US, derogatory) A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner. [from c. 1840]

rehvastella

(intransitive) To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.

rehvastelu

A prideful boasting or bragging.

rei'itetty

Having a series of holes enabling easy tearing along a straight line.

rei'itin

A tool that is used to make holes in stationery for ease of filing.

rei'ittää

(transitive) To make holes in (an object or surface).

rei'ittäjä

A tool that is used to make holes in stationery for ease of filing.

reiällinen vesitynnyri

(countable, nautical) Originally (now, chiefly, historical) , a cask with a hole cut into its top, used to provide drinking water on board a ship; now (by extension, informal) , a drinking fountain on a modern ship.

Reijo

A en given name.

reikä

A small or narrow opening, gap, slit, or hole.

reikäpää

(originally, US, informal, derogatory) A foolish, silly, or unintelligent person.

reikiintyä

To riddle (something) with small holes, especially in a pattern resembling a honeycomb (noun sense 1); also, to cause (something) to become hollow or weakened in this way.

reilata

To travel using the InterRail rail pass.

reilu

(chiefly, British, negative polarity) An act that is fair and sportsmanlike.

reilu kauppa

(uncountable) A system of trading promoting more equitable global trade, especially to sellers and producers in poorer areas, but also to the environment.

reilu peli

(chiefly, British, negative polarity) An act that is fair and sportsmanlike.

reilusti

Plentifully, abundantly.

reiluus

The property of being fair or equitable.

reimari

(nautical) A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, indicate a navigational channel or for other purposes

Rein

A major river in western Europe, which flows through Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Germany, France and the Netherlands, before emptying into the North Sea.

reinkarnaatio

A rebirth of a soul, in a physical life form, such as a body.

Reino

A en given name, today more popular in the forms Reginald and Ronald. Modern use is partly transferred from the surname.

reipas

Brisk; lively.

reisi

Of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh.

reisiluu

(skeleton) The bone that extends from the pelvis to the knee in humans; the femur.

reissata

To roam, as a vagabond

reitittää

(transitive) To direct or divert along a particular course.

reitittäjä

Someone who routes or directs items from one location to another.

reititys

(networking) A method of finding paths from origins to destinations in a network such as the Internet, along which information can be passed.

reitti

(also, figuratively) An avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached; an access.

reittiopas

(historical) A set of instructions for navigating a course at sea; a pilot's book or seaman's guide. [from 16th c.]

reittipiste

Any mapped reference point on a route that can be easily identified.

reittitaksi

(Kenya, Uganda) A minivan used as a shared taxi, especially one operating without a licence.

reivaaja

(nautical) Someone who reefs sails, especially a midshipman.

reivas

A strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave.

reivata

(intransitive) To attend a rave (dance party).

reivi

(nautical) A portion of a sail rolled and tied down to lessen the area exposed in a high wind.

reiviside

(nautical) Small lengths of cord attached to a sail, used to secure the excess fabric after reefing; reef points

reivit

An all-night dance party with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) in small unknown clubs.

rejekti

Something that is rejected.

rekapituloida

(transitive, biology, of an organism) To mirror or repeat in analogous form, especially in reference to an individual's development passing through stages corresponding to the species' stages of evolutionary development.

reki

A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.

rekisteri

A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title.

rekisterikilpi

An identifying tag, usually made of metal, bearing a sequence of letters or numbers identifying the vehicle, and placed at the rear and, often, also at the front of a motor vehicle.

rekisteriote

(UK) A record of the ownership, and licensing of a motor car.

rekisteritappi

Any of many knobs near the keyboard of an organ used to select different sounds or timbres.

rekisteriviranomainen

An official keeper or recorder of records.

rekisteröidä

(transitive) To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.

rekisteröimätön

(of a person) Not having official documentation required to legally enter, reside in, or work in a country.

rekisteröinti

A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title.

rekisteröity

Officially or publicly recorded or documented.

rekisteröity parisuhde

A union similar to marriage which same-sex couples, and in some jurisdictions opposite-sex couples, may form, which affords rights and responsibilities similar or identical to those afforded by civil marriage.

rekisteröityä

(transitive) To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.

rekisteröityminen

(uncountable) The act of registering; registration.

rekisteröitynyt

Having had one's name added to an official list or entered into a register

rekka

a unit consisting of a semi-trailer and a tractor (heavy-duty truck) pulling it.

rekka-auto

a unit consisting of a semi-trailer and a tractor (heavy-duty truck) pulling it.

rekkakuski

(US) A person who drives a cargo truck (see Teamster).

rekkalesbo

(slang, LGBTQ, countable) A lesbian who appears masculine or acts in a masculine manner.

rekkamiehen pastilli

(slang, derogatory) Dried fecal matter adhering to anal hair.

rekkula

A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.

rekonstruktio

A thing that has been reconstructed or restored to an earlier state.

rekonstruoida

To construct again; to restore.

rekonstruointi

The recreation or retelling of the (purported) events leading up to a certain outcome.

rekrytoida

(transitive) To recruit the aid or membership of others.

rekrytointi

The process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or recruits for the armed forces.

rekryytti

A hired worker

rektio

(grammar, linguistics) The relationship between a word and its dependents.

rekursiivisuus

The quality of being recursive.

rekvisiitta

(theater, film) An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform.

rekyyli

(uncountable, firearms, machinery) Recoil; a sudden backward motion, usually in the direction of the operator.

