Finnish–English dictionary

rypeä

To rampage through, gathering and destroying as one goes.

rypistää

(transitive) To wrinkle (the skin).

rypistää kulmiaan

(transitive) To pull one's brows or eyebrows together due to concentration, worry, etc.

rypistää otsaansa

(intransitive) To have a frown on one's face.

rypistyä

(ambitransitive) To fold, crease, crumple, or wad.

rypistys

(caving) A traversal of a narrow passage.

ryppy

A wrinkle, fold, crease, or unevenness.

ryppyinen

(archaic, or, obsolete) Of a body of water, skin, etc.: having a surface which is rippled or wrinkled.

rypyttää

(transitive) To crease (paper) in such a way to make it look like crepe paper

rysähdys

A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals.

rysähtää

(intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.

rysäys

The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together.

ryskyttää

(transitive, vulgar, slang) To penetrate sexually, with vigour.

ryssijä

(colloquial) A person who often makes substantial mistakes; a bungler.

rysty

Any of the joints between the bones of the fingers.

rystylyönti

(tennis, and, other, racquet sports) A stroke made across the chest from the off-hand side to the racquet hand side; a stroke during which the back of the hand faces the shot.

rystynen

Any of the joints between the bones of the fingers.

rytäkkä

A noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap.

rytinä

A loud disturbance.

rytkyt

(now, archaic, or, historical) Informal clothing for men, as opposed to formal or ceremonial wear.

rytmi

(cycling) The number of revolutions per minute of the cranks or pedals of a bicycle.

rytmihäiriö

A disturbance to an otherwise normal biological rhythm, especially that of the heart.

rytmikäs

Of or relating to rhythm.

ryväs

(linguistics, education) A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a chunk, cluster, or lexical bundle.

ryvettää

(transitive) To debase by distorting the real nature of (something).

ryvettyä

(intransitive) To become soiled.

ryydyttää

(transitive, informal) To anger or annoy.

ryyni

(chiefly, in the plural) Hulled grain, chiefly hulled oats.

ryynit

('hulled oats'); groats.

ryypätä

(transitive, intransitive, often with on) To engage in a short period of excessive consumption, especially of excessive alcohol or media consumption.

ryyppääminen

A short period of excessive consumption, especially of food, alcohol, narcotics, etc.

ryyppy

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

ryyppyputki

(countable, slang) A binge; a heavy drinking session.

ryystää

(transitive) To eat or drink noisily.

ryysyinen

Wearing tattered clothes.

ryysyläinen

(derogatory) A shabby, beggarly person; synonym of ragamuffin.

ryysyt

A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter.

s-posti

(uncountable) A system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network.

sää

The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.

sääasema

A place where stars, planets and other celestial bodies are observed, usually through a telescope; also place for observing meteorological or other natural phenomena.

Saab

A Swedish aerospace and defence company, which formerly also produced automobiles.

saada

To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.

saada aaltoilemaan

(transitive) To cause to move in a wavelike motion.

saada aikaan

(transitive) To execute fully; to fulfill; to complete successfully.

saada aikaiseksi

(transitive) To cause, bring about (an event); to accomplish, to carry out (a wish, plan etc.). [from 16th c.]

saada alkunsa

(intransitive) To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself.

saada hämilleen

(transitive) To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder.

saada hehkumaan

(transitive) To make hot; to flush.

saada heikkous selville

(transitive) To uncover a weakness in (someone).

saada hohtamaan

(transitive) Chiefly in conjunction with an adverb: to cause (light) to shine.

saada hylätty

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

saada hylkäämään

(historical) To renounce (something) upon oath; to forswear; specifically, to recant or retract (a heresy or some other opinion); to withdraw. [from 15th c.]

saada juurikäyttäjän oikeudet

To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.

saada kannatusta

(figurative) To have an effect or impact; to influence; to engender support.

saada keskenmeno

(transitive, biology) To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]

saada kiinni

(transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape). [from 13thc.]

saada kohtaus

(medicine) Of a patient, to suffer a sudden medical emergency (a code blue) such as cardiac arrest.

saada koukkuun

(transitive) To catch with a hook (hook a fish).

saada kukkimaan

(transitive) To cause to blossom; to make flourish.

saada kumottamaan

(chiefly, social media, slang) To stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; hence, to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation.

saada kylmiä väreitä

(intransitive) To feel a swarming sensation.

saada lapsi

(transitive) To give birth to.

saada levitoimaan

(transitive) To cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity.

saada luopumaan

(historical) To renounce (something) upon oath; to forswear; specifically, to recant or retract (a heresy or some other opinion); to withdraw. [from 15th c.]

saada luovutusvoitto

(transitive, mixed martial arts, professional wrestling) To win a fight against (an opponent) by submission.

saada lupa

(transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.

saada murskavoitto

(sports, originally, baseball, informal) To achieve a complete victory or series of victories over (an opponent) without suffering any losses; also, to achieve a victory or series of victories over (an opponent) by a very large margin.

saada mustelmia

(intransitive) Of fruit or vegetables, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.

saada näkyviinsä

(transitive) To see; to get sight of (something); to register visually.

saada näyttämään (joltakin)

(transitive, intransitive) To represent; to make (something) appear to be true. [from 17th c.]

