Finnish–English dictionary

rinnastaminen

A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.

rinnasteisuus

(grammar) A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence.

rinnastus

(grammar) A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence.

rinnat

(slang, vulgar) A woman's breasts.

rinne

(architecture) An incline on the outer face of a built wall.

rinnus

A section of clothing covering the breast area.

rinta

A breast, one of a woman's breasts

rintaevä

A side fin of a ray.

rintahaarniska

A piece of armor that covers the chest.

rintahihna

A piece of horse tack designed to prevent the saddle slipping backwards.

rintakehä

(anatomy) The chest, or front of the human thorax.

rintakehä-

(anatomy) Of the thorax.

rintakehän avausleikkaus

(surgery) The surgical procedure of making an incision into the chest, normally as a first step to gain access to the thoracic organs, such as the heart, the lungs, and the esophagus.

rintakukka

(chiefly, British) A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration.

rintakuva

A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.

rintalappu

The upper part of an apron or overalls.

rintalasta

(anatomy) The central narrow bone in the front of the chest, connecting the collarbone and the top ribs.

rintalastan runko

(anatomy) The center part of the sternum.

rintaliivit

An item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts. [from 1920s]

rintama

The region or line along which opposing armies engage in combat.

rintamaa

The interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant.

rintamakarkuri

(military) A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently leaving

rintamakiila

(geography) A protrusion of the administrative borders of a geopolitical entity, such as a subnational entity or a sovereign state into another geopolitical entity, generally of the same administrative level.

rintamus

A section of clothing covering the breast area.

rintanappi

(US) A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.

rintaneula

A piece of ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.

rintapala

A cut of meat taken from the chest, especially from the section under the first five ribs.

rintapanssari

A piece of armor that covers the chest.

rintaremmi

A piece of horse tack designed to prevent the saddle slipping backwards.

rintaruokinta

(countable) An instance (session) of such feeding activity.

rintava

Having large breasts.

rintavarustus

A fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet.

ripa

(gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.

ripata

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

ripaus

An insignificant amount of money.

ripe

The small portion remaining of a larger thing or group.

ripeä

Of action, movement, a person's manner, etc.: precise and quick; brisk.

ripeästi

Quickly, rapidly, with speed.

ripeys

Promptness; speed.

ripittää

(transitive, figuratively) To strongly condemn or criticize.

ripittäytyjä

One under the direction of a confessor.

riposti

(fencing) A thrust given in return after parrying a lunge.

ripotella

(transitive) To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).

ripottaa

(transitive) To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts. [from 14th c.]

rippeet

Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.

ripperi

(computing) Software that extracts content from files or storage media.

rippi

A formula in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.

rippi-isä

(Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism) A priest who hears confession and then gives absolution.

rippipappi

A priest in the Roman Catholic Church who administers the sacrament of penance.

rippituoli

(Roman Catholicism) A small room where confession—the Sacrament of Penance—is performed in private with a priest.

ripsi

(botany) One of the hairs or similar protrusions along the margin of an organ.

ripsipiirakka

(slang) The vulva.

ripsiväri

A cosmetic used to darken and thicken the eyelashes.

ripuli

(pathology) Minor diarrhea that happens during outbreaks of cholera.

ripulipaska

The watery or very soft excrement that comes from such bowel movements.

ripuliuloste

The watery or very soft excrement that comes from such bowel movements.

ripustaa

(intransitive, legal) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.

ripustaa koukkuun

(transitive) To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet.

ripustaa nähtäville

(transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.

ripustella

(transitive) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.

ripustettu

Suspended by hanging.

ripustin

That by which a thing is suspended.

ripustukset

(vehicle) The system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile, which allows the vehicle to move smoothly with reduced shock to its occupants.

ripustus

(uncountable) The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.

risa

(anatomy, immunology) Any of various small masses of lymphoid tissues.

risahdus

A prolonged, frequent cracking sound; a fizzing, popping sound.

risahtaa

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

risiini

A plant of the species Ricinus communis, used in the production of castor oil and of the poison ricin.

risiinimyrkky

(protein, poison) An extremely toxic lectin extracted from the castor bean.

riskaabeli

Dangerous, involving risks.

riskeerata

(archaic, transitive) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.

riski

(figurative) A potential, unsuspected, hidden problem, hazard, or danger that is easily encountered but not immediately obvious.

riskialtis

Risky.

riskipitoinen

Risky; dangerous; with the nature of a hazard.

riskisijoitus

(business, finance) An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal return.

rispaantua

(also, figuratively) To rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction; also, to irritate (something) through chafing or rubbing; to chafe.

risteileminen

Sailing about without an exact destination, especially for pleasure.

risteillä

(transitive) To move back and forth over or through.

risteily

A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.

risteilymatkustaja

One who attends cruises.

ristetä

(intransitive) To travel in a direction or path that will intersect with that of another.

risteymä

(biology) An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.

