Finnish–English dictionary

bifurkaatti

Divided or forked into two; bifurcated.

bigamia

The state of having two (legal or illegal) spouses simultaneously.

Bihar

A state in eastern India. Capital: Patna.

biisi

A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.

biisoni

A bovine mammal, a species of bison, Bison bison.

biitti

The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.

bikinit

A brief bathing suit worn by men.

bilateraalinen

(of an agreement) Binding on both of the two parties involved.

bileet

A social gathering, usually of invited guests, which typically involves eating, drinking, and entertainment and often held to celebrate a particular occasion. [from 1700s]

bilettää

(intransitive) To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.

biljardi

(British, rare) 1015, a thousand billion (long scale) or a million milliard.

biljardihai

(informal) A very good poker or pool player. Compare fish (a bad poker player).

biljardikeppi

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.

biljoona

(dated, British & Australian, long scale) A million (times a) million (logic: 1,000,0002): a 1 followed by twelve zeros (1012); a thousand milliard.

bimbo

(by extension, informal, derogatory) A beautiful but stupid or shallow young woman.

binääri

(computing) .

binääri-

Having two equally important parts; related to something with two parts.

binäärijärjestelmä

(mathematics, computing, uncountable) The bijective base-2 numeral system, which uses only the digits 0 and 1.

binäärikomplementti

(computing) A bit with the opposite value to the given one; the logical complement of a number.

binäärimuuttuja

(computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a Boolean true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.

binääritiedosto

(computing) .

bingo

Used by players of bingo to claim a win.

bio-

life

biodiversiteetti

(ecology) The diversity (number and variety of species) of plant and animal life within a region.

biofilmi

(biology, medicine) A thin film of mucus created by and containing a colony of bacteria and other microorganisms.

biohajoava

Capable of being decomposed by biological activity, especially by microorganisms.

biohasardi

A biological hazard; a source of risk due to some biological factor such as bacteria or human waste.

biokalvo

(biology, medicine) A thin film of mucus created by and containing a colony of bacteria and other microorganisms.

biokatalysaattori

(biochemistry) A biochemical catalyst, such as an enzyme (either a protein enzyme or a ribozyme) or a biomolecular condensate that has biocatalytic ability.

biokemisti

A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry

biologi

A student of biology; one versed in the science of biology.

biologia

The study of all life or living matter.

biologinen

Related genetically but not legally to one's father; born out of wedlock, illegitimate. [from 15th c.]

biologisesti hajoava

Capable of being decomposed by biological activity, especially by microorganisms.

biometrinen

Of, relating to, or using biometrics.

biomi

Any major regional biological community such as that of forest or desert.

bioninen

(not comparable) Related to bionics.

bioottinen

(biology) Of, pertaining to, or produced by life or living organisms.

biopsia

The removal and examination of a sample of tissue, cells, or bodily fluid from a living body for diagnostic purposes.

biosfääri

The part of the Earth and its atmosphere capable of supporting life.

biotekniikka

The application of the principles and practices of engineering and technology to the life sciences.

bioteknologia

The use of living organisms (especially microorganisms) in industrial, agricultural, medical and other technological applications.

biotiede

Any of several sciences that deal with living organisms

biovaara

A biological hazard; a source of risk due to some biological factor such as bacteria or human waste.

bipolaarinen

Involving or having both extremes or poles at the same time.

birdie

(golf) The completion of a hole one stroke below par.

biryani

A spiced dish of rice, blended with meat and/or vegetables.

bisarristi

In a bizarre manner.

biseksuaali

A person who is bisexual.

biseksuaalinen

(of humans, or, other animals) Sexually attracted to both same-gendered and different-gendered partners. (Compare pansexual.)

biskviitti

(ceramics) A form of unglazed earthenware; biscuit.

bisnes

(uncountable) The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.

bisnesmies

A man in business, one who works at a commercial institution.

bisnesnainen

A woman involved in business.

bisque

A form of unglazed earthenware.

bisse

(comparable, slang) Bisexual.

bistro

A small casual restaurant or pub, typically serving French-style cuisine.