saada näyttämään jäykältä

To cause (a person, their body, etc.) to look awkward and stiff, like a scarecrow (noun sense 1).

saada oppiarvo

(intransitive, ergative) To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.

saada orgasmi

(intransitive, often vulgar, slang) To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.

saada pettymään

(transitive) To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised or hoped for.

saada pois tolaltaan

(transitive) To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.

saada raskaaksi

(transitive) To cause to become pregnant.

saada reput

(ambitransitive) Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass.

saada riitelemällä

Followed by out of: to elicit (something) from a person by arguing or bargaining.

saada selvää

(transitive) To discern; to manage to see, hear etc. [from 16th c.]

saada selville

(transitive) To find out definitely; to discover or establish.

saada siirtymään

(transitive, marketing) To induce customers to shift purchases from one set of a company's related products to another.

saada sydänpysähdys

(intransitive, medicine) To undergo cardiac arrest.

saada syttymään

To animate; to give life or spirit to.

saada takaisin

(transitive) To claim something back; to repossess.

saada tehdyksi

(transitive) To execute fully; to fulfill; to complete successfully.

saada tietää

To come to know; to become informed of; to find out.

saada todistus

(intransitive, Japanese entertainment) Of an idol: to exit a group; or of a virtual YouTuber, to leave a management agency; usually accompanied with "graduation ceremony" send-offs, increased focus on the leaving member, and the like.

saada toisiin ajatuksiin

(transitive) To convince not to try or do.

saada tulos

(transitive) To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.

saada ulos

(transitive) To cause (something) to come out of a machine.

saada uudelleen syttymään

(transitive) To kindle again.

saada välinpitämättömäksi

(transitive) To render disinterested.

saada valmiiksi

To get something done (derived from the idea of beating for game).

saada vastakaikua

(figurative) To have an effect or impact; to influence; to engender support.

saada verkkoon

(transitive, figuratively) To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.

saada vihaiseksi

(transitive) To cause such a feeling of antagonism in.

saada yhteys

(transitive, figurative) To connect with (someone) on an emotional level, making them receptive of (one); to get through to (someone).

saada ymmälleen

(transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand

saadakseen

In order to obtain or acquire.

säädettävä

capable of being adjusted

säädin

A device which regulates or controls some action of a machine through automatic feedback.

säädös

(law, countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.

säädyllinen

(of a person) Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics associated with moral uprightness.

säädyllisyys

The quality of being decent; propriety.

säädytön

Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.

säädyttömyys

Lack of decency; the property or degree of being indecent.

saaga

An Old Norse (Icelandic) prose narrative, especially one dealing with family or social histories and legends.

šaahi

A king of Persia or Iran.

saaja

The person to whom a shipment is to be delivered.

saakeli

(informal, Britain, Ireland, Commonwealth, Hawaii, mildly, _) Used as an intensifier.

saakka

Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).

sääksi

A bird of prey of genus Pandion that feeds on fish and has white underparts and long, narrow wings each ending in four finger-like extensions.

sääli

(uncountable) Relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another.

saaliinhimoinen

(also, figurative) Voracious; avaricious.

säälimätön

(informal) Ruthlessly acquisitive or competitive; of a business or other set of circumstances, trying to succeed at the expense of other people.

saalinki

(nautical) A light timber or metal spreader fixed athwartships part way up a mast to spread the shrouds from higher up

saalis

(countable) Something which is captured or caught.

saaliseläin

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

saalistaja

Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other non-plant organisms (their prey), primarily for food.

saalistus

(zoology) The preying of one animal on others.

säälittävä

(obsolete) Inviting or asking for pity.

säälivä

Full of ruth or pity; merciful; compassionate.

saamari

(sometimes, vulgar) Generic intensifier. Fucking; bloody.

saamaton

(often in negative constructions) Reluctant or unwilling to advance or act; shy.

saamattomuus

A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative.

saame

The language of the Lapp peoples.

saamelainen

(dated, sometimes, _, offensive) An indigenous person from Lapland. One of the Sami people.

saamen kieli

The language of the Lapp peoples.

saaminen

The act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition.

saaminen luopumaan

the act or an instance of dissuading

säämiskä

An absorbent cloth used for cleaning and polishing, formerly made of chamois leather.

säänkestävä

Capable of resisting damage caused by the weather.

säännellä

(transitive) To regulate, adjust or adapt

säännöllinen

Characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals; cyclical

säännöllisesti

(frequency) Recurring regularly.

säännönmukainen

In accordance with a set of specifications.

säännönmukaisuus

The act of conforming; conformity.

säännönvastainen

Not conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards.

säännös

(US) A local law, passed by e.g. a city.

säännöskokoelma

A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.

säännöstely

Controlled distribution of scarce resources such as food or fuel; used typically in wartime.

säännöstelypato

An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream.

säännöt

A law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization (e.g., corporation or business).

säännöttömyys

(dated) An irregularity or disproportion.

sääntelijä

A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially regulatory law as sanctioned by statutory law.

sääntely

(uncountable) The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.

sääntely-

Of or pertaining to regulation.

saanti

(countable) An amount of something supplied.

sääntö

A local custom or law of a settlement or district.

sääntöetiikka

Synonym of ethics (“the study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct”). [from c. 1826]