Finnish–English dictionary

riiata

(transitive) To woo; to court.

riidan puhkeaminen

(countable, archaic) An outburst of a violent argument or disagreement.

riidanhaluinen

Prone to argue or dispute.

riidankylväjä

One who antagonizes or stirs.

riidellä

(intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints; to controvert; to wrangle.

riihi

An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.

Riika

The capital city of Latvia.

riikinkukko

Of or pertaining to the genus Pavo or its family Pavonidae, including the peafowl.

Riikka

A en given name.

riikkari

(countable, automotive) A loud alarm, especially one on a motor vehicle.

riimi

(uncountable) Rhyming: sameness of letters or sounds of part of some words.

riimitellä

(intransitive, of an utterance, text, etc.) To contain words that are pronounced identically to each other from the vowel in the stressed syllable to the end.

riimu

A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them.

riimukirjain

A letter, or character, used in the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons.

riipaiseva

(formal) Causing pain or distress; harrying.

riipivä

(of sound, style etc.) Harsh; grating; unpleasant sounding or looking

riippa

(idiomatic, figurative) A characteristic, possession, associate, or previous deed that hinders one's ability to succeed.

riippakivi

(idiomatic, figurative) A characteristic, possession, associate, or previous deed that hinders one's ability to succeed.

riippua

(intransitive, followed by on or upon, formerly also by of like independent does) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition

riippua jostakin

(archaic) To be pending; to be undetermined or undecided.

riippuliitäjä

A pilot of glider aircraft.

riippulukko

A detachable lock that can be used to secure something by means of a sliding or hinged shackle

riippumaton

(especially, philosophy) Fundamental, ultimate, intrinsic; not relative; independent of references or relations to other things or standards. [first attested in the late 1700s]

riippumatta

Heedless, regardless.

riippumatto

A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.

riippumattomuus

The quality or state of being independent; lack of dependence; the state of not being reliant on, or controlled by, others.

riippusänky

(nautical, historical) A wooden bed frame, slung by its corners from a beam, in which officers slept before the introduction of bunks.

riippuva

Lacking stiffness.

riippuvainen

A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug.

riippuvaisuus

The condition of being reliant or dependent.

riippuvuus

The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.

riippuvuussuhde

(statistics) One of the several measures of the linear statistical relationship between two random variables, indicating both the strength and direction of the relationship.

riippuvuuteen taipuvainen

Characterized by or susceptible to addiction.

riippuvuutta aiheuttava

Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.

riipus

A piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck. [from 15th c.]

riipustella

(ambitransitive) To draw or scribble aimlessly.

riipustus

A small mindless sketch, etc.

riisi

A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.

riisikeitto

(Asian, _, cuisine) A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat.

riisipelto

(countable) A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown. [from 20th c.]

riisitauti

(pathology) A disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D, causing soft or weak bones.

riisitautinen

(disease) Of or pertaining to, or affected by, rickets. [from 18th c.]

riista

(uncountable) Wild animals hunted for food.

riistää

(transitive, archaic) To deprive; to cut off. [First attested around 1150–1350]

riistaeläin

(uncountable) An animal, often a bird or mammal, which is hunted.

riistäjä

One who exploits.

riistalintu

A bird hunted or kept for food, grouped into landfowl (order Galliformes), also called gamefowl, and waterfowl (order Anseriformes: ducks, geese, swans, etc.), which together form the clade Galloanserae.

riistäminen

(countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.

riistanhoitaja

A person employed to maintain the game for hunting and all associated materials and effects.

riisua

(transitive) To undress someone or something.

riisua aseista

(transitive) To deprive of weapons; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.

riisuuntua

(intransitive) To undress oneself.

riisuutua

(intransitive) To remove one's clothing.

riita

(uncountable) Controversy; debate.

riitaa haastava

Acting violently towards others.

riitaisa

(by extension) Aggressively hostile, eager to fight.

riitapukari

A person who broils, someone who cooks by broiling.

riitasointu

Any harsh noise, or confused mingling of sounds.

riitasointuisuus

(genetics) The presence of a specific genetic trait in only one of a set of clones (or identical twins).

riitely

(by extension) A heated confrontation between opposing factions.

riittää

(intransitive, idiomatic) To achieve the expected standard; to be effective or good enough; to suffice.

riittämätön

Insufficient or inadequate in amount.

riittämättömyys

The lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy.

riittävä

Equal to or fulfilling some requirement.

riittävän

Sufficiently.

riittävän hyvä

(comparable) Adequate; sufficiently capable or qualified.

riittävästi

In an adequate manner.

riiuu

The act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage; hence, the period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage.

riivata

To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy.

riivattu

A person possessed by an evil ghost, spirit, or entity.

riivaus

The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity.

riivinrauta

a tool with which one grates, especially foods such as cheese, to facilitate getting small particles or shreds off a solid lump

riiviö

A very evil person.

rikas

(of a projectile weapon) Having a live round of ammunition in the chamber.

rikastaa

To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense.

rikastaminen

The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water.

rikaste

A substance that is in a condensed form.

rikastin

A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.

rikastua

(intransitive) To become rich or richer; become superior in quality, condition or effectiveness.

rikastus

The process of making enriched uranium.

rikastusjäte

(mining, local use) Mining waste from lead and zinc mines.

rikastuttaa

(transitive) To make or render rich or richer.

rikastutus

The act of enriching or something enriched.

rikattu

(nautical, typically not comparable) Having the rigging up.

rike

A minor offense.