bitcoin

(countable, computing, finance) A unit of the bitcoin (proper noun sense 1) cryptocurrency.

bitter

A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.

bittikartta

(computing) A series of bits that represents a rasterized graphic image, each pixel being represented as a group of bits.

bitumi

A sticky, black to brown and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid, composed almost entirely of bitumen with small mineral particles, that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits.

bitumisora

(loosely, UK, Ireland, Canada) Any bituminous road surfacing material.

blaa

(When spoken repeatedly, often three times in succession: blah blah blah!) Imitative of idle, meaningless talk; used sometimes in a slightly derogatory manner to mock or downplay another's words, or to show disinterest in a diatribe, rant, instructions, unsolicited advice, parenting, etc. Also used when recalling and retelling another's words, as a substitute for the portions of the speech deemed irrelevant.

blasaari

(galaxy) A very compact quasar, associated with a supermassive black hole at the center of an active galaxy.

blasti

(cytology) An immature or undifferentiated cell (e.g., lymphoblast, myeloblast).

blat

The Soviet system of connections and social relationships; one's social or business network (in Russian or Soviet society).

blehat

(colloquial) Sunglasses.

bleiseri

A semi-formal jacket.

blogata

(blogging, ambitransitive) To contribute to a blog.

bloggaaja

(blogging) A contributor to a blog (from weblog) or online journal.

blogi

(Internet) A website that allows users to reflect, share opinions, and discuss various topics in the form of an online journal, sometimes letting readers comment on their posts. Most blogs are written in a slightly informal tone (personal journals, news, businesses, etc.)

blokkaus

(sports) An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).

blokki

A group of voters or politicians who share common goals.

blondi

(by extension, informal, derogatory) A beautiful but stupid or shallow young woman.

blossi

(uncountable, informal, originally, slang) Cannabis.

blossipää

(slang, derogatory) A person who smokes cannabis frequently, or to excess.

bluegrass

(music, uncountable) A subgenre of country music with roots in Scots-Irish Appalachian folk music, blues, and jazz and characterized by banjos, fiddles, acoustic guitars, dobros, and mandolins; but containing no drums, electric guitars, pianos or other keyboard or wind instruments; using a bass fiddle to carry its rhythm.

bluetooth

(networking, trademark) An industrial specification for wireless personal area networks.

bluffata

(by analogy) To frighten, deter, or deceive with a false show of strength or confidence; to give a false impression of strength or temerity in order to intimidate or gain some advantage.

bluffaus

(countable, or, uncountable) An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one’s position in order to intimidate or deceive; braggadocio.

bluffi

(countable, or, uncountable) An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one’s position in order to intimidate or deceive; braggadocio.

bluntti

(smoking, slang, US) A marijuana cigar.

boa

Any of a group of large American snakes, of the genus Boa, subfamily Boinae, or family Boidae, including the boa constrictor and the emperor boa of Mexico.

boakäärme

Any of a group of large American snakes, of the genus Boa, subfamily Boinae, or family Boidae, including the boa constrictor and the emperor boa of Mexico.

Bob

(cryptography, physics) The person or system receiving a message or signal from a source conventionally known as Alice.

bocce

(sports, uncountable) A game, similar to bowls or pétanque, played on a long, narrow, dirt-covered court, or informally, as a lawn game.

body

The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul. [from 13th c.]

boga

A species of seabream fish native to the eastern Atlantic (Boops boops).

bogatyr

(historical) A medieval heroic warrior in Kievan Rus, akin to the Western European knight-errant.

bogey

(golf) A score of one over par on a hole.

bogi

(golf) A score of one over par on a hole.

boheemi

Unconventional, especially in habit or dress.

boiji

A thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored green and used for coverings on card tables, billiard and snooker tables, etc.

boikotoida

(transitive) To abstain, either as an individual or a group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest.

boikotti

The act of boycotting.

boileri

A device consisting of a heat source and a tank for storing hot water, typically for space heating, domestic hot water etc., disregarding the source of heat.

boksari

(historical) A Chinese anti-imperial and xenophobic rebel of the early 1900s.

bokseri

A breed of stocky, medium-sized, short-haired dog with a square-jawed muzzle.

boksi

A room or set of rooms in another person's house where a person lodges.

bolidi

An extremely bright meteor.