relaatio

(databases) A set of tuples, implemented as a table in a relational database.

relata

(intransitive, slang) To relax; to lie back; to take things easy.

relatiivinen

Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.

rele

(electronics) An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current. [from 19th c.]

relevantti

Related to a topic of discussion or consideration.

reliefi

(sculpture) A low or mostly-flat sculpture which is carved into a wall, or is in the form of a tile mounted flat to a wall, rather than a fully three-dimensional, free-standing figure.

reliikki

(religion) A part of the body of a saint, or an ancient religious object, kept for veneration.

relikvaario

(religion) A container to hold or display religious relics.

rellestää

(intransitive) To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering. [from 1550s]

rellestys

An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.

reluktanssi

(physics) That property of a magnetic circuit analogous to resistance in an electric circuit.

remiksaus

(music) A rearrangement of an older piece of music, possibly including various cosmetic changes.

remiksi

(music) A rearrangement of an older piece of music, possibly including various cosmetic changes.

remissi

Money which is sent to someone, typically to someone in another country.

remissio

(medicine) An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease; a period where the symptoms of a disease are absent.

remmi

A similar strap, used as a spanking instrument

remontoida

(transitive) To rebuild or replenish with all new material; to restore to original (or better) working order and appearance.

remontti

An act, or the process, of renovating.

rempata

To change the appearance, layout, or furnishings of.

remu

(countable, archaic) A noisy disturbance; also, a disorderly argument or fight, a brawl; (uncountable) disturbance of the peace, commotion, tumult.

remuisa

Full of energy; exuberant; noisy.

renderi

(computer graphics) A digital image produced by rendering a model.

renderöidä

(transitive, computer graphics) To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.

renderointi

(computer graphics) The process of producing an image from an internal model, or the image thus produced.

renessanssi

Of, or relating to the style of art or architecture of the Renaissance.

renessanssiaika

The period of this revival, typically lasting from the late 14th to the late 16th centuries; the transition from medieval to modern times.

renessanssityylinen

Of, or relating to the style of art or architecture of the Renaissance.

rengas

(botany) A structure surrounding a sporangium (or part of it) which shrinks and causes it to rupture for spore dispersal; specifically, in a fern: a structure around about two-thirds of the sporangium consisting of differentially thick-walled cells which dry and distort the sporangium; and in a moss: a complete ring of cells around the tip of the sporangium which dissolves to cause the tip to detach.

rengasalue

(botany) A structure surrounding a sporangium (or part of it) which shrinks and causes it to rupture for spore dispersal; specifically, in a fern: a structure around about two-thirds of the sporangium consisting of differentially thick-walled cells which dry and distort the sporangium; and in a moss: a complete ring of cells around the tip of the sporangium which dissolves to cause the tip to detach.

rengasmainen

Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; ring-shaped; in the shape of an annulus.

rengasmainen väli

(botany) A structure surrounding a sporangium (or part of it) which shrinks and causes it to rupture for spore dispersal; specifically, in a fern: a structure around about two-thirds of the sporangium consisting of differentially thick-walled cells which dry and distort the sporangium; and in a moss: a complete ring of cells around the tip of the sporangium which dissolves to cause the tip to detach.

rengasmuisti

(computing, informal, historical) Ellipsis of core memory (“magnetic data storage”).

rengaspanssari

(uncountable, history) Armour consisting of metal rings linked together.

rengasrikko

A hole, cut, or tear created by a sharp object.

rengastaa

(transitive, ornithology) To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).

rengastus

A technique used in the study of wild birds, by attaching a small, individually numbered, metal or plastic tag to their legs or wings.

rengasvyöhyke

(botany) A structure surrounding a sporangium (or part of it) which shrinks and causes it to rupture for spore dispersal; specifically, in a fern: a structure around about two-thirds of the sporangium consisting of differentially thick-walled cells which dry and distort the sporangium; and in a moss: a complete ring of cells around the tip of the sporangium which dissolves to cause the tip to detach.

renium

A metallic chemical element (symbol Re) with an atomic number of 75: a heavy, silvery-gray transition metal.

renkaat alla

Having tires equipped.

renki

A person who works in a low servile job.

rento

(of behavior, usage, or milieu) Informal; relaxed.

rentouttava

Conducive to relaxation; helping one to relax.

rentoutua

(intransitive) To take recreation.

renttu

(derogatory) A contemptible or unfashionable person.

repäistä

(transitive) To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force; to amputate.

repeämä

A flap, a tear in a clothing

repeämähaava

An irregular open wound caused by a blunt impact to soft tissue.

reperkussio

(music) Rapid reiteration of the same sound.

repertuaari

A list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed and is prepared to perform or display.

repeytyä

(intransitive) To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.

repiä

(figuratively) To take or make, as by cutting; to provide.

repiä auki

(archaic) To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; usually with up.

repiä juurineen

(transitive) To root out; to abolish.

repliikki

A written or printed row of letters, words, numbers, or other text, especially a row of words extending across a page or column, or a blank in place of such text.

replikaatio

The process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied mimicked or reproduced.

replikoida

To make a copy (replica) of.

replikointi

The process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied mimicked or reproduced.

Repo

A surname transferred from the common noun derived from the name of the animal.

reportaasi

The reporting of news, especially by an eyewitness.

reportteri

A reporter, someone who professionally reports on news and current events.