risteys

Cross, crossing.

risteysasema

(rail transport, countable) A connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport; a station at which such a connection can be made.

risteyskohta

(figuratively, by extension) A centrally located position.

risteyttää

(biology) To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.

risteytys

(biology) Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.

risti

(card games) One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣.

ristiä

To dedicate or christen.

ristiin

At or near the far end of (a space).

ristiin rastiin

Crossing one another.

ristiinnaulita

To execute (a person) by nailing to a cross.

ristiinnaulittu

that has been subject to crucifixion

ristiinnaulitunkuva

An ornamental or symbolic sculptural representation of Christ on a cross, often worn as a pendant or displayed in a Christian church.

ristikkäin

Crossing one another.

ristikkäinen

Transverse; lying across the main direction.

ristikko

(countable) A pattern of crossed lines.

ristikkomerkki

(typography) The # symbol (octothorpe, pound).

ristikkopalkki

A framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something.

ristikkorakenne

(botany) A tuft of flowers or cluster of fruits formed at the top of the main stem of certain plants.

ristikulkue

The ceremonial filing out of clergy and/or choir at the end of a church service.

ristikuva

(cinematography) a form of film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next

ristiluu

(anatomy) A large triangular bone at the base of the spine, located between the two ilia (wings of the pelvis) and formed from vertebrae that fuse in adulthood.

ristinmerkki

(Christianity) A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross; sign of the cross.

ristinmuotoinen

(archaic) Cruciform or cruciate; cross-shaped.

ristinpuu

A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion).

ristiretkeilijä

(historical) A fighter or participant in the medieval Crusades.

ristiretkeläinen

(historical) A fighter or participant in the medieval Crusades.

ristiretki

Any of a series of religious campaigns by Christian forces from the 11th to the 13th century, mostly to capture the Holy Land from the Muslims who occupied it.

ristiriidassa

Contrary to something; discordant. [Mid 17th century.]

ristiriidaton

(logic) Of a set of statements: such that no contradiction logically follows from them.

ristiriidattomuus

(logic) Freedom from contradiction; the state of a system of axioms such that none of the propositions deduced from them are mutually contradictory.

ristiriita

(philosophy, post-structuralism) An insoluble contradiction, especially in a text's meaning; a logical impasse suggested by a text or speaker.

ristiriitainen

Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, motivations, or meanings.

ristiriitaisesti

In an incoherent manner.

ristiriitaisuus

The state of being incongruous, or lacking congruence.

ristisaatto

The ceremonial filing out of clergy and/or choir at the end of a church service.

ristisana

(games, puzzles) A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word.

ristisanatehtävä

(games, puzzles) A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word.

ristissä

Crossing one another.

ristitty

Marked with crossed lines; crisscrossed.

ristituli

(military) An arrangement of two or more weapons so each can fire diagonally at something in front of a line between them.

ristiviivattu

Marked with crossed lines; crisscrossed.

risu

(figurative) A piece of (sharp) criticism or a (highly) uncomplimentary remark.

risuaita

(typography) The # symbol (octothorpe, pound).

risukko

Branches and twigs fallen from trees and shrubs.

risumies

(countable, British, informal) A puny person; one who has little physical strength.

ritariballadi

A story relating to chivalry; a story involving knights, heroes, adventures, quests, etc.

ritariksilyönti

(historical) A salutation marking the conferring of knighthood, consisting of an embrace or a kiss, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat of a sword.

ritarikunta

The knights collectively, the body of knights.

ritarillisuus

chivalrous courtliness, especially towards women.

ritarimerkki

(countable) A decoration, awarded by a government, a dynastic house, or a religious body to an individual, usually for distinguished service to a nation or to humanity.

ritaristo

The knights collectively, the body of knights.

ritaritarina

A story relating to chivalry; a story involving knights, heroes, adventures, quests, etc.

Riti-Rati sanapeli

A board game in which players draw letter tiles and take turns to make interlocking words like a crossword, scoring points according to the letters played and their positions on the board.

ritilä

A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.

ritirati sanapeli

(countable, Scrabble, US) A play where all seven of a player's letter tiles are played, awarding a score bonus.

ritistä

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

ritsa

(chiefly, American, AU, Philippines) A Y-shaped stick with an elastic sling between the arms used for shooting small projectiles.

ritsi

(colloquial) A ride on a bicycle given to a passenger, usually on the handlebars or fender.

rituaali

A religious practice or ritual prescribed by a church.

rituaalinen

Related to a rite or repeated set of actions.

riuhtaista

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

riuhtaisu

A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).

riuhtoa

(transitive) To pull hard repeatedly.

riuku

(heraldiccharge) A diminutive of the pale, usually appearing in pairs on either side of a pale.

riukula

(India, otherwise, _, military) Any facility or device used for urination or defecation, whether toilet, lavatory, or outhouse.

riuska

Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action.

riutta

A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral.

riutua

(intransitive, obsolete) To waste away slowly.