Bolivia

A country in South America. Official name: Plurinational State of Bolivia. Capitals: La Paz and Sucre.

bolivialainen

Of, from, or pertaining to Bolivia, or the Bolivian people.

Bollywood

The Hindi-language film industry located in Mumbai.

bolognalainen

Of, from or relating to the city of Bologna, capital and largest city of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, or the surrounding metropolitan city.

bolognankastike

An Italian sauce made from ground meat and tomato, originating in Bologna.

bolognese

An Italian sauce made from ground meat and tomato, originating in Bologna.

bolognesekastike

An Italian sauce made from ground meat and tomato, originating in Bologna.

bolševikki

(historical) A Russian communist revolutionary, a member of the Bolshevik Party in the Communist Revolution of Russia in 1917.

bolševismi

The Communist political ideology adopted by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; Marxism-Leninism.

boltsi

(slang) The human head.

bombastinen

(of a person, their language or writing) showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous

Bonaventura

A surname transferred from the given name.

bondi

(finance) A documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract; a debenture.

bongata

(transitive) To spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one.

bongaus

(informal) Action of spotting or seeking out a bird, especially a rare one.

bongi

A vessel, usually made of glass or ceramic and filled with water, used in smoking various substances, especially cannabis.

bongo

A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Tragelaphus eurycerus.

bongorumpu

Either of a pair of small drums of Cuban origin, played by beating with the hands.

bonsai

(transitive) To make into a bonsai by restricting the roots and pruning.

bonus

Something extra that is good; an added benefit.

böö

A sound made to imitate a ghost.

booli

A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic.

Böömi

A cultural region in the west of the former Czechoslovakia and present-day Czech Republic.

böömiläinen

Of, or relating to Bohemia or its language. [from 16th c.]

bööna

(slang, dated) An attractive young woman.

boordi

A decorative strip around the edge of something.

bootata

(computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.

bootstrap

(computing) The process necessary to compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of the system or program.

bootstrap-menetelmä

(statistics) Any method or instance of estimating properties of an estimator (such as its variance) by measuring those properties when sampling from an approximating distribution.

boottaus

(computing) The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.

bora

A cold, often dry, northeasterly wind which blows, sometimes in violent gusts, down from mountains on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea. It also applies to cold, squally, downslope winds in other parts of the world.

Bordeaux

The capital city of Gironde department, France; the capital city of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

bordelli

A house of prostitution.

bordunapilli

The drone pipe of a bagpipe.

boreaalinen

Of, relating to, or coming from the north.

boreaalinen vyöhyke

A subarctic zone of evergreen coniferous forests situated south of the tundras and north of the steppes in the Northern Hemisphere.

Borneo

A Pacific island shared by Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia; the world’s third largest island.

borssi

A beetroot soup that can be served hot or cold, usually with sour cream, called borsch in its countries of origin.

bosnia

(uncountable) The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken primarily by Bosniaks in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

bosnialainen

Of or pertaining to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Bosnian people or their culture and language.

bosniankielinen

Of or pertaining to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Bosnian people or their culture and language.

bosoni

(particle) A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose-Einstein statistics. They have integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, and some (gauge bosons) are known to carry the fundamental forces. Compare fermion.

Boston

An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for the city in Massachusetts.

botaniikka

(uncountable) A branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants.

botox

A toxic compound (generic name botulinum toxin type A) produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, that causes the paralysis of muscles, used in cosmetic surgery to conceal wrinkles and for muscle spasm relief and headache prevention.

Botswana

The Republic of Botswana, since 1966.

botti

(video games) A character or entity controlled by the game instead of a player; AI.

bottom

(countable, broadly, by extension) A submissive partner in a sexual relationship.

botulismi

(pathology) Poisoning caused by the toxin from Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that grows in improperly prepared food.

bouillabaisse

A type of fish soup or stew from Provence, France.