Rikhard

(rare, _, compared to given name) A surname originating as a patronymic.

riki

(nautical) The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.

rikinkeltainen

Of a yellowish green colour, like that of sulfur.

rikittää

(transitive) To treat with sulfur, or a sulfur compound, especially to preserve or to counter agricultural pests.

rikka

(chiefly, North American) Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.

rikkaat

The wealthy or privileged, contrasted to those who are poor or deprived: the have-nots.

rikkakasvi

(countable) Any plant unwanted at the place where and at the time when it is growing.

rikkalapio

A flat scoop with a handle, into which dust, dirt and other material is conveyed with a brush or broom.

rikkaruoho

(countable) Any plant unwanted at the place where and at the time when it is growing.

rikkaudet

(uncountable, economics) Riches; a great amount of valuable assets or material possessions.

rikkaus

An abundance of wealth.

rikkeetön

Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate

rikki

(of skin) Split or ruptured.

rikkinäinen

Bold, daring, and tough.

rikkiviisas

Tending to show off one’s knowledge, often in a tiresome manner.

rikko

(countable) A failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature.

rikkoa

(transitive) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.

rikkoa lupaus

(intransitive) To break a promise or commitment; to go back on one's word. [(often) with on]

rikkoa sääntöjä

(transitive, basketball, soccer) To make contact with an opposing player in order to gain advantage.

rikkoja

One who gives or causes offense, or does something wrong.

rikkomaton

Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated.

rikkominen

(legal) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.

rikkomus

(legal) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.

rikkoontuminen

(countable) A failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature.

rikkoutua

(intransitive) To suddenly fail or give way destructively.

rikkoutumaton

Difficult or impossible to break and therefore able to withstand rough usage.

rikkoutuminen

An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.

rikkuri

A non-unionized worker hired to replace a striking union worker.

rikkuroida

(intransitive) To act as a strikebreaker.

rikokseen osallinen

(legal) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.

rikoksentekijä

(legal) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.

rikollinen

Against the law; forbidden by law.

rikollisesti

In a criminal manner.

rikollisjärjestö

(crime) A group of gangsters engaged in organized crime.

rikollisuus

(uncountable) Criminal acts collectively.

rikos

(countable) A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law.

rikosilmoitus

(legal) In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate.

rikosoikeudellinen

Of or relating to crime or penal law.

rikosoppi

The study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour.

rikosrekisteri

A record of the past crimes of which someone has been convicted.

rikostekninen

Relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law.

rikša

A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person.

Riku

(rare, _, compared to given name) A surname originating as a patronymic.

rillit

(archaic, British, slang, in the plural) A pair of spectacles.

rima

(sports) A horizontal pole that must be crossed in the high jump and pole vault.

rimmata

(vulgar, slang) To lick the anus of a partner as a sexual act; to perform anilingus.

rimpauttaa

(slang, transitive) To telephone.

rimputella

(chiefly, jazz) To play (a musical instrument or passage of music) or to sing (a passage of music) in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play (a series of ornamental notes) on an instrument.

rimputtaa

(chiefly, jazz) To play (a musical instrument or passage of music) or to sing (a passage of music) in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play (a series of ornamental notes) on an instrument.

rimputtelu

(chiefly, jazz) An improvised passage of music played on an instrument; also, a series of ornamental notes played on an instrument; a trill.

rinkeli

(culinary) A toasted bread or cracker usually in the shape of a loose knot.

rinki

A circle of wagons, either for the purpose of trapping livestock, or for defense.

rinkilä

A ring- or donut-shaped area, object, or structure.

rinkka

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.

rinnakkain

Side by side and facing forward. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470.)]

rinnakkainen

Positioned at rest in respect to another, be it side-to-side, front-to-front, back-to-back, or even three-dimensionally: in apposition.

rinnakkainen (jonkin kanssa)

Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to".

rinnakkaiselo

The state of two or more things existing together, usually in a temporal or spatial sense, with or without mutual interaction.

rinnakkaiskappale

(legal) A duplicate of a legal document.

rinnakkaissairastavuus

(medicine, uncountable) The presence of one or more disorders (or diseases) in addition to a primary disease or disorder.

rinnakkaissairaus

(medicine, countable) A disease thus coexisting.

rinnakkaisuus

The quality of being side by side, apposed instead of opposed, next to each other.

rinnalla

Side by side with.

rinnanpoistoleikkaus

The surgical procedure to remove all or part of a breast and sometimes nearby tissues.

rinnastaa

(transitive, rare, used with "to" or "with") To liken, compare to something similar.