Finnish–English dictionary

reppahousu

(derogatory, British, Ireland) A worthless or despicable person.

reppu

A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back for the purpose of carrying things, especially when hiking, or on a student's back when carrying books.

reppumatkaaja

A traveler whose luggage consists of a backpack; especially, such a traveler who uses hostels, public transport, and other inexpensive services.

reppumatkailla

(intransitive) To hike and camp overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.

reppuri

(sports) A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.

reppuselässä

On somebody's back or shoulders.

representaatio

That which represents something else.

repressiivinen

Serving to repress or suppress; oppressive

repressio

(psychology) The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses.

reps

(Internet slang, text messaging) Lots of laughs. (occasionally used)

reptiili

(informal) Any member of the class Reptilia that is not a bird— a cold-blooded vertebrate with dry scales that usually lays eggs, such as a lizard, snake, turtle, tortoise, crocodile, alligator, etc. [from 19th c.]

republikaani

(US politics) A member or supporter of the Republican Party, the more right-wing of the two main political parties in the United States.

republikaaninen

(US politics) Of or pertaining to the Republican Party of the United States.

repullinen

The amount that fills a bag.

reputtaa

(ambitransitive) To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.

resektio

(medicine) The surgical removal of part or all of a tissue, organ, tumor, or body part.

resepti

A formulation; a prescription; a mixture or solution made in a prescribed manner; the identity and quantities of ingredients of such a mixture.

reseptilääke

(medicine) The medicine or treatment provided by such an order.

reseptionisti

An employee (such as a secretary) who works in reception (receiving visitors and/or calls) for a person or business, especially an office.

reseptivapaa

(pharmacology, of medicine and other treatments) Legal for sale or distribution without the requirement of a prescription.

reservaatti

The practice of reserving part of the consecrated bread of the Eucharist for the communion of the sick.

reservi

(military) A body of troops kept in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.

resetoida

To set back to the initial state.

residenssi

An official residence.

residy

(complex analysis) A form of complex number, proportional to the contour integral of a meromorphic function along a path enclosing one of its singularities.

resiiveri

(now, historical) A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound steam engine. [from 19th c.]

resilienssi

(psychology, neuroscience) The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.

resistanssi

The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.

resistiivisyys

(electricity) The resistance offered at a particular temperature by an electrical conductor of any given material in a cube of unit length, expressed in ohm-metres (Ωm) in the metric system of measurement.

resistori

(electronics) An electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it.

resoluutio

(computing, photography) The degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often expressed as the number of pixels per unit of length (typically an inch).

resonanssi

(countable) A resonant sound, echo, or reverberation, such as that produced by blowing over the top of a bottle.

resonoida

To vibrate or sound, especially in response to another vibration.

resonointi

The quality of being resonant.

Ressu

Charlie Brown's pet beagle in the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz; often representing doggish soulfulness.

ressukka

An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person.

restauroida

(transitive) To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace.

restaurointi

The process of bringing an object back to its original state; the process of restoring something.

resuinen

Having a dingy, neglected, and scruffy appearance.

resupekka

A dirty, shabbily-clothed child; an urchin.

resurssi

(software) Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused.

resuskitoida

(transitive, medicine) To provide with artificial ventilation via a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.

retiisi

A plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, having an edible root.

retikka

A root vegetable of the family Brassicaceae cultivated for its edible root that has a tough black or dull brown skin and white flesh, Raphanus sativus var. niger

retina

(ophthalmology) The thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball that contains rods and cones sensitive to light, which trigger nerve impulses that pass via the optic nerve to the brain, where a visual image is formed.

retinoli

(organic compound, biochemistry) A fat-soluble carotenoid vitamin (vitamin A), present in fish oils and green vegetables, essential to normal vision and to bone development.

retkeilijä

A person who camps, especially in a tent etc.

retkeillä

(intransitive) To go on a recreational trip or excursion.

retkeily

Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport.

retkeilymaja

A commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel.

retki

A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a short journey.

retkikunta

A trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose

retkotus

An ungainly sprawling posture.

retku

(countable, US, slang) A worthless person, particularly: [from 1904]

retoriikka

The art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade.

retorinen

Part of or similar to rhetoric, the use of language as a means to persuade.

retortti

An early chemical apparatus, consisting of two retorts connected by a tube, used to purify substances by distillation.

retraktio

(mathematics) A continuous function from a topological space onto a subspace which is the identity on that subspace.

retro-

Of, or relating to, the past, past times, or the way things were.

retroaktiivinen

Affecting things past; retroactive, ex post facto.

retrovirus

(virology) Any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell, thus changing the genome of that cell.

retrovirus-

Of or pertaining to a retrovirus

rettelöijä

A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.

rettelöitsijä

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

rettelöivä

Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; boisterous.

retussiruisku

A miniature, handheld paint sprayer, powered by compressed air or other gas, used for delicate, artistic painting, or sometimes retouching of photographs.

retuuttaa

(transitive) To drag or pull, especially forcibly.

reuma

Resembling or relating to rheumatism.

reumaatikko

(rare) A person suffering from rheumatism

reumaattinen

Resembling or relating to rheumatism.

reumasairas

(rare) A person suffering from rheumatism

reumatismi

Illness or disease thought to be caused by such secretions; a catarrh, a cold; rheumatism. [from 14th c.]

reumatologi

A doctor specializing in the treatment of arthritis and other ailments of the joints.

reumatologia

(medicine) The branch of medicine specializing in arthritis and other ailments of the joints.

reuna

The outer edge of something.

reuna-

Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.

reuna-alue

(also, figurative) A marginal or peripheral part.

reunahuomautus

A comment added to a text.

reunakiveys

(British spelling) .

reunakivi

(British spelling) .

reunakoriste

A decorative border.

reunalista

(especially, nautical) Any rail or device that prevents items from sliding off a table, stove, etc. in rough water.

reunama

A border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything.

reunanpehmennys

(computer graphics) any technique that reduces the appearance of jagged edges in digital images caused by high-contrast borders between pixels.

reunaviiva

A colored or gilded border.

Réunion

An island, overseas department, and administrative region of France, located in the Indian Ocean to the west of Mauritius and to the east of Madagascar.

reunionindodo

Ellipsis of Réunion solitaire (Raphus solitarius, now Threskiornis solitarius), an extinct bird formerly believed to be related to the dodo.

reunus

The outer edge of something.

reunustaa

(transitive) To surround a territory or other geographical entity; to form the boundary of.

revähdys

(medicine) A break or tear in soft tissue, such as a muscle.

revähdyttää

(transitive) To injure as if by pulling apart.

revähtää

(transitive) To injure as if by pulling apart.

revetä

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

reviiri

(ecology) An area that an animal of a particular species consistently defends against its conspecifics.

revisionismi

(historiography) The advocacy of a revision of some accepted theory, doctrine or a view of historical events.

revisionisti

A proponent of revisionism.

revisionistinen

Of or pertaining to revisionism.

revittää

(ergative) To increase the speed of a motor, or to operate at a higher speed.

revitty

Torn, either partly or into separate pieces.

revolveri

(firearms) A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading.

revontulet

An atmospheric phenomenon created by charged particles from the sun striking the upper atmosphere, creating coloured lights in the sky. It is usually named australis or borealis based on whether it is in the Southern or Northern Hemisphere respectively.

revyy

A stage show made up of topical sketches etc.

Rhodesia

(historical) A historical region of Southern Africa, the area now occupied by Zimbabwe and Zambia. [used from 1895 to 1964]

rhoo

The seventeenth letter of the Modern Greek and Classical alphabets and the nineteenth letter of Old and Ancient.

ri

(added to verbs) A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun.

rias

(geography) A narrow inlet of the sea formed by a flooded unglaciated river valley. [from 19th c.]

rickrollata

(originally, Internet slang) To mislead (someone) into following a seemingly innocuous hyperlink, or sometimes a QR code, that leads to a YouTube video of Rick Astley's song "Never Gonna Give You Up".

rickrollaus

(Internet slang) An act of or attempt at rickrolling.

ricotta

A soft Italian unsalted whey cheese resembling cottage cheese.

riehakas

Characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy.

riehakkaasti

In a frantic way.

riehakkuus

A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences. [Early 19th century.] (Now especially in the phrase with abandon.)

riehua

To rampage through, gathering and destroying as one goes.

riehuminen

A course of violent, frenzied action.

riekale

A shred of torn cloth; an individual item of torn and ragged clothing.

riemastunut

Joyfully elated; overcome with excitement or happiness.

riemastuttaa

To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.

riemastuttava

Very funny; causing great merriment and laughter.

riemu

A look of joy or liveliness on one's face.

riemuita

(intransitive) To rejoice; to be very happy, especially in triumph; to triumph (over).

riemuiten

With jubilation or triumph.

riemuitseva

Exuberantly or triumphantly joyful.

riemukas

Very funny; causing great merriment and laughter.

riemukkaasti

With jubilation or triumph.

riemullisesti

Happily, joyfully; fortunately.

riemunkirjava

Brightly colored, especially in a pattern like that of a harlequin clown's clothes.

riemusaatto

(obsolete) Any triumphal procession; a pompous exhibition; a stately show or pageant.

riemuvoitto

A conclusive success following an effort, conflict, or confrontation of obstacles; victory; conquest.

rienaaja

One who commits blasphemy; a person who mocks or derides a deity or religion, or claims to be God.

rienaava

Lacking piety or respect for the sacred; resembling blasphemy.

rienaus

An act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc.

rientää

(intransitive) To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.

riepu

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

riesa

(countable) That which annoys.

rietas

Of, or characterized by adultery.

riettaus

The property of being licentious.

riffi

A repeated melody line in a song, usually instrumental but sometimes vocal.

rigi

(animation) A model outfitted with parameterized controls for animation.

rihdata

(transitive) To adjust to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line.

rihkama

Small ornaments and other miscellaneous display items of little value.

rihkamakoru

A cheap showy ornament or piece of jewellery; a gewgaw.

rihla

(mining) A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed. Also one of the cleats, grooves or steps in such trough.

rihlat

(archaic, historical) The system of furrows on the face of a millstone.

rihlata

(transitive) To add a spiral groove to a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight in order to improve range and accuracy.

rihlaus

(military) The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel.

rihma

(Internet) A series of posts or messages, consisting of an initial post and responses to it, generally relating to the same subject, on a newsgroup, Internet forum, or social media platform.

rihmata

(transitive, nautical) To bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line.

rihmos

(nautical) The lashing of the end of a rope.

rihtaus

(engineering) Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).

rihvelitaulu

(countable) A chalkboard, sheet of slate for writing on with chalk or with a thin rod of slate (a slate pencil) formerly commonly used by both students and teachers in